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Interview with Frederic Slama

Hello Frédéric of AOR and welcome to Rocknation. Congrats on your release of “More Demos From L.A.”
album. How did you pick the tracks for this best of compilation album and how do these tracks differ from
the past releases?

Hello Tom. Thank you so much. For this 2nd volume of demos on Perris Records, like the first one “Rare Tracks &
Demos”, I chose only the best tracks I had of some songs that had the biggest success from my 15 previous AOR
albums. These demos are of course more rough for some tracks, but there is also real gems like the 3 songs with
Chasing Violets that could have been featured in a real album. Also the alternate version of “Blueprint For Love”
featuring Jesse Damon (Silent Rage) is much harder and really rocks. Even the songs that sounds more like
demos are really cool thanks to fabulous singers like Michael Kisur among others. Of course I must mentiion 3
great tracks that are alternate rockier versions of the 3 songs I wrote for the last Dakota album “Long Road Home”.
These version rougher but much better than the ones that end up on the finished album. I must add that if you like
this 2nd volume of demos you will also LOVE the first one featuring incredible tracks and guests.

Are you currently writing any new songs for a future AOR release.

I’m always writing and recording new material for a new album. As for the previous ones it really takes time to get
the top stars of Melodic Rock I really want. So we all have to be patient cause it can be a long process (sometimes
years!).

If you had to tell someone what your music sounds like, what bands would you
mention?

I recently released on Perris records a
best of album called “The Heart Of L.A”
that sums up perfectly what my music
is all about. It’s a mix between Giant,
Survivor, Foreigner & FM with some
Westcoast influences, and always ultra
melodic. I highly recommend “The Heart
Of L.A” with a cast of singers never seen
in any albums; like Jeff Scott Soto,
Steve Overland (FM), Paul Sabu,
Jesse Damon (Silent Rage), Kevin
Chalfant (Journey, Two Fire), Fergie
Frederiksen (Toto), Bill Champlin
(Chicago), Jim Jidhed (Alien), Chasing
Violets, Philip Bardowell (Unruly Child),
David Forbes (Boulevard), Paul
Shortino (Quiet Riot) & many many
others. A MUST HAVE for any Melodic
Rock fans!