James Durbin: Era 2.0

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James Durbin ‏@DurbinRock 5h
Big changes coming. Change is good. Happy everything's moving forward & on good terms. Adios @indeloon85. Love ya bro.

And so the original lineup for James band is all gone, #EndOfAnEra.

scott stevens ‏@ScottExies 11h
Single in the can !!! @DurbinRock @HouseofAndy ready for the world to pull the ripcord !!!!!

[Miguel]

Any idea of the impetus behind the change?

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My theory:

The album was taking forever and the band has to eat so they found new projects to pursue.

It might be a change in direction as well cause the producer has been replaced (by Scott Stevens). Also none of the songs from the Nashville sessions with the original producer (James Michael) have been included from what I can see. Though Stevens and Michael have rather similar resumes, both are primarily hard rock producers.

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James Durbin ‏@DurbinRock 31m
Back in the studio after a chill weekend with family. 7 songs are in the can & I'm a happy happy man. Positive Vibrations #durbin2

scott stevens ‏@ScottExies 22m
Back at it final two weeks of the @DurbinRock new record! Hey ,, what's thing gonna be called anyway ? Hint hint

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Heidi Durbin ‏@MrsHeidiDurbin 4h
I cannot express how excited I am for the next record!! @ScottExies @DurbinRock are KILLING this!!!! Can't wait to blow up the speakers!!!

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James Durbin ‏@DurbinRock 7h
#work scottexies #ninjas #durbin2 http://instagram.com/p/dA80fGLyZj/

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James Durbin ‏@DurbinRock 1h
My @Stageit show is tomorrow!! The top 3 tippers get exclusive prizes!! What would the best prizes be?? YOU DECIDE!! Starting...NOW!!

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durbinrock 13 hours ago
Can't wait to get back on all the stages around the world & play my heart out for y'all every night!! #somethingscoming #durbin2

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Just came back from James StageIt show. Setlist:

All I Want (MOABD)
Outcast (MOABD)
Right Behind You (MOABD)
Higher Than Heaven (MOABD)
My Only Regret (new song) - my net connection started going fuzzy at this point, I didn't hear much but it's got great lyrics.
Louder Than a Loaded Gun (new song) - he's rewritten it by expanding the verses, it's much better now but it was a good song to begin with.
May (MOABD)
Untitled (new song) - he didn't tell us what this song is called and said it wasn't exactly cleared for him to sing yet. It's awesome, hilarious (it name checks Notorious B.I.G., Paul McCartney and Bruno Mars) and super catchy.

[Miguel]

Dang. Three new songs and you mostly only heard two.

The last one sounds interesting.

Did he perform these as an acoustic set with just him on a guitar?