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#Shinedown i am alive free#

How did you tackle the songs and make them uniquely your own for this project?.

You know the song, you know who that song is by, but when you hear our version it just takes on a whole different meaning. We really wanted to make them our own, so we focused on the songs that we felt like we could enhance on not only the subject matter, but really throw some curveballs at people. We wanted to find songs that were from other artists where we felt like the lyrics were really, really powerful, but maybe they weren’t as showcased in the artist’s original recording. When we broke it down, we just started to look at each one of those songs and how we could we make these songs our own.

Fans submitted their requests to you guys, but how did you settle on which ones to pick from there?īrent: Honestly there were so many different songs from all kinds of genres – everything from country to rap to jazz to rock ‘n’ roll, soul, R&B, pop, you name it.

#Shinedown i am alive free#

Listen to their cover of “ Rockin’ in the Free World” here and below you can find a stream of “Not Mad Enough”, and immediately after you can find our exclusive Q&A with Smith & Myers regarding the announcement!

The album was produced by frequent collaborator and Grammy Award-winning producer and songwriter Dave Bassett in Malibu, recorded over 10 days before quarantine began – they finished the album remotely as everyone adapted to the new normal.Īlongside the album announcement, Smith & Myers have released two singles from the album - an original titled “Not Mad Enough” and their cover of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World.” The former was written by Smith immediately following George Floyd’s death, and lays bare through direct and urgent lyrics that handle the anger and emotions that rose to surface after watching the news in his hotel room, and the former of course was written 30 years ago but remains as relevant as ever. On the album, they reimagine 5 beloved and unexpected covers including Post Malone’s “Better Now,” INXS’ “Never Tear Us Apart,” Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse’s “Valerie,” and The Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody,” as well as their own 5 originals. Brent & Zach touch on everything from certain personal topics largely unexplored in Shinedown’s catalogue, to immigration and children being ripped from their parents, to our social media culture, to commentary on racial injustice – focusing not on politics, but on right and wrong.

The first installment of new music comes in the form of their new album, Smith & Myers Volume 1, which will be released on October 9th via Atlantic Records.

Together, they recorded a collection of songs that are intimate, gorgeous, and powerful, showcasing a different side to these two, proving their versatility in the music world. Today, though, while things at the Shinedown camp quiet down before their next album cycle, band members Brent Smith and Zach Myers have announced a new duo project together, aptly titled Smith & Myers. They just wrapped up their ATTENTION ATTENTION album cycle, with added to their growing legacy that includes 10 million albums and 10 million singles worldwide, 14 platinum and gold singles, five platinum and gold albums, over 2.5 billion streams, and earlier this week they noticed their 16th number one single on active rock radio, which is tied for the most ever #1’s I the history of the chart.Īdditionally, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Shinedown raised over $300,000 by making available a t-shirt/song bundle that included a previously never released song, “Atlas Falls,” with all proceeds going to humanitarian aid organization Direct Relief – one of the largest providers of humanitarian medical resources in the world that is working to provide personal protective equipment tofrontline health workers and essential medications and supplies for patients. Shinedown have been one of the most successful rock bands since the turn of the century.