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SNEAK PEEK: Lifehouse dishes upcoming show dirt
By Hui Ling Tham, Staff Writer
| Published: Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Updated: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Lifehouse is special guest on the spring tour for Daughtry, of American Idol fame, which kicked off March 18 in Baltimore and will be making a stop at San Diego Sports Arena this Saturday. The band includes members Jason Wade (lead vocals and guitar), Bryce Soderberg (bass), Ben Carey (guitar) and Rick Woolstenhulme Jr. (drums).
After achieving tremendous success with hit songs such as “Hanging By A Moment,” “You and Me” and “Whatever It Takes,” Lifehouse returns to the limelight with its fifth studio record. “Smoke & Mirrors” was released on March 2, debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 charts and peaked at number two on the Billboard Rock Albums Chart. Recently, The Daily Aztec interviewed Lifehouse’s Soderberg.
The Daily Aztec: How’s the tour going so far with Daughtry?
Bryce Soderberg: It’s great. All the crowds have been really receptive. We’re really good friends with Chris (Daughtry) and his band. It’s been an all-around good vibe. We’ve been barbecuing, we played paintball, so it’s like summer camp for three months.
DA: Have you been performing songs from your new album?
BS: We have a shorter time slot where we’re only playing for 45 minutes, but it’s great for us. We get to play most of our new record and we also play some of the songs that we know people want to hear ... But it’s a great chance for us to showcase our new album, “Smoke & Mirrors.”
DA: What do you enjoy most about touring?
BS: Touring is just something I have always wanted to do since I was a kid. Right now, our band is getting along so well and all our heads are on the same page. We’re creatively pushing forward to become a better band and better performers. So having that positive energy on the road makes for good times and good shows. I just love waking up and walking through an arena. Ben, our guitar player and I run up the stairs and work out. With all the traveling there’s too much to love and a lot of fun.
DA: Do you and the band have any special rituals or activities when you are on tour?
BS: Funny you should ask that. We just started this ritual before we go on stage. We take 15 minutes and we sit with dimmed lights and silence in the dressing room, just the four of us. We stretch and think about the show and do deep breathing and just concentrate on picturing ourselves doing a kick-ass show.
DA: How would you describe your latest record, “Smoke & Mirrors?”
BS: We took a good solid year and a half making this record. We didn’t want to recreate the same album over and over, and we wanted to show some growth. So we experimented with a bunch of new sounds and we pulled from different influences. In the beginning of the record, we just came off the road from the Who We Are tour and we wanted to capture the essence of what we’ve been doing live in the studio. So, we did a bunch of organic live rock tracks. Then halfway through making the record, we realized we needed to appeal to the important side of Lifehouse’s fan base, the more polished, record-making aspect, with radio-friendly songs. Jason co-wrote with Chris Daughtry, Kevin Rudolf and Richard Marx. We’re trying to making a different album, get out of our comfort zone lyrically and musically.
DA: How did you come up with the title “Smoke & Mirrors” for the record?
BS: It was the first track that we recorded for the album. It was a song that Jason came up with and we always loved the title. We thought it sounded cool. Throughout the record-making process, we realized that it ambiguously tied into the two sides of us, the radio-friendly polished-making side, and the organic live rock side. The two infused together fits into the title.
DA: Are you excited about touring in Europe this summer?
BS: Absolutely. We just came back from a short run in Europe and the response over there was amazing. The fans there are really die-hard and they really get deep into your music. So, we hope to build our career over there and become bigger and better, and keep going back to Europe and also overseas. We want to go to Asia, Australia and we’d love to go to South Africa. We want to expand and move forward.
DA: Do you have a special shout-out to the fans attending on Saturday?
BS: We love San Diego. We are from Los Angeles, so being in California is home for us. We are going to feel comfortable and it’s going to be a lot of fun. We’re sure the crowd is going to be awesome. We’re really proud of this new record and we want people to check it out and share it.
For more information about Lifehouse, visit www.lifehousemusic.com. To find ticket information for Saturday, visit www.sandiegoarena.com.
