James Wood is a writer, musician and self-proclaimed metalhead who maintains his own website,. Keep up with Cinderella at their Facebook page and official website. I told him the same thing that I mentioned earlier: When everyone around you is just in it for the party, it's time to move on. Now that he's been playing for a while, he recently asked me what the secret was to advancing as a guitarist. My son, Sebastian, plays and has taken my advice as he was learning. Don't go out there and try to be a burner or play as fast as you can. The big thing is to just make sure to learn the fundamentals. I've also been working on a solo project as well.ĭo you have any advice for aspiring guitarists? Tom's been working on his solo record and Eric and I will continue doing studio work in the Nashville area. What's next for the band once this current tour is over? The climate of the music business right now is a little odd for those of us who recorded on tape and dealt with a record label, but it’s something we definitely haven't ruled out. ĭo you foresee recording new Cinderella material in the future? The red one from the "Shake Me" video and the same one my mother lent me the money to buy when I was 20. I've also got a Strat, a Tele, a Dan Armstrong for slide, my Gibson double-neck and, of course, my Kramer. What's your current setup like for this tour?įor this tour, I'm using my 1980 white Custom Shop Les Paul, which has yellowed rather nicely over the years. It just kept building until I got into Cinderella. From there, I started writing and getting into doing more originals. Over the years, I'd put bands together, but when everyone's priorities became taking bong hits instead of playing music, I'd leave and move on to a better band. I took it more as a "This is fun, I just want to play" point of view. I never took a "scholastic" point of view to playing guitar. Nah, I never locked myself in a room or anything like that. So you never did the typical thing like locking yourself in your room?
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I learned how to play mostly by listening to records and figuring out songs. From there, I just started playing by ear. He showed me how to play three chords and then pulled out a song book to show me the diagrams of where to put your fingers. One day he caught me and asked if I wanted to really learn how to play. When he wasn't home, I used to dance around with his guitar in front of a mirror to Alice Cooper records. My older brother played guitar while we were growing up.
I also remember that two of the other guitarists who auditioned were "Snake" Sabo (Skid Row) and Reggie Wu (Heaven's Edge).
I had already known Tom because we both grew up not far from each other. So, in 1985 Tom (Keifer) and Eric (Brittingham) began holding auditions. They just need to change the drummer and the guitar player. So Derek came out, saw Cinderella play live and pretty much said the same thing every other record company had said about them: great look, great songs, great energy. Cinderella didn't have a record deal at the time, but Derek Shulman, the man who signed Bon Jovi to Polygram, had the band's demo sitting on his desk.Īfter seeing the band, Jon was so impressed that he went back to Derek and told him he really needed to check out the band. I wasn't in the band at the time, but I was in a band that opened for them called Precious Metal. On a night off from recording, Jon went out to watch Cinderella perform at a local club. It happened while Bon Jovi was in Philadelphia recording the 7800° Fahrenheit record. What's the story behind how Cinderella was discovered by Jon Bon Jovi? I feel very fortunate to still be able to do this for a living.
They pretty much stay separate until they actually get on stage, and even then, sometimes they need to be separated. I know a few other bands from our genre whose members ride on separate buses. We still have fun and ride the same tour bus. During the tour, we basically live together and enjoy each other's company. What's the secret to the band's longevity?įor us, I think it's because we all still like each other. The crowds have been great!Ĭinderella still have their original lineup from when you first came on the scene. If this is a revival, it's been going on for a quite while. We've been touring almost every summer for years now and I've been hearing a lot about so-called "revivals." The truth is, I don't think it's ever left. It's been great! Right now, we're in the midst of an eight-week run of dates that will take us through to the end of August.Īre you finding that, judging from the size of the audiences, there's been a revival of sorts for hair metal?
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