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Neal tweeted on Wednesday:

"Thank God for Narada & Jim as this was a year ago we started the new Journey album. We worked on it constantly collectively shaping a new chapter of Journey. We are all very excited for you to hear it all."

Jim is Narada's engineer, I believe.

As a fan, I am also thankful. Without Tarpan studios and Narada's personal involvement (including producing Arnel's vocals), there would be nothing to look forward to right now in the Journeyverse. Firing Ross and Smitty wasn't enough - Neal needed to find a creative partner with shared musical vision. Neal used to have that with Jonathan. Not sure where they stand. One day away from the release of new Journey music and if you check Cain's social media pages, it's still pretty much all Jesus, all the time. What a fuck up.

Anyway, let's hope the Narada era is long lived! Here's a classic Narada track with a juicy funkalicious Randy bassline.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJNM5JA1g3I

This is the first time in ages that I've been excited to hear new music from the band. I was a fan of the Perry line up. That's what I preferred.
This is a new chapter, a new direction that I am very curious about. One thing's for sure, this ain't gonna be your father's Journey.

Someone else said this before...this is the Journey that Perry would have wished for.

Art Vandelay wrote:This is the first time in ages that I've been excited to hear new music from the band. I was a fan of the Perry line up. That's what I preferred.
This is a new chapter, a new direction that I am very curious about. One thing's for sure, this ain't gonna be your father's Journey.

Someone else said this before...this is the Journey that Perry would have wished for.

Well said.

Art Vandelay wrote:This is the first time in ages that I've been excited to hear new music from the band. I was a fan of the Perry line up. That's what I preferred.
This is a new chapter, a new direction that I am very curious about. One thing's for sure, this ain't gonna be your father's Journey.

Someone else said this before...this is the Journey that Perry would have wished for.

Thanks for agreeing with me. Steve Perry ain't coming back to Journey, but in his heart of hearts he wishes he was in this band.