Ron J on Seismic chat this saturday

[jimbobhickville]

Shawn tells me our favorite guitarist will be joining the chat on Saturday sometime near 6PM Eastern Time (probably a little bit before, so come early). Instructions on how to get to the chat are on the Seismic Radio site, http://www.seismicradio.com

Alex Skolnick is supposed to be on earlier, too. Should be a sweet show.

 

[mami]

Anyone joined to the chat?
Tell me how was it!!

 

[jimbobhickville]

I was there for part of it, but I had to leave. Ron was kind of quiet at first since all the questions were stuff like "when's Ink Compatible gonna be released" and stuff. But once we started listening to the tunes and talkintg about them, he was quite talkative. The only real "news" I could report is that Jason was just blowing hot air when he said Tower could take several more years; he was just sick of being asked so he said that to get people to leave him alone. From what I can tell, Ink will be this year, and Tower might be.

 

[Ballad Assassin]

Cool Jimbob! Let's hope Jason was bluffing and we'll hear some new WatchTower music soon.

Any other cool info you can remember from the chat? Let us know!

 

[jimbobhickville]

Hmm....he did say that on Ink Compatible, all drum tracks are done, only 1 guitar track left to do, 2 bass tracks, and he didn't say what for vocals. So, that means it should only be a few more months at most. I would predict we'll see it by summer if not sooner (but don't hold me to that . Watchtower would presumably be later since it's only in preproduction stage at this point. But it may just sneak in for a Fall or Winter release if we're all good little boys and girls

Also, from earlier in the chat when Skolnick was on, everyone should check out Attention Deficit. I remember d/l their disc a couple years back and not liking it, but the songs I heard on the show were incredible. Can't imagine what I was thinking before. I'm gonna order it soon, methinks. His new Alex Skolnick Trio is quite good, but a little too soft for me (it's all acoustic jazz, and they did remakes of a bunch of classic metal tunes like War Pigs, etc).

 

[Ballad Assassin]

Very cool. Thanks for the report.

 

[mami]

Thank you for sharing , jimbobhickville!

I wish I'd join to the chat next time!!

 

[scott from _actual time_]

Originally posted by jimbobhickville
everyone should check out Attention Deficit. I remember d/l their disc a couple years back and not liking it, but the songs I heard on the show were incredible. Can't imagine what I was thinking before.

yeah, i had the same reaction. that was also during the period when those project jam records were all the rage, after Liquid Tension, and like any trend, some were good but some were not at all.

it's also possible that you heard tracks from the second Attention Deficit CD, which might be better than what you and i remember of the first one, so check before you buy [and report back].

scott

 

[hydrogrind]

if you dont like attention deficit, maybe you can try another project from Alex Skolinck : ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO

cool swing jazz!

 

[jimbobhickville]

Scott, that's entirely possible. I know it was the first disc I heard before and I remember it being very slow and boring, but the tunes I heard recently were more upbeat and heavy. Maybe it is their 2nd disc (didn't realize there was one). I'll see what I can find out.

 

[Demonspell]

I haven't heard all of the first Attention Deficit, but it is composed of shorter songs for the most part, and doesn't sound quite as sharp...