Jerrod Niemann New CD Preview

There is no one better to describe the music on Jerrod Niemann’s new CD “Free The Music” than the man himself.  For that, we went to a Music Row studio to speak face to face with the one and only Jerrod Niemann.  “I look at music as a giant song.  For me, I want to make complete projects that have complete continuity, an entire experience, so maybe someone in the digital age would appreciate albums.  I want to let the music do the talking.  That’s why the first song, “Free The Music,” is so crazy, I spent two years writing that song.  The album begins with a Dixieland band, and it’s fun, that was the most exciting challenge, in picking instruments.  So on this album, I didn’t use electric bass.  We used upright bass on one song, and acoustic bass on the rest of them.  For Shinin’ On Me, we used an acoustic B-bender, which allowed us to use a guitar to emulate a steel guitar.  All the essences of a steel guitar were done by the acoustic B-bender.  We took the heads off all the drums, we used horns, and we took a gianted organic sound, and recorded them.”

Explain the cover art: The recording process was unconventional, so I wanted the cover art match it.  You’re opening doors, freeing the music, freeing what’s in your heart, and so I’m opening up the doors to let the music out and let the people in.  Hopefully all the music doesn’t get out before the people get in.   I think it represents the album.  We shot it on a train, and I’m opening the doors of a train car.  When I first saw the picture, I thought of a wall of instrumentation, so it has the horns and strings.  We recorded this album on an analog/digital hybrid, and because of that, we pressed this album on vinyl too.  There’s a vinyl pressing plant here in Nashville, and we pressed it here.”

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