Yngwie Malmsteen: sleazerocks interview

Sleaze Roxx: You mentioned that you are receptive to feedback and one of your biggest critics is your wife. Was it open for Tim to give feedback during the recording of the album?

Yngwie Malmsteen: Coming in they know how I work so they don't do that. They don't give any suggestions. I know that it sounds strict, but it's not. The musicians I work with know that their role is to come in and deliver the best possible performance. I see it like Robert De Niro playing a role -- it's his task to bring that character to life. I know that in rock and roll that's not the traditional way of making records. I don't have a guitar riff and have the drummer play along and then bring in the singer to come up with his part over it. I just don't work that way at all. I have to add that with Tim he has the voice that I have been looking for. I don't have to push him hard because he gets it and knows what I'm looking for and it works brilliantly. more