New Inspiration and a Nice Vibe in Studio for Alicia Keys
By Elisa Gardner, USA Today
About two months before recording The Element of Freedom, Alicia Keys witnessed an event that would have a profound influence on her creative process: a Fleetwood Mac concert.
"It was my sister's birthday, and she wanted to see them," says Keys, 29, referring to longtime best friend Erika Rose. The R&B singer/songwriter knew of the veteran band but wasn't entirely familiar with its catalog. "So everyone was like, 'What? You don't know these songs?' "
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Other vintage pop acts also informed Freedom, her fourth studio album, which arrives today. Keys started "to experiment with keyboards from the late '70s and '80s. ... I listened to a lot of Genesis, The Police, Tears for Fears— people who hadn't been staples for me."
Her education influenced the album "in a very positive way. In the past, I wasn't as conscious of melody. This time, I wanted melodies that really soared, like the ones I heard at that (Mac) show."
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that is really cool for an artist as talented as alicia keys to express her admiration for fleetwood mac and even draw inspiration from them. We fans all know fleetwood mac is legendary, but it's cool when younger artists like alicia admit to being unfamiliar with fleetwood mac and then share how meaningful their music turns out to be to them.
I was just listening to the album and felt the Fleetwood Mac in it- especially in Pray For Forgiveness!
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