08-23-2016, 02:41 AM
(08-23-2016, 01:54 AM)admin Wrote: Can anyone make sense of this Q&A for me?
Quote:DR: Are you playing all of the keys on "King Rurik"?
VK: I'm not sure about that. I am certainly on it, but I would rather not comment about that.
I can shed some light here, as I have spoken at length with everyone that I have interviewed about their recordings with TSO - which is why I asked the question to VK. Paul keeps the credits vague on the albums. Sometimes, the tour performers will come in to the studio and record some parts for a song or songs. Once they are gone, Paul and Dave Wittman will finalize the track, sometimes keeping what was recorded intact, sometimes chopping it up and keeping bits of it, sometimes re-recording it. This is why it can be a challenging question for them to answer when the question is posed, "Which songs are you on?".
Dave Z, for example, mentioned in his interview that there is only one song that he is sure that his bass recording was left intact. Dave Z: "The only song that I know I am on for sure - and I am very proud of this song - is "Christmas Jazz". That was just me and Al Pitrelli together. That one was so much fun and it stands out more to me because it's just the two of us - there are no vocals or other instruments - it's just guitar and bass."