Perry Says Journey Should Have Stuck With Soto
The former frontman gives his opinions on subsequent singers
In a new interview with Melodic Rock, Perry says that of the three singers that have followed him in Journey (Steve Augeri, Jeff Scott Soto and Arnel Pineda) they should perhaps have worked longer with Soto, who was fired from the band in 2007 after a year on the road.
"I know in his own right, with his own music, with his own songwriting ability, this guy's a very talented guy!", says Perry. "And of all three maybe they should have stuck with him and continued to write music, but that might have required that they let him in emotionally a little more?"
In the extensive interview, which you can read HERE, Perry revealed that he has around 50 songs in demo form, and he's currently in the process of building a studio in his home to maybe get those songs finished.
"Well where I'm at is I've been sketching everything in my laptop in just a demo sketch form. And the good news is I've got some really fun moments in there, great things going. The bad news is that they're demos right now and they're just sketches. And I like 'em. And I've converted an area of my house into a studio big enough to track some drums if I need to, so that should be done I would say in the next month or so. So my plan is to get in there and start recording some of these with musicians and start trying to get some tracks actually built on some of these songs. But that being the case, the only thing that would stop you from hearing it would be me because I'm my own worst enemy. I have always been. I'll play things for friends and they just think they're really great. And they'll tell me the truth if they're not.
"I'll say, "Gee, my voice is a little out of tune here. I've got to sing this again. This bugs me, that bugs me.” And they'll say, "I'm sorry, I don't' hear that.” But I do. And so, you know, that's the problem. So the only problem I have is that I'm the only problem I have, you know?"