{"id":1320074,"date":"2020-05-18T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1821261"},"modified":"2020-05-18T11:00:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T17:00:45","slug":"chase-rice-wont-let-his-world-stop-releases-the-album-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/chase-rice-wont-let-his-world-stop-releases-the-album-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase Rice Won\u2019t Let His World Stop, Releases The Album Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:692912?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/cmtcomstaff\/\" title=\"Posts by CMT.com Staff\" rel=\"author\">CMT.com Staff<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">14m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/chase-rice\">Chase Rice<\/a> is ready for the road. Of course, coronavirus put everyone\u2019s touring plans on hold, yet this star isn\u2019t letting it stop him from releasing a brand new project, <em>The Album Part II.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>During an interview with <em>CMT Hot 20 Countdown<\/em>, he spoke from his farm about his future plans, his dedication to his band and crew, and his decision to move forward with the new release, a four-song project that arrives just four months after <em>The Album Part I<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI figured, for me, a different way to put out music. I don\u2019t see a whole lot of people going to buy CDs anymore, throwing \u2018em in their truck and listening to the whole album like I used to,\u201d he says. \u201cSo instead of fighting it, I was like, hey, what\u2019s the best way to get each song the most respect that it can possibly have? So I put out <em>The Album Part I<\/em>. I had seven songs on it \u2014 and that was honestly too many. I want to put out less music more often and give the songs an actual opportunity to be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PQcunHYqCRQ?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PQcunHYqCRQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>CMT: It sounds like there wasn\u2019t any hesitation to postpone this new music with what\u2019s going on. You felt it was important to just release it, right?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, absolutely. For me, personally, when they let us play again, if it\u2019s legal and it\u2019s under the guidelines of the government, or the state or the county or however that works \u2014 nobody really knows right now \u2014 I\u2019m going to go play music. I\u2019m gonna play live and whoever wants to show up can show up.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re going to keep it as safe as possible but I\u2019m not going to let something like this scare me out of [playing]. The biggest thing for me is, I\u2019m not going to try to get rich off this thing. I\u2019m not trying to go get famous off of playing shows and releasing music. I\u2019ve got to pay my band! I haven\u2019t fired anybody. And I\u2019m not going to do that. Hopefully, I can afford to not fire anybody down the road, but I can\u2019t afford it for that long because I\u2019ve got an unbelievable band and an unbelievable crew and I\u2019ve got to pay \u2018em. So I\u2019m going to go play music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gTSGXTiSAYw?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gTSGXTiSAYw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>And along with that, I don\u2019t want to postpone putting out new music because\u2026 Why? What\u2019s the point? Let\u2019s put out new music. I\u2019ve got it ready to roll. I\u2019m not gonna let my world stop because of this thing. So I wanted to put out music and show coronavirus, or whatever the hell is going on these days \u2014 I wanted to show that I\u2019m not afraid of it. I\u2019m putting out new music and we\u2019re going to go out and play.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You made the choice to continue to pay your band and crew despite what\u2019s going on. Tell me about that decision.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was presented with a bunch of different options, and my opinion is if I\u2019m the leader and I\u2019m the boss (or whatever you want to call me) of these guys, and we\u2019ve gone out for seven years of pretty hard touring, I benefit from that throughout those seven years. I\u2019ve got a beautiful place here, I\u2019ve got land that I never thought I\u2019d be able to afford. I can\u2019t just get rich all the time and reap the rewards of that, then also once one bad thing happens, just fold.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Ivis3QiNew?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Ivis3QiNew?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Those guys have been there for me. They\u2019ve had opportunities to go play for other bands. They\u2019ve had opportunities to do other things and they stuck by my side. And they\u2019ve stuck by my side when I\u2019ve been hard to work with sometimes. I\u2019ve done things that usually guys would leave a band for. But they decided to talk to me about it. And I decided to talk to them about some of the stuff they\u2019ve done. And we\u2019ve become a family throughout all the ups and downs of the last seven years. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>And my biggest thing, too, is I\u2019m not in this thing for the next two or three years. This is a career for me. I mean, you look at Chesney, you look at McGraw. I learned a lot from those guys. The way they treat their people, the way they treat anybody. It\u2019s inspiring for me to see that and see these guys have a 30-year career. That\u2019s what we\u2019re in this for, and we\u2019re going to keep making music as long as possible. I can\u2019t do it without those guys, so I\u2019m here for them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HLjg0Bw-Ado?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HLjg0Bw-Ado?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>Speaking of being on the road before coronavirus hit, you were planning on playing some big venues for your career. How do you see touring going forward, if it does, this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From what I\u2019ve heard, I don\u2019t think any of the major tours are going to happen this year. I think it\u2019s over until 2021. And that\u2019s out of my hands. We\u2019ve got a weird career because in \u201814, \u201915, I toured with Dierks and Kenny, but most of the time outside of those two tours I\u2019ve done my own thing. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>This year was really the first year we bolted out of the smaller 2,000 to 5,000-seat venues into the arenas, with Rascal Flatts, with Lady Antebellum, with another act that I don\u2019t even know that\u2019s going to happen yet. It wasn\u2019t announced so I can\u2019t say it, but that was supposed to be for the fall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JUTP_CASPdY?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JUTP_CASPdY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>So we finally got out of those places and now it\u2019s looking like we\u2019re gonna have to go back to what we\u2019ve done \u2014 when in all reality, we\u2019re built for this. We\u2019re built to go into these smaller 2,000 to 5,000 [capacity venues], 1000, whatever it is\u2026 I\u2019ll play to whoever wants to show up. So we\u2019re going to try to put together something for me to go play to as many people as they\u2019ll legally let us play to.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to go play music. I\u2019m going to try to pay my band, try to pay my guys and most importantly, try to get out there and raise some spirits and give people something to do. Give <em>me<\/em> something to do. I love touring, I love doing music and playing live, so I\u2019ll still do it if they let us.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1821261\/chase-rice-wont-let-his-world-stop-releases-the-album-part-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by CMT.com Staff 14m ago Chase Rice is ready for the road. Of course, coronavirus put everyone\u2019s touring plans on hold, yet this star isn\u2019t letting it stop him from releasing a brand new project, The Album Part II. 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