Mikael Was Supposed to be on Wind's "Reflections of the I"

[Master_Debater]

Taken from the TINY Winds board.

Interesting comment. Back in the day I asked him if he wanted to do a guest appearance on Reflections of the I, but at that time he couldn't do it because Opeth was rehearsing for a tour when we were going into the studio.

One of the later times I met him, I half-way jokingly suggested it again, and this time to do a dual guest appearance opposite Jørn Lande, who is a good friend of myself and Jan Axel. Mikael has also been a fan of Jørn for years, and seemed genuinely interested in this idea, but whether it will ever actually happen is a different thing. Probably not, realistically speaking.

The attitude within the band lately has been that we don't want any guests to be on the records aside from the string players, because Winds is so uniquely the four of us that involving anyone else would kind of interfere with that harmony. This is also part of the reason why "the voice" is not on The Imaginary Direction of Time, because even though I had intended for "the voice" to be on the first track, What Is Beauty, Lars wanted to try to do something different there himself, and since the guy behind the voice was nowhere near the studio when we recorded anyway, it was decided that we would keep it the four of us, and not involve anyone else.

Even so, there are some people, like Mikael, who by the way is a really nice guy, that I would definitely consider having as a guest. But it would have to be in a situation where I had written a part for someone specifically, it couldn't just be anyone thrown in there at random, or just for the sake of having another "famous" name on the record.

Regards,
Andy Winter

 

[opethmaniac]

too bad...this Winds album is really excellent...

 

[Nostalgiaplatz]

Pretty good!

 

[Hieronimus]

Would be a nice co-operation if Mikael delivered some clean vocals somewhere.
And a tremendous fame-boost for Winds, indeed, hehe.

 

[Kenneth R.]

Jorn.... and Mikael............ that would have been jawdropping.

 

[daebreak80]

winds is great. i love that band.

 

[deliverance]

never heard

 

[Master_Debater]

I just think how great it would for a Mikael/Hellhammer collaboration.

The mind boggles.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

almost as good as a mikael/blakkheim collaboration. oh, wait...

 

[deliverance]

5th diabolical masquerade album, plz, thnx, kbi.

 

[CladInDarkness]

I would probably enjoyed that CD much much more had Mikael been on it. I'm not too fond of the vocalist of Winds.

 

[Demilich]

I would probably enjoyed that CD much much more had Mikael been on it. I'm not too fond of the vocalist of Winds.

SOMEONE WHO AGREES WITH ME! That guy just sounds so... uninterested.

 

[CladInDarkness]

SOMEONE WHO AGREES WITH ME! That guy just sounds so... uninterested.

Yeah, I think his singing is bland. That or he over does it, when trying to compensate for being "uninterested"

 

[anonymousnick2001]

That would have been awesome. I love Winds.

 

[deliverance]

what does Winds sound like?

 

[Master_Debater]

Hard to explain, a sort of classical-proggy band? New album has great drums and keys, also uses an orchestra. It's only $9.75 on theend if yer all interested.

I also have just noticed the gramatical error in the title. It irks me.

 

[OGM]

what does Winds sound like?

http://www.purevolume.com/winds

 

[Andy Winter]

Mikael Was Supposed to be on Wind's "Reflections of the I"

I feel I have to make it clear, for the record, that "supposed to be" is a little strong in this context. What happened was that I met him after a show they played, and because Jan Axel had just recorded an album with Jørn, I suggested it would be a cool idea for him to do something with Jørn on our record. But it was never in the plans, and the whole thing was nothing more than simply an idea that never happened.

Regards,
Andy Winter

 

[Master_Debater]

Good thing you have yet to announce your guests on the new album, Andy!

 

[Yoda]

Wholy fuck man, those catfish are freaking me out!