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Moments
Moments

be mature about it. “We really had to take a step record I envisioned making with you guys.’” The “Thank God we had Nick as our coach and fifth
back sometimes and consider why this conver- band agreed and they were relieved that Nick member because he really helped get us over
sation was happening, give it space and time, was on the same wavelength as them. However, that hump, through those woods and on to find
pull our emotions out of it and proceed forward this left them in the predicament of having no the joy of the creation again. Nick had such a
with caution. It was like, ‘Hmmm, I guess we’ve songs; they would have to start again. “We were great approach to it. He was just like, ‘Well, get
got to rethink how we approach this,’ or we’d be bummed because we knew we had these songs in the room, the four of you. Who’s got a riff?’ He
like, ‘Alright, hold on, don’t react with emo- that were fine, but we knew that if we recorded would come in and out and it started happening,
tion...We’ll get the last word in the song, don’t them and released them it would have been a we started making this music that got us excited.
worry!’” Joe laughs. bummer. That’s not something we want to do as It was like a rebirth for us. It reminded me of
t was when producer Nick Raskulinecz a band and as a business, to put music out that when we were in a basement in Pennsylvania
Icame on the scene that things started to we’re not one hundred percent backing. Our before we had a record deal or anything; we
turn around. “Almost immediately, Nick became whole team thought that we could do better and were playing bars just trying to make songs that
our fifth band member and new best friend; we we agreed,” Joe admits. would work and sound cool live. We were doing
got along instantly,” reveals Joe. “We all had the “We wanted to push ourselves, push the lis- the same exact thing this time, except for work-
same goal and that goal was to make exciting teners who have listened to the band and let ing with one of the best producers in the world,”
moments in the studio and chase the things that them hear us in a new light, without going too Joe says proudly. “I’m not a golfer but I’ve heard
excited us. Before we met with Nick we had writ- far. We wanted to push the genre too, but how golf guys equate a hole in one to the great thing
ten a bunch of songs for this record that didn’t do we challenge ourselves, and everybody else, that happens in golf. If you get one of those it’ll
work out and they were good songs. We could as to what Halestorm is and what hard rock in get you through the next 20 games because
have made that record but we were not excited general is? You know, how can we do that?” you’re still just trying to do that one thing. To me,
about it. We showed the songs to Nick and he Unsure of what to do and if they could do it, that’s a good analogy for the ‘make the moment’
was like, ‘Yeah, this was not the Halestorm Joe credits Nick for helping them through. in the studio.”
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