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InVettagating: Venice - Michael Lennon August 2005 page 4

Welcome to the rest of the InVettagation.

In this InVettagation an interview with their guitarplayer, Lennon family member, singer, songwriter and responsible for their recordings.

Thanks go out to all the Venice bandmembers, their crew and management, they have been very kind and helpfull.

There are influences from the Beatles in "Welcome to the rest of your life" song and Steely Dan in "I'll keep my fingers crossed" how come?

It's funny that you bring that up since The Beatles, the Eagles, Steely Dan, Crosby, Still & Nash, Stevie Wonder are hughe influences for us. Great people to grow with, learning their songs and listening to their records because this is great stuff. So that influence is always there.

Click here to hear an "I'll keep my fingers crossed" audio clip

On "I'll keep my fingers crossed" where many people seem to think that it's Steely Dan, started out from the Stylistics song. The song goes "Whenever you call me, I'll be there that goes (Micheal's singing to me know) Wheneevr you need me I'll be there ... I'll be around. If you then listen to I'll keep my fingers crossed you'll go, ooh, yeah that's what it is. We litterallly listened to that song to go, that's the 'feel' we gotta have, that's the kind of thing we want.

Of course we knew we wouldn't sound like that, because we're Venice but we never talked about the Steely Dan thing untill someone else brought it up. So we weren't trying to sound like the Stylistics either but we were influenced by that record because Kipp has that kinda voice when he sings that kind of R & B influence like Donald Fagen.

I think it just comes out that way. We were kinda suprised when people started bringing that up and when I hear it know I can hear that you would think it would sound like Steely Dan. But it wasn't ever the intention to sound like them that was, what was funny to us.


Michael & Line 6 Variax 500

Vinny, I know you always want something special, so here's an original 'used' setlist. I've added the guitars I use with the song and in what tuning and where the capo is placed. I guess ideal for your InVettagation.

Thanks Michael, for adding this bonus, that'll please your fans and readers of this Invettagation.

Click here for the setlist and tuning info

Final question Michael, how's the Venice sound created?

In short Vinny? Make track, put Venice vocals on it and you're done... (laughing)

No, In general the sound is created by me and then topped with a drummer, a bass player and a keyboard player. On other times it reamins just me and I bring in a computer. The skeleton of a track is made by me, I mean the arrangement, the approach and the sounds.

Then other great muscians are brought in to either elaborate or to make the part better. Or in some cases not to do anything and use the original part. So that's the beginning of it. Then of course we put the Venice vocals on top of that and then we sound just like we sound like...

We have our own approach to do our harmonies and the arranging of our harmonies and usually it's very consistantly recognisable. From occasion we try to change it on purpose. But it will start with a track that I will build myself to get the direction for everyone that we agree on.

Thanks Michael for getting back together, see ya next time...

Vinny, as always, the pleasure's all mine, keep in touch..

If you want to know more about Venice, visit venicecentral.com

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