Originally posted by veil the sky
wow. read this interview with mikael
and this excerpt:
M: I explained this in a previous question. I've had too big a dose from it and the recording was so utterly unpleasant that I'm just a ghost of what I used to be. I'm sick n tired of music! I know it's great, but I can't listen to it right now.
i don't know how much of this is euphemysm, but he's sounding really beaten by the whole music biz at the mo! i hope it doesn't affect his creativity!
Heres what i want you to do. Get up today and play your favourite Opeth song, then play it again, then play it again, then play it again, then play it again. In fact play it the entire day without stop, then the next day. And then when thats done do the same for another song, repeat for 2 months.
You think after that you're gonna say "gee i really feel like listening to some music now".
Add on the fact that he's not just listening to the songs, he's ripping them to shreds, hearing it all in a jumbled mess, hearing little parts over and over and over, teaching the song to other band members, listening to it as its being mixed to make sure its all sounding good, continually analysing. Barely ever just listening to the song for enjoyment (ALWAYS analysing something... "does the new part work", "is anything missing", etc etc).
This is what recording is like, and Mikael is no special case, a special case would be someone who came out NOT sick of music. It takes a few weeks of relaxing to get past that stage, and these interviews were done just after he'd finished, and i believe he even had more to go at this stage (vocals for damnation) which wouldnt allow him to move into relax mode yet.
Just like everyone else, after a few weeks rest from the whole recording process he will be able to again just listen to music and enjoy it, and just play guitar, and whatever. Nothing to worry about.
