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''Second Nature'' is the second studio album by the American supergroup Flying Colors, that was released on 29 September 2014 (Europe/UK) and 30 September 2014 (US). On August 19, ''Loudwire'' premiered the video for the album's first single "Mask Machine". Soon after, ''Classic Rock'' premiered the song for Europe. On September 22, the entire album began streaming on the ''Prog'' magazine website. Before the album release, drummer Mike Portnoy said it would benefit from a bigger "chemistry" between members:〔 The band's experience with Peter Collins was overwhelmingly positive. For Second Nature, the band decided not to work with a producer because they wanted to experiment with working on their own. == Recording and concept == According to Portnoy, the album was recorded in a Led Zeppelin-ish way, with the members meeting for a couple of days, then carrying on with their other commitments, then going back to record more parts, and so on. The first writing session happened via Skype conversations.〔 Bassist Dave LaRue said about the writing sessions: "Everyone brings in ideas, no complete songs. When we like an idea, we start from there and build on it. There are some ideas that get thrown out, others that get completely changed, some that stay pretty much intact. We do try a lot of different ideas within one song. The writing sessions are pretty intense – we move fast, due to the limited amount of time we have".〔 (Interview with Dave LaRue ), by Grande-Rock.com retrieved on November 13, 2014.〕 Guitarist Steve Morse said he encourages his band mates to bring just ideas for songs, instead of complete tracks, "so that the band sound is on everything".〔 Also, he said the band decided not to "underestimate" their audience and assume they "can handle lots of subtlety, complexity and changes of tempo."〔 All instruments were recorded in each member's personal studio,〔 except for the vocals, which were mostly recorded at keyboardist/vocalist Neal Morse's studio.〔 The cover for ''Flying Colors'' was designed by executive producer Bill Evans. For ''Second Nature'', Portnoy and Evans asked artist Hugh Syme to come up with something with the theme of "Second Nature".〔 Steve Morse described the concept of the cover as follows:〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Second Nature (Flying Colors album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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