Hi everyone! So finally we're online with a new forum. Looks pretty nice if I may say so myself (and I do). This came about after our record label said that virtually every band nowadays has a forum, so naturally we could be no different, right? We're definitely going to check in here now and then, but for more urgent matters we can also be reached on our email winds@winds.ws
I have to say that you guys have been great. The new album has gotten some great feedback and some excellent reviews. We are currently in the process of writing as many of you may already know, and even though we have actually done some recording already it will be a while before this one is done. It takes a while to make a Winds record, but we hope everyone will be patient and find it worth the wait.
Some of us (ok, most of us) have also been busy lately with the Age of Silence release (also on The End Records). It's quite a different thing than Winds (to those who thought it sounded the same, I'm sorry but you are just wrong) but I still think some Winds fans will appreciate the music in Age of Silence although it's an acquired taste and probably not for everyone. The response and the reviews on it have been just as amazing as with Winds so we are certainly overwhelmed.
But back to Winds, we were in the studio this past summer and we laid down the drum tracks for the next release. The way we did it this time was to record the drums after composing only the basic groundwork of the tracks, and then we will work on arrangements and develop the material further as things progress. Doing it this way allowed Jan Axel to play in a much more free and more creative manner, which resulted in us venturing into territories we have not explored before as a band, and it also enabled him to portray some drum finesse that he has never manifested to tape before, and that (to be quite honest) I didn't even know he had in him. He impressed the hell out of me and everyone else in the studio, and I think he even blew himself out of the water this time.
There will be 9 tracks on the next Winds release, but even so it will be our longest release to date, so expect some longer songs this time and also expect something a little different than before, as we have worked much more together with the material this time and also taken somewhat of a different direction (at least in our eyes). We're always progressing, we will never do the same thing twice, and we will always change...
Basically everyone in the band has done equally much songwriting (just about) this time, and Lars has even written some of the groundwork this time around, which was done by Carl and myself last time. So to sum it up, I strongly believe the upcoming album will be our most collaborative effort, our most diverse work, and by far our strongest record yet, individually and as a band.
Now all we have to do is to make it first... so expect some quiet before the storm. Thank you all for stopping by.
Respectfully yours,
Andy Winter / Winds
I have to say that you guys have been great. The new album has gotten some great feedback and some excellent reviews. We are currently in the process of writing as many of you may already know, and even though we have actually done some recording already it will be a while before this one is done. It takes a while to make a Winds record, but we hope everyone will be patient and find it worth the wait.
Some of us (ok, most of us) have also been busy lately with the Age of Silence release (also on The End Records). It's quite a different thing than Winds (to those who thought it sounded the same, I'm sorry but you are just wrong) but I still think some Winds fans will appreciate the music in Age of Silence although it's an acquired taste and probably not for everyone. The response and the reviews on it have been just as amazing as with Winds so we are certainly overwhelmed.
But back to Winds, we were in the studio this past summer and we laid down the drum tracks for the next release. The way we did it this time was to record the drums after composing only the basic groundwork of the tracks, and then we will work on arrangements and develop the material further as things progress. Doing it this way allowed Jan Axel to play in a much more free and more creative manner, which resulted in us venturing into territories we have not explored before as a band, and it also enabled him to portray some drum finesse that he has never manifested to tape before, and that (to be quite honest) I didn't even know he had in him. He impressed the hell out of me and everyone else in the studio, and I think he even blew himself out of the water this time.
There will be 9 tracks on the next Winds release, but even so it will be our longest release to date, so expect some longer songs this time and also expect something a little different than before, as we have worked much more together with the material this time and also taken somewhat of a different direction (at least in our eyes). We're always progressing, we will never do the same thing twice, and we will always change...
Basically everyone in the band has done equally much songwriting (just about) this time, and Lars has even written some of the groundwork this time around, which was done by Carl and myself last time. So to sum it up, I strongly believe the upcoming album will be our most collaborative effort, our most diverse work, and by far our strongest record yet, individually and as a band.
Now all we have to do is to make it first... so expect some quiet before the storm. Thank you all for stopping by.
Respectfully yours,
Andy Winter / Winds
