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  • Linkin Park Surpasses 4 Million On iLike

    November 25, 2008 63 Comments

    yo1

    Most of you probably already know iLike, the music-based social network, from your experiences on Facebook. Over the weekend, Linkin Park became the first group to surpass 4,000,000 fans on iLike. This is the largest number of fans that have gathered together in support of one artist on a single social platform.

    Earlier this year, our Linkin Park widget (seen at the bottom of my main blog page) crossed the "100 Million Views" threshold. Now, with the success on iLike, I wanted to take another second to say "thank you" to all of you that support the band and enjoy the music.

    My band and the people at iLike are thrilled about this amazing achievement. We will be hopefully announcing a special event to celebrate. Stay tuned!

    Thanks, mike

    PS: Road To Revolution DVD/CD is now in stores!

  • Linkin Park wins American Music Award

    November 23, 2008 95 Comments

    We won "Favorite Alternative Artist" tonight at the AMAs. Thanks to the fans, our teams everywhere, and to the AMAs! mike

  • New Album: Working

    November 23, 2008 155 Comments

    It was just Brad and me in the studio this week, but we did get a visit from Mr. Bourdon the drum head.

    yo1

    More pictures after the jump.

  • Kerrang, Rolling Stone: Road To Revolution

    November 21, 2008 95 Comments

    Since I have a minute to post, I figured I'd drop a note. Here's a Kerrang piece about the Live DVD/CD, Road To Revolution (in stores this Tuesday). This review was so over-the-top, I had to put it up. Thanks to Kerrang for the flattering review of the show and DVD.

    Click "read more" for the Rolling Stone piece about the New LP album, Cypress Hill track, and Barack Your World...

    yo1

  • NEW LINKIN PARK ALBUM IN 2009?

    November 10, 2008 170 Comments

    We're working on the new Linkin Park album right now. Will we have a new album out in 2009? Absolutely!

    And, of course, by "Absolutely," I mean, "Absolutely, as long as things go smoothly and the ideas are flowing, and we don't hit any scheduling problems or massive writers block."

    Jokes aside, the pic below is from my studio; Chester and I were listening to all the demos I've been writing in the past 6-12 months in busses, studios overseas, and my studio.

    yo1

    When we're out on the road doing shows, I generally keep the music on a safe hard drive, in a format that you can't download onto your iPod (gotta be careful). I also don't like playing stuff for anyone unless I feel like I've given it a proper amount of love. That means I go for months where I write stuff and don't really play it for anyone.

    This week, we went through about 35 new demos, most of which had only had my hands on them thus far. The process is a little scary; it's like saying, "here are the songs that I think should make up our next album." Luckily, nobody hates the songs (at least most of them!), and we're looking forward to getting started on this album in the coming months.

    I just did an insightful interview with a gentleman named Mikael Wood for a piece in an upcoming issue of Revolver magazine. Check for it in the coming months, I think it was an '09 music preview article.

    mike

    Previous related posts: http://www.mikeshinoda.com/blog/Linkin_Park-In_The_Studio/new_linkin_park_music-1

  • New Linkin Park Music

    October 25, 2008 148 Comments

    yo1

    I've been making songs on my own at home or in the bus, but hadn't gotten to work with the other guys until this week. A few days ago, Joe, Phoenix and I were having some fun at Joe's, and started a couple things. Of the two songs we worked on, one was a heavier, fast-tempo song with heavy guitars and distorted sampled drums, and the other was a little less aggressive, but still dark and upbeat, and had a really interesting chord progression. Joe's got this new MIDI keyboard-turntable unit, where he can make his vinyl play tones that you hit on the keyboard, and we can scratch them in real time. It's pretty cool--I think there's a lot of potential for that thing.

    Anyway, more updates to come later. We're preparing for a more defined studio schedule in the coming weeks.

    On a random note, Joe gave me Ableton Live, a program where I can make dope mixtape-mashup-projects...I'm making one that I'll hopefully be able to post here on mikeshinoda.com soon, which will feature some old songs by other artists that I think are cool.

    mike

    PS - I have to call The Phoenix out on the shirt he was wearing that day. The funny thing is, he knows it's questionable, but he wore it to amuse me and Joe.

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