Randy Blythe
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Podcast Appearances
Right. I always have a hard time getting my voice to do what it does live until one day my producer was like, let's try a trick. And he put a filter on what I heard. in my ears and not what was going to tape, but the filter that I was hearing my voice, he made it sound like a crappy club PA because that's the world I come from. And then all of a sudden my voice went bling.
Yeah. Also because most of the time when you're recording an album, our last album were recorded here in LA at Henson Studios and a lot of it was live.
Yeah. Also because most of the time when you're recording an album, our last album were recorded here in LA at Henson Studios and a lot of it was live.
Yeah. Also because most of the time when you're recording an album, our last album were recorded here in LA at Henson Studios and a lot of it was live.
Yeah, it's a legendary studio. Charlie Chaplin owned. Yeah, that's right.
Yeah, it's a legendary studio. Charlie Chaplin owned. Yeah, that's right.
Yeah, it's a legendary studio. Charlie Chaplin owned. Yeah, that's right.
So we did it with a great live room and I wasn't in the room with my guys while they were playing, but I was in a booth and I could see them. And there's an energy that happens between us live. It's just so much different. Now, if I'm singing to a tape, my dudes aren't there. I don't feel this visceral connection to them in the music as it's being made that I do on stage.
So we did it with a great live room and I wasn't in the room with my guys while they were playing, but I was in a booth and I could see them. And there's an energy that happens between us live. It's just so much different. Now, if I'm singing to a tape, my dudes aren't there. I don't feel this visceral connection to them in the music as it's being made that I do on stage.
So we did it with a great live room and I wasn't in the room with my guys while they were playing, but I was in a booth and I could see them. And there's an energy that happens between us live. It's just so much different. Now, if I'm singing to a tape, my dudes aren't there. I don't feel this visceral connection to them in the music as it's being made that I do on stage.
I really feel it, and it makes it, I don't know, it makes it just so much better. I hate singing to tape.
I really feel it, and it makes it, I don't know, it makes it just so much better. I hate singing to tape.
I really feel it, and it makes it, I don't know, it makes it just so much better. I hate singing to tape.
The lights can definitely blind you, but I'm very well aware of the audience. I'm hyper aware of how the music is going over with the audience. It's my job to make sure, to facilitate the audience's good time. Sure. As a front man. Not to be egotistical, but it's your job to make sure that these people are enjoying the music.
The lights can definitely blind you, but I'm very well aware of the audience. I'm hyper aware of how the music is going over with the audience. It's my job to make sure, to facilitate the audience's good time. Sure. As a front man. Not to be egotistical, but it's your job to make sure that these people are enjoying the music.
The lights can definitely blind you, but I'm very well aware of the audience. I'm hyper aware of how the music is going over with the audience. It's my job to make sure, to facilitate the audience's good time. Sure. As a front man. Not to be egotistical, but it's your job to make sure that these people are enjoying the music.
It involves encouragement at times. So I'm very much aware of the audience's status.
It involves encouragement at times. So I'm very much aware of the audience's status.
It involves encouragement at times. So I'm very much aware of the audience's status.
No. Not really the case. That's what my first book, Dark Days, is about. And it's a 500-page book. But basically in 2010, Lamb of God played a concert in Prague. Their security was non-existent. Kids were on stage off and on the whole time. And very dangerous. Small club. Our equipment was ready to fall on people. We played that show. We're like, thank God that's over. We came back