Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jon Anderson, the lead singer of the progressive rock group Yes, chatted with Digital Journal’s Markos Papadatos about…
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jon Anderson, the lead singer of the progressive rock group Yes, chatted with Digital Journal’s Markos Papadatos about his upcoming solo album, « 1000 Hands. »
On the song selection process for this forthcoming solo album, Anderson said, « I was recordings some songs in 1990, and a few ago, Michael Franklin, the producer, sent me the mixes of those seven songs and they sounded really good. I told him that we needed three or four more songs, and I sent him a few more songs, and it turned out to be really good. We did a lot of vocalizations. The single ‘WDMCF’ came from the musical exercise of vocalizations. »
Anderson recently released the music video for his single « WDMCF. » « The song stands for ‘Where Does Music Come From’ but it was such a long title so I condensed it, » he said.
Regarding his songwriting and music inspirations, he said, « It’s a constant adventure in songwriting. I’m a big fan of Stevie Wonder and Nina Simone, one of the greatest songwriters of our time.
