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THE JOURNEY ZONE
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Jrnydv.Com’s
Exclusive Telephone Interview
with Robert Fleischman
January 8, 2003
Part Seven: The World in His Eyes
In 2002, Frontiers Records released Robert’s first solo album since Perfect Stranger, his first in over twenty years, in Europe. After a decade and a half as a staff writer for music companies and holding down other offstage jobs, this man who was once accused of hogging the limelight has finally returned to writing for his own voice.
DG: OK, well, tell me about World in your Eyes. You did Reawaken in 2001—
RF: Well it was going to be Reawaken and then they changed the name of that record because of the song.
DG: Oh, it’s the same—I’m sorry, it’s the same album?
RF: World in Your Eyes? Yeah. World in Your Eyes is Reawaken. The record company changed the name of it.
DG: So this is then your return to singing for yourself.
RF: Yeah, my solo album.
DG: What brought you back in, what prompted you to do another record?
RF: Well, [Journey bassist] Ross Valory had the project, and he sold it to Frontier Records, in Italy. And so I guess the president of the record company had a conversation with Ross, and he asked if he could get hold of me. So we set up a meeting, I spoke to him, and he asked me if I’d be interested in doing a record. And I said OK, because I wasn’t lookin’ to do a record. And that’s the best way to get it, because it’s always when you’re looking for something you’ll never get it, and when you’re not looking for something, it comes.
DG: Were the pipes a little rusty?
RF: No. I mean I sing. I sing practically every day, practically. I write every day, and so I’m always—I have my own recording studio at home, so I’m constantly writing songs, and singing my own songs.
DG: Any chance of taking World in Your Eyes on the road?
RF: It’s a possibility. If I get enough response from the record.
DG: When is it expected out in the United States?
RF: I think it’s supposed to be out January eighth.
DG: That’s today.
RF: Oh wow.
DG: So I guess today is—I’m interviewing Robert Fleischman on World in Your Eyes Day.
RF: I guess so. (Laughs) And I’m not here to poke it, either.
DG: What are your expectations for the new CD?
RF: I just really hope that people here embrace it when it's released and I hope a lot of Journey fans gravitate to it. It would be nice to usher in another era of bands that actually write good songs rather than just looking good and lip syncing most of the time.
DG: How can one hear World in Your Eyes? It’s available on Frontiers Records, right?
RF: Right now, the best way for you to instantly hear it would just be for you to go on the websites—there’s samples of it. You could just type up my name in google, and there’s all kinds of stuff in there, and then also in google, if you look down, there’s a thing called “Gallery,” and there’s pictures of me also. And I like the picture of me with the acoustic guitar. (Laughs)
DG: I think we only have one picture of you at Jrnydv.Com right now, and it’s the Perfect Stranger picture—
RF: Yeah, well—shit. (Laughs). Anyway, go to the gallery part, and you’ll see some new pictures of me.
This transcript ©2003 Jrnydv.Com. All rights reserved.
Last Updated 02 July, 2007 (DHG)
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