SNEAK PEEK: Lifehouse dishes upcoming show dirt
By Hui Ling Tham, Staff Writer
| Published: Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Updated: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Lifehouse is special guest on the spring tour for Daughtry, of American Idol fame, which kicked off March 18 in Baltimore and will be making a stop at San Diego Sports Arena this Saturday. The band includes members Jason Wade (lead vocals and guitar), Bryce Soderberg (bass), Ben Carey (guitar) and Rick Woolstenhulme Jr. (drums).
After achieving tremendous success with hit songs such as “Hanging By A Moment,” “You and Me” and “Whatever It Takes,” Lifehouse returns to the limelight with its fifth studio record. “Smoke & Mirrors” was released on March 2, debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 charts and peaked at number two on the Billboard Rock Albums Chart. Recently, The Daily Aztec interviewed Lifehouse’s Soderberg.
The Daily Aztec: How’s the tour going so far with Daughtry?
Bryce Soderberg: It’s great. All the crowds have been really receptive. We’re really good friends with Chris (Daughtry) and his band. It’s been an all-around good vibe. We’ve been barbecuing, we played paintball, so it’s like summer camp for three months.
DA: Have you been performing songs from your new album?
BS: We have a shorter time slot where we’re only playing for 45 minutes, but it’s great for us. We get to play most of our new record and we also play some of the songs that we know people want to hear ... But it’s a great chance for us to showcase our new album, “Smoke & Mirrors.”
DA: What do you enjoy most about touring?
BS: Touring is just something I have always wanted to do since I was a kid. Right now, our band is getting along so well and all our heads are on the same page. We’re creatively pushing forward to become a better band and better performers. So having that positive energy on the road makes for good times and good shows. I just love waking up and walking through an arena. Ben, our guitar player and I run up the stairs and work out. With all the traveling there’s too much to love and a lot of fun.
DA: Do you and the band have any special rituals or activities when you are on tour?
BS: Funny you should ask that. We just started this ritual before we go on stage. We take 15 minutes and we sit with dimmed lights and silence in the dressing room, just the four of us. We stretch and think about the show and do deep breathing and just concentrate on picturing ourselves doing a kick-ass show.
DA: How would you describe your latest record, “Smoke & Mirrors?”
BS: We took a good solid year and a half making this record. We didn’t want to recreate the same album over and over, and we wanted to show some growth. So we experimented with a bunch of new sounds and we pulled from different influences. In the beginning of the record, we just came off the road from the Who We Are tour and we wanted to capture the essence of what we’ve been doing live in the studio. So, we did a bunch of organic live rock tracks. Then halfway through making the record, we realized we needed to appeal to the important side of Lifehouse’s fan base, the more polished, record-making aspect, with radio-friendly songs. Jason co-wrote with Chris Daughtry, Kevin Rudolf and Richard Marx. We’re trying to making a different album, get out of our comfort zone lyrically and musically.
DA: How did you come up with the title “Smoke & Mirrors” for the record?
BS: It was the first track that we recorded for the album. It was a song that Jason came up with and we always loved the title. We thought it sounded cool. Throughout the record-making process, we realized that it ambiguously tied into the two sides of us, the radio-friendly polished-making side, and the organic live rock side. The two infused together fits into the title.
DA: Are you excited about touring in Europe this summer?
BS: Absolutely. We just came back from a short run in Europe and the response over there was amazing. The fans there are really die-hard and they really get deep into your music. So, we hope to build our career over there and become bigger and better, and keep going back to Europe and also overseas. We want to go to Asia, Australia and we’d love to go to South Africa. We want to expand and move forward.
DA: Do you have a special shout-out to the fans attending on Saturday?
BS: We love San Diego. We are from Los Angeles, so being in California is home for us. We are going to feel comfortable and it’s going to be a lot of fun. We’re sure the crowd is going to be awesome. We’re really proud of this new record and we want people to check it out and share it.
For more information about Lifehouse, visit www.lifehousemusic.com. To find ticket information for Saturday, visit www.sandiegoarena.com.
. I'd also like to know if anybody has an HD copy of Lifehouse at Pinkpop 2003. BY far their best concert ever