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LANCE KING and it wouldn’t ROCKNATION ISSUE 21

be all that
different from
the daily grind I
do anyway :).
Rocknation:
You’ve been
Interview by Tom Mathers doing a radio
show for awhile
Rocknation: Hello Lance and welcome to Rocknation. Let’s start now, how has
off with you know so many musicians from over the years, how that helped your
did you decide who would contribute on your solo release “A label?
Moment in Chiros”? Lance: It’s
Lance: I just asked some people I had never written with, that helped quite
I’d always enjoyed what they created to write some songs with a bit actually,
me, it was pretty strait forward, I let everyone know the concept, many of the
let them hear a track that I’d almost finished so they could get artist I sign are
a taste of the direction… Mapped out what each song would be new bands and
about, and then asked people musicians to write with a certain few people have
“FEEL” in mind, for this album. heard their
Rocknation: Please tell us about the writing and recording music, it gives
process of “A Moment in Chiros”. me a venue to
Lance: I asked everyone to write with a Led Zeppelin feel, and In get it out there
two weeks those that wanted to be a part of it has ideas to me and have people
(actually enough to do two full albums), I cherry picked the ones find fresh stuff,
I liked the best that didn’t sound too much alike, and we were they would
off to the races. Was really a cool process, because I was work- normally never
ing with so many writers each song came together a lot faster. hear. For those of you that want to find out more about that,
In some situations, later on I may opt to add a chorus part, or look up “THE STELLAR HOUR OF PROGRESSIVE POWER”
change an arrangement of a song, and Kim Olesen (Anubis Gate) Rocknation: What plans do you have for 2014 any shows,?
and I would do this to get it to flow with the over all album. Lance: At the moment, nothing is on the books, my goal is,
No one person other than Kim heard any of the other songs until to finish up an album I’m working on right now with Aussie’s
the album was finished, just what we were working on together. ILIUM and then write and record a new solo album. The idea is
It was a lot of fun, and because of this idea, I was able to write, the next solo album is ready to hit, I want to tour the world, for
record and have the album mixed and mastered in just 3 months about 3-4 months.
from start to finish. Rocknation: Thank you for taking time for this interview and last
Rocknation: How did you find time to write and record when words to the fans?
your so busy Lance: Yes,
with your label find me
Nightmare on www.
Records and LanceK-
have a family. ingVox.com
Lance: That is all my social
always the chal- media links
lenge man, I’m are there,
a bit of a worka- then if you
holic anyway, so want to hear
I’m always doing much more
something, the great music
wife and kids from many
seem to get that, other artists
we have sched- on my label
uled out some Nightmare,
times where that come check
is only fam- out www.
ily time. And I Nightmar-
would just fit the eRecords.
rest in when I com Thank
would normally you Rock-
be working. Nation, and
Most of it was rage on
email communi- thunder-
cation or Skype, heads!!!