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"I'm sure you've heard your share of tribute albums, both good and bad," says composer Lee Johnson. "I feel that every tribute album should absolutely enter the throne room with fear and trepidation."
"I had to find the nuances between shows and versions of studio takes, live concert performances and commentary to find the patterns and procedures that they used," he says. "Until I came in contact with 'China Doll,' I was still in a place where I believed, well, this might be possible, but I'm not sure. That tune let me know this project was achievable in every way. It became the gold standard.""It's so incredibly well written - it's set up in such a way with its harmonic structure and phrases. It's just artfully done - it's master-craftsman songwriting," Johnson says. "Once I had that tune, I just had to find the other songs [with] the same level of detail, craft and inspiration. But 'China Doll' told me that not only was this going to happen, it was going to happen in a really big way."See the full content of this document
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"I'm sure you've heard your share of tribute albums, both good and bad," says composer Lee Johnson. "I feel that every tribute album should absolutely enter the throne room with fear an...
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