Iconic guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen sat down for a chat with Classic Rock, who mentioned why he’s no longer hiring singers, preferring to take on the vocal duties himself in recent years.
Yngwie said:
“I need to explain something to you. The way I work is different to everybody else. I can wake up in the middle of the night and hear a perfectly completed song, including the production.
”Therefore I don’t need producers, outside writers, and I no longer need singers.
“When I had singers, I wrote the vocal melodies the way I heard them in my head and taught them to Graham Bonnet or whoever. Until I came to the States, I was the singer, guitar player, and writer, all I needed to do was hire a bass player and drummer.
”Over my career, there was only a small (period of time) when I used singers. It’s just easier to do it myself.”
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Now if only the ego maniac could write a decent song …