Twitter Listening Party for The Hunting Party by Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park

Mike's sequential tweets about The Hunting Party, the new album of Linkin Park in 2014.
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Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

I'll be listening to #thehuntingparty with you in 1 minute on Twitter. Opening up my copy... instagram.com/p/pbujC0jmSB/

2014-06-20 02:00:25
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Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

#TheHuntingParty Twitter Listening Party starts now. I'll be watching my @ mentions for your questions. Press play in 3...2...1...

2014-06-20 02:00:40
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

Of all the songs, Keys to The Kingdom was my favorite to open the album because of the constant sonic surprises

2014-06-20 02:02:26
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

The chorus vocal was a stream-of-consciousness vocal (and lyric) by Chester. He didn't write it down, just sang whatever came to mind.

2014-06-20 02:03:11
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

That's me saying "Try and do the other thing"--I was talking to Rob when we were recording drums

2014-06-20 02:05:17
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

The "I'm not allowed to say certain things" was a clip we put here because we originally had another clip...

2014-06-20 02:05:38
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

But we weren't allowed to use it because of legal reasons!

2014-06-20 02:05:55
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

"All For Nothing" features Page Hamilton from the band Helmet. Helmet was one of the bands whose aggressive / melodic sound was...

2014-06-20 02:07:13
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

If you listen, you can hear my vocal mixed with Page's in the chorus

2014-06-20 02:08:03
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

The music behind the interlude before "Guilty All The Same" is an original piece. That's me singing "ohhh"

2014-06-20 02:08:29
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

Guilty All The Same was the first song on #TheHuntingParty Rob recorded drums for. He worked up to this performance for about a month.

2014-06-20 02:09:23
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

Rakim is one of my favorite rappers of all time. His verse here is a perfect example of why. #TheHuntingParty

2014-06-20 02:11:46
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

To me, Rakim's verse is the perfect mix of technicality, content, and emotional expression. #TheHuntingParty

2014-06-20 02:12:18
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

The album began with a series of demos that were more electro/indie/alt. Then I realized I didn't want that.

2014-06-20 02:14:16
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

GATS was one of the early demos that helped define the direction of the album. #TheHuntingParty

2014-06-20 02:14:37
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

"The Summoning" was a sonic experiment that we added late in the process, to give the listener's ear a palette cleanser before "WAR"

2014-06-20 02:15:21
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

"WAR" was a demo that Chester brought in. Very little changed between the demo version and the final. #TheHuntingParty

2014-06-20 02:15:51
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

If you listen carefully, Chester actually says "1, 2...1-2-THANK YOU"

2014-06-20 02:16:55
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

There was an alternate version where he said 1-2-1-2-F*CKYOU

2014-06-20 02:17:20
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

Rob recorded the drums to "war" in one take

2014-06-20 02:17:38
Mike Shinoda @mikeshinoda

My verses in "Wastelands" were written before the music ever existed. Just words on my computer. #TheHuntingParty

2014-06-20 02:18:49