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A Chat With Michael

Though we weren't able to sit with the King of Pop, Getmusic
scored the largest chat session ever on the Internet, when it webcasted
and interview with Michael Jackson upon the release of his new
CD, "Invincible," on October 30. Here are a few excerpts from
the chat, but to catch it all, you can visit Getmusic.com (or click
the link below) and hear the audio interview with Michael Jackson
and host Anthony DeCurtis. Next time, we'll get the hook-up.
After a 30-year solo career and a 40-year career overall,
Michael Jackson says he's just as excited and nervous about
his new set, his 6th original solo set, as he was about his first,
1979's "Off The Wall." He compares delivering a new album
to delivering a new baby.
"It's like having children, having to raise them and introduce
them to the world, so it's very exciting. You never get too used
to it, ever. It's an incredible process, but you leave it in the hands
of God," he told GetMusic and online fans.
And Jackson explained that in leading up to the release
of the album, he never focuses on just coming out with one vibe.
The superstar said that he hopes that everyone, from rockers
to poppers, get at least a little something from "Invincible."
"I try to make the album a potpourri of wonderful melodies
of any style. I don't believe in stylizing or branding any type of
music. I think a great artist should be able create any style any
form, anything - from Rock, to Pop, to Folk, to Gospel, to just
wonderful music."
Furthermore, Jackson described the process of putting together
albums, particularly the songwriting process. He said that he
doesn't write songs with a certain genre in mind, but rather
a degree of quality. He says he has the mindset to just write
a good song.
"The songwriting process is very difficult to explain," he said.
"It's very spiritual. It's as if it's been written in its entirety
before
you were born and you are just really the source through which
they come. They just fall into your lap. I feel guilty sometimes,
of putting my name on them. I compose them, I write them, I do
the scoring I do the melody, but really it's the work of God."
But don't get it twisted, though the megastar comes everytime
with something that may be a little bit different from the norm,
he knows what the world is listening to.
"I always know what's going on the radio and in clubs;
what people are listening to. Even though people think I live
at Neverland-[though] mentally I'm in Neverland all the time,"
he joked, "I'm always connected, I always know what's
going on in the music world-not just in America, but all over
the world. When I'm working, I don't think I'm influenced by
a lot of music today. I pretty much create what I think is
in my heart. I try to be as original as possible."