Ok, this blog's been dead for about a year. Sorry. A few weeks ago a French website asked if I was willing to write them a sort a of diary about the French dates on the forthcoming tour with Eluveitie. I said yes, since I thought that it would be a good way to kick myself in the ass and do something. So I can now promise that this blog will be updated in the future. I am not good in keeping promises though.
What's new with the band? Not much. Except that the new album is coming out quite nicely. At this point drums, guitars and bass are done. In the beginning of the last week Jonne did the last baritone and 7-string guitars and at the end of the week we did the bass parts. We are recording it again with the same producer than the last album. Aksu has been his usual self. Demanding to a point of annoying the shit out of us. Which is good in the end of course.
On Monday will start the vocal sessions. On Wednesday our guest vocalist for the album will arrive to Petrax Studios to do his part. I am not saying who he is but by saying "him" I already ruled out half of the population. You figure out the rest. I am sure that once the identity is public some jaws are going to drop on the floor.
Vocals should be done by the end of the week and then it's time for the accordion, violin and whatever. I think we're still missing some mandolin parts too. Some people have complained that on the last album the folk instruments were buried under the guitar wall. Well, the guitar wall will be there this time too. I've heard it and it sounds good! I can also promise that we're going to have way more prominent folk instruments this time too. There was a reason why the last album was the way it was and we're doing that differently this time.
Anyway, stay tuned. Same bat-time, same bat-channel. (For the younger readers: that was a funny (yes, funny!) reference to the old Batman episodes)
Saturday 18 September 2010
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