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And we were exposed to...
WLS!
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That's how good the song is. It's got layers. And
that's what we hope to create. Every time we hear it,
we hear something different. Some songs are like
that, you know. Like, "I never realized he said that."
But it works.
And the other cool thing about that song is that we
don't play the chorus until the end. So it's A-B-A-BC. That breaks all the rules. Sometimes you have to
break the rules. So when they tell you that there are

"Because we need the great songs-
we have to keep our craft alive."
-Jonathan Cain
rules to writing, there are, but some songs are
clichés and they work. They're stupid enough to be
cool, you know; sometimes they are. I mean, I've
heard songs that just say the same thing over and
over again, and yet it's cool, it's charming, it's the
way it's delivered.
So again, it comes down to persona. Who are you
as the artist, who's the audience? And our audience
was working-class, blue-collar people. When I
joined Journey, they weren't singing to them, yet.
So a small-town girl and that city boy finally got
their moment, and it worked.
It's so funny, the whole time I'm sitting here listening to you today-and during our phone
conversations as well-you are still that kid growing up in Chicago. You are so Chicago, you really
are. You are Italian beef, man. It doesn't get any
more Chicago than you.
I wrote a song on my solo album called "Shine On
Chicago," for all you native sons, because it is something that is inside you. The spirit of the Windy
City is in me. And again, I embrace my identity. I
like who I am. I like where I come from, and I'm not
ashamed of it. I'm not going to change it, and I'm
going to grow with it. Going into Journey, I saw a
possibility of really putting a little street, a little grit,
singin' about the city, the people... stuff like that.
You know, we're looking at a lifestyle of growing up
in a wonderful time. The '70s and '80s were as good
as it got. Even the '60s. The '60s weren't bad either,
except John F. Kennedy and the Kennedys got
whacked.

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That's where I first heard the Beatles. I loved WLS
because it made it all the way to the little town I
grew up in!
Great music out of those years. It was kind of a real
renaissance, because rock & roll was so boring.
"Hang On Sloopy," what was that? "Louie, Louie,"
like I don't want to play that. The way rock
progressed. The Moody Blues came out with
"Nights in White Satin" and I just questioned why...
The Moody Blues really changed my mind about
rock & roll.
How so?
Because that was a classic. I liked complex things.
When I heard that, and I heard Procol Harum sing
"A Whiter Shade of Pale," oh-oh, that's a game
changer. Because I was a music snob, I was like,
"I'm above this stuff." And ironically, I ended up
being in a rock band. So it's like the Bob Seger song,
"Come back baby, rock & roll never forgets." Well,
when I was struggling, little did I know that this
little band called The Babys was gonna be my ticket
to ride. And they were a true rock band, no joke.
We were like The Faces. We were kinda like that,
but they had those classy songs that the record
company made... They make you sing those songs,
like "Isn't It Time?" Remember that song? [He sings
a line] Beautiful.
The other day we were on the phone and you were
almost like choking up. You were romanticizing
Arnel. This interview is about you, but you have
such obvious love and respect for this guy. Arnel
Pineda is the singer now in Journey. I was really
struck by the fact that when you start talking
about him, you lit up like a firecracker. Tell the
audience the story of Arnel, because it's special.
Neil found him on YouTube. He was singing at the
Hard Rock in Manila. He was singing everything
from U2, Aerosmith, Journey. His band did all these
covers, and he did Journey the best out of all of
them. Neil had me listen to Arnel sing "Faithfully,"
and I went, "He's great, but does he speak English?"
That's 3,500 miles away; we have homeland security; how are we gonna get him here? And our
manager said, "Let's check him out." So two
months later, Arnel got stopped at the embassy and
one of the guys recognized him and said, "Journey?
You know Journey? Sing 'Wheel in the Sky.'" [He
sings]

Very eloquent, Jon. "The Kennedys got whacked."
That's a songwriter for ya.
No, that broke my heart. I think that was the end of
the innocence. That really was for me as a kid.
What's next, you know? But all this music came
out. I mean, you think about the '60s and '70s-
the style, everything from what The Beach Boys and
The Beatles did, to soul.

So Arnel shows up. You gotta understand that this
guy shows up with T-shirts from the Hard Rock
Manila for us as gifts. So sweet. I still have mine.
And I could tell he was tired, and it's like I have no
idea what a 14-hour time difference does. So his
time zone is all a mess, and he can't sleep, so it takes
him like a week to acclimate. And by the time his
voice comes around, it's like, "Wow, this guy can
sing."

And it all got played on the same radio station.

So Neil and I had written a couple of songs for the

64 RECORDING May 2020

new album Revelation, and I said, "Let's teach him
the song real quick." So we kind of fed him the
lines one by one, and we punched them in. Then
we let him go crazy at the end, and I heard the
future of Journey-and it was him. I said, "Neil, we
found our guy. He's the guy." I mean, my mic doesn't lie. I'm in the studio and I'm gettin' moved. He
was hittin' it!
It is just so remarkable that a guy from so far away
that our music managed to get over 3,000 miles
across the ocean and move him as a little boy.
There's a video of him singing "Don't Stop
Believin'" when he was 12. He looked like Bruno
Mars-a little Bruno singing "Don't Stop
Believin.'" And for him, this was one of his favorite
bands to sing, and when we called him and asked
him to come over, he didn't believe that it was us.
He thought Neil was pullin' his leg, you know?
Well, who wouldn't? "Hello, this is Journey. Wanna
join the band?"
And Neil said, "Trust me, bro, I am Neil Schon. You
are gonna come over and sing for us. You are gonna
audition."
What a great thing, so when you finally get to meet
him, you understand. He was a homeless kid; his
mom died when he was four years old; his father
was a poor tailor; they lost their home. Then he
decided he was gonna get a singing job to make
money so his brothers could have food and shelter,
and he became the breadwinner for his brothers
and his dad. And then he got into drugs and alcohol and he lost his voice. They told him he would
never sing again; then he gets a call from us.
We did a morning show on CBS with Jim Axelrod,
and he said, "Who else but Arnel should be singing
that song, "Don't Stop Believin'?" Because he is an

"The Moody Blues really changed my
mind about rock & roll."
-Jonathan Cain
overcomer, and he faced adversity like beyond
belief. He showed us the park bench he used to
sleep on in Manilla when we went over there. He's a
true man of God, he loves his family, he is just a
positive spirit.
You told me that somebody is making a movie
about his life story, right?
They are planning a movie on Arnel's life, because
the guy who did Crazy Rich Asians, Jon Chu. Anybody see that movie?
Yeah, it's great.
Well, when we brought Arnel into the band, it
reverberated across the ocean, and people in Asia
got goose bumps, that this little kid from Manila
would be lead singer of Journey. I mean, it's
unheard of. And so, Jon really wants to tell that
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That One Instrument Mic
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Incidents in The Sound Lab: Recording and Mixing The String Cheese Incident
Peluso P-28 Pencil Tube Condenser Microphone
Austrian Audio Hi-X55 Professional Over-Ear Headphones
Creative Miking Techniques for Flute, Snare, Piano, and more!
The Do’s and Don’ts of Flute Recording
Stereo Snare and Fun Room Miking Tips
Recording Piano Wrong
Plugin Outlet: Silo Soundlabs Trident EQ plugins
Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby: miking and making Nick D’Virgilio’s
Samar Audio Design AL95 Passive Ribbon Microphone
Heiserman H47tube Microphone
Inside the Box with Joe Albano: Microphone and Preamp Modeling
Readers' Tracks
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