Stone and Mike Reddit AMA Session Thursday 4/9 4PM PT

[The Town]

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[Birds in Hell]

Uh, thanks Stone.

Hey, I just wanted to ask both of you:

What do you miss most about being a kid?

Love you guys, great job on Gigaton!

I don't miss wetting the bed till i was 9 but i do miss not getting up to go pee twice a night like did when i was 20... man ....sweet 20 yearly bladder... plus all my other ailments....Mike , whats all our ailments again?sg

[Strat]

My question is, how do you decide who handles which guitar part when writing a song? Is it each of you writing your own parts, or do you write parts for one another?



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Depends on the song. I usually am confident that Stone will come up with something great for my songs.On Retrograde he came up with the atmospheric melody in the first part of the chorus.Sometimes ED will have a fixed Idea on how a rythm should be played with references like " make it sound like the KInks" Jeff will have specific melodic leads that he will want me to play. I usually like to hear what the guys will come up with on their own.Mike

[Strat]

Hi there. Quick escape has a very rare (and wonderful) effect on the guitar, on the solo, how do they do that? With any pedal, which one? greetings from Argentina

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What solo ... first or second...? the first solo is me and he had lots of crap on it... harmonizer and octaver plus tons of distortion.... Thats all Josh Evans on effects choice . It might be guitar direct into the board and distortion with preamps .. i do love that line though.. stone

[GreenMosquito1996]

Mike want to sing :
" I really want to sing for songs I write outside of Pearl Jam. Its been daunting cause Ive been around the best ! Im taking singing lessons from Sue Carr in Seattle shes really great and Im practicing a bunch."

Stone gets up two times a night to pee.

Stone is doing the first solo on Quick Escape.

[oneway23]

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Cheers!

[7 Years and Maybe Longer]

What is the very best dessert?
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my wife would say tiramisu but I'm gonna go with ice cream and cookie.

lots of dessert going down here right now. captive audience sg

[7 Years and Maybe Longer]

Painted Shield!

Stone: follow-up to Moonlander when?!

Mike: any plans for a solo record?
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Im finishing up a record i co wrote with Mason Jennings that is a song away from being mixed. Its called Painted Shield. its really good. Hopefully out in a few months if we survive this crazy shit .

[Birds in Hell]

Painted Shield!

Stone: follow-up to Moonlander when?!

Mike: any plans for a solo record?
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Im finishing up a record i co wrote with Mason Jennings that is a song away from being mixed. Its called Painted Shield. its really good. Hopefully out in a few months if we survive this crazy shit .

I asked that one!

Cool beans.

[oneway23]

Mike's wife digs tiramisu, FWIW...He's more of a cookie guy

[Farmer John]

Painted Shield!

Stone: follow-up to Moonlander when?!

Mike: any plans for a solo record?
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Im finishing up a record i co wrote with Mason Jennings that is a song away from being mixed. Its called Painted Shield. its really good. Hopefully out in a few months if we survive this crazy shit .

Was this Stone or Mike answering?

[7 Years and Maybe Longer]

Painted Shield!

Stone: follow-up to Moonlander when?!

Mike: any plans for a solo record?
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Im finishing up a record i co wrote with Mason Jennings that is a song away from being mixed. Its called Painted Shield. its really good. Hopefully out in a few months if we survive this crazy shit .

I asked that one!

Cool beans.

Great question! We got some real info outside of Stone's favorite dessert and bathroom habits.

[Birds in Hell]

Painted Shield!

Stone: follow-up to Moonlander when?!

Mike: any plans for a solo record?
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Im finishing up a record i co wrote with Mason Jennings that is a song away from being mixed. Its called Painted Shield. its really good. Hopefully out in a few months if we survive this crazy shit .

Was this Stone or Mike answering?

Stone.

[Farmer John]

Nice

[Strat]

Painted Shield!

Stone: follow-up to Moonlander when?!

Mike: any plans for a solo record?
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Im finishing up a record i co wrote with Mason Jennings that is a song away from being mixed. Its called Painted Shield. its really good. Hopefully out in a few months if we survive this crazy shit .

Was this Stone or Mike answering?

Stone.

Love that track. They would really be perfect for each other. Very similar quirky song writing tastes.

[injuddstree]

Cool to hear Mike saying his guitar effect on Quick Escape is "unique to the record" and can't be replicated live. Makes that song as an art piece even cooler.

[oneway23]

Cool to hear Mike saying his guitar effect on Quick Escape is "unique to the record" and can't be replicated live. Makes that song as an art piece even cooler.

Said the choice of effects was down to Josh, yeah?

[daft twat]

favorite dessert?

wtf?

[oneway23]

Mike - do you avoid loaning your guitars to Stone in case they come back in some weird tuning?

we have a joke that all of our guitars are shared so we are in a constant level of loaning! I love different tunings as they force me to play different and make mistakes that can be cool opportunities

[injuddstree]

Cool to hear Mike saying his guitar effect on Quick Escape is "unique to the record" and can't be replicated live. Makes that song as an art piece even cooler.

Said the choice of effects was down to Josh, yeah?

Yeah both Stone and Mike said a lot of that choice was Josh Evans.

They made such a good choice having him produce.