![]() ![]() So then we’ll record seventeen or eighteen of them. Now, out of that batch of thirty songs, the best ones always shine through. We’ll go through that process two or three times. Richie and Jon bring them in, and in a week or two we take them one at a time and get them to where they’re as good as we can get them. We do a batch of maybe ten songs at a time. From there it’s a process of elimination for which ones will stay on the record. It’s a canvas, and I’ve got to start adding the colors. MD: Is there a drum machine or beat idea on it? There’s usually no lyrics or melody on there yet. Tico: Usually it will be Richie and Jon on acoustic guitars on a little tape player. MD: When you hear the songs for the first time, what state do you get them in? We never use anything from the last records. MD: Were any of these songs left over from Crush? Everyone gets to use the “big” room, which is made for drums. So maybe that’s where the live feel comes from. But I track with all the instruments, even though for the most part they’ll be scratch tracks, except for the bass. Tico: I think it’s just the way our studio is set up. MD: The new record sounds heavier than Crush, and it seems to have more of a live feeling. We caught up with Tico while the band was in rehearsal preparing for a world tour, hot off the Times Square kick-off the NFL season, one of the biggest parties New York City has ever thrown. (Hugh McDonald replaced original bassist Alec Such in 1994.) “We’re like brothers,” says Tico proudly. In 2003, Bon Jovi will celebrate its twentieth year in the music business, and with their newest release, Bounce, it looks like they’ll soon be celebrating the 100 million sales mark.ĭrummer Tico Torres has been there every step of the way with bandmates Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and David Byran. That CD’s success brought their total album sales to over 90 million. The last time we spoke to Tico Torres (November 2000), Bon Jovi had just made a triumphant return to the limelight with its eighth album, Crush.
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