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Jason Aldean's new album, 'My Kinda Party,' is set for release on Tuesday, November 2, but the Georgia native has already started the party by playing some of the songs from the record during his headlining tour. With a career that's been building steadily since his 2005 debut, Jason says the pressure was off a little bit when he began recording the new disc, but nevertheless he didn't let up.
"The process for recording this album was the same as it's always been -- finding great songs," Jason tells The Boot. 'If you do that, everything else falls into place. We may have tried a few new things but we're not going too far away from what our fans are used to hearing."
Something fans haven't heard from Jason before is a duet, but the new disc delivers one (called 'Don't You Wanna Stay') featuring pop songbird Kelly Clarkson. In all, the new CD includes 15 tunes, which is a higher number than many artists are releasing on an album these days. Jason admits that while labels are trying to figure out how to sell records, it's important to him to give fans the best deal for their hard-earned money.
"I would have recorded more songs before now had we had the opportunity," Jason points out, "but a lot of times the record company is in control of how many songs you put on a record. I think right now, with album sales down, we need to figure out ways for people to buy a complete album. If that means putting 15 songs on a record and keeping them from downloading the single songs on iTunes, then that's the goal."
The Boot hung out with Jason on his farm outside Nashville to get a sneak peek of the new album, to talk about why now was the right time for a duet, and to discover just who it is Jason depends on to take care of many of his business decisions.
As someone who was raised pretty much in rural America, do you focus on those small-town values when you're writing or looking for songs?
I grew up in Georgia, just on the outskirts of Macon, surrounded by a lot of farm land. The way I look at it is, it's not like I was all for the small town in a 'rah rah rah' kind of deal. That's what I know. So for any artist, if you can sing about things you've experienced, you can make it believable. When I hear songs and I can relate to what they lyrics say, I know I can relate the message to our fans. That's how we go about picking our songs for our albums.
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