"I came to this wanting to be blown away because of Rick Rubin and what Rick Rubin has managed to do for other artists," say Moon.
Illuminations hasn't made Moon a Groban convert, but he does admit Groban has an amazing voice. It features a real drum pulse like something you might hear on the streets of Rio. Moon likes the Portuguese-language track, "Voce Existe Em Mim," because he's not following the lyrics the same way he might in English. However, one aspect of Groban does remain: songs in foreign languages. In addition to encouraging Groban to write his own material, Rubin brought in veteran songwriter Dan Wilson (Semisonic) and others to write songs that straddle the area between pop music and pop-classical crossover. Moon says Rubin did take away what he calls the "super-schlocky" aspects of Groban and set him up with a studio orchestra that Frank Sinatra fans would recognize. "I really feel like this is the same Josh Groban in a different package," says Moon. Rubin says that he wanted Illuminations to be the favorite of Groban's fans, but would also appeal to people who didn't like the singer. "As he did with Johnny Cash's career, he seems to find ways to get to the essence of an artist and help them redefine who they are," Moon says. But if anyone could get Groban out of what Moon calls his "romance-novel-in-a-song box," it'd be Rubin. Rubin doesn't have a specific sound, Moon says. Moon says the idea intrigued him, though he had never previously paid much attention to Groban's records. The album is produced by none other than Rick Rubin, who mostly known for his work with Beastie Boys, Run-D.M.C., Slayer, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
On the other end is Josh Groban's Illuminations. Will we one day see Grobanissimo inscribed on our sheet music?
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