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Years of writing songs and performing them in numerous rock and jazz bands paid off for Michael Fredo when he met Quincy Jones, the legendary producer whose many credits include Michael Jackson-one of young Fredo's major musical role models.
Quincy is highly enthusiastic about his young protégé: "Mike Fredo is the epitome of the pop sound you crave from boy bands today, with authentic melody and vocal range all in one solo act. We've been looking a long time for a pop artist that is the real thing and enjoys every minute of what he does."
Among the important people Fredo met there was Paul Ellington, grandson of jazz great Duke Ellington, and son of the Duke Ellington Orchestra's late conductor Mercer Ellington. Fredo would spend a year on the road as a jazz vocalist for the Ellington Orchestra before determining his own musical direction.
Fredo, who plays guitar and piano on Introducing, wrote four of the songs on the album and collaborated extensively with his label president Andy Hilfiger-himself an accomplished rock musician and consultant to Qwest Records-as well as Quincy Jones. "I come from the school of rock 'n' roll," he notes. "I used to play in bars when I was very young and do Stones and Doors covers, along with a mixture of rock, pop and r&b."
"This Time Around," the album's first single, "Is about an ex-girlfriend, and has a really cool sound," says Fredo.
Another original-with deeper personal significance-is the beautifully orchestrated ballad "Now You're Gone," which closes the album and was written 24 hours following the tragic death of Fredo's father. "He passed away three years ago after a car crash, and is the inspiration for all the sadder songs on the album," relates Fredo, who has dedicated the entire disc to his father's memory.
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Who Said
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Everybody Wants Her
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Heartbreaker
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I Would Do Anything
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You Can Always Come Home
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Now You're Gone
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This Time Around
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