Yngwie Malmsteen: blistering interview

News:
26-12-2008:
David E. Gehlke gave the rising force more questions to answer in this interview for blistering

Yngwie Malmsteen says:

It went through a lot of different changes. The whole thing with labels being God like in the 70’s and 80’s is out the window. Most labels are a dying breed because of the distribution of CD’s is different and music being downloaded. The reason I decided I do it because labels have always been to me, shitty people. It really got out of hand even when the most so-called respectable labels were fiddling everything. They didn’t do the right promotion, they don’t do anything right…it’s really sad state of affairs.



It took an extreme amount of work to take over the whole thing. My wife, who is also my manager, she started the whole thing. It’s great because I have total control. There’s never any worry as to how many albums went out, so it’s all good, but it’s more work. On this last album, I did more work than ever – I even engineered and produced it. Of course I wrote the lyrics and arranged everything…there aren’t enough hours in the day. You are the seventh interview I’ve done today. I’m not complaining. In the past, it was a lot different because I’d sit around and wait for the label to tell you what to do. Nowadays, it’s a completely packed day. I have family – a wife and son, so it never stops. It’s a complete whirlwind. Kinda cool. I like it.