I don't have a good feeling about this upcoming record, I don't even know if they have any fans left. What do you guys make or think of this?!
STRATOVARIUS Begin Recording New Album - Apr. 17, 2004
STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson has posted the following message in the band's official forum:
"This is a sort of informal update.
"I went to Helsinki, basically to try and help with anything I could. Am here now.
"Jörg Michael will play on the next STRATOVARIUS record (as he is very good of course, and there was no other good drummer materializing out of thin air.)
"He has finished most of the drums, whether Timo will like them or not when he is ready to listen we will see.
"The drums are being recorded in Helsinki. Timo disappeared right on the day they were starting the basic tracks. So for the week before I came, Jörg has been recording in the studio, ALONE, only with a click and nothing else to guide him, just remembering the songs in his head! He was the only guy slaving away in the studio and he's not even in the band! Yes, this is bizarre stuff but if anyone rises to such an occasion it is Jörg I think.
"The new singer Katriina ('Miss K') I haven't actually met yet. And Jari really seems to have dropped off the face of the planet.
"So let's see. So far I have: a singer I never met, a drummer who's not in the band, a bass player who is on another planet, and the main songwriter and producer went to a psychiatric hospital last week. I know all this looks very bad, but the strange thing is that I still very much have some hope left.
"Because I can say is that the songs are really killer, and the drums are good.
"This means anything is possible.
"There are many other things going on, I suppose everyone heard about a few of them already...
"I'm doing fine personally, I still have the hope that like many problems, these will right themselves given some time.
"I have collected my recording gear that was stored here. It all survived the winter and it works. I try to will record... something. I will help with anything that I can. Timo's studio is not operational quite yet, but it is pretty close I believe. [I can verify that his SSL is there, I saw it and I touched it, it's real! ]
"There is a sauna in the apartment me and Jörg are staying in. There are beers in the fridge. The songs and the drums are good. I am one of the worst pessimists out there. If I say there is hope, then be sure that there actually is hope!"
STRATOVARIUS Begin Recording New Album - Apr. 17, 2004
STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson has posted the following message in the band's official forum:
"This is a sort of informal update.
"I went to Helsinki, basically to try and help with anything I could. Am here now.
"Jörg Michael will play on the next STRATOVARIUS record (as he is very good of course, and there was no other good drummer materializing out of thin air.)
"He has finished most of the drums, whether Timo will like them or not when he is ready to listen we will see.
"The drums are being recorded in Helsinki. Timo disappeared right on the day they were starting the basic tracks. So for the week before I came, Jörg has been recording in the studio, ALONE, only with a click and nothing else to guide him, just remembering the songs in his head! He was the only guy slaving away in the studio and he's not even in the band! Yes, this is bizarre stuff but if anyone rises to such an occasion it is Jörg I think.
"The new singer Katriina ('Miss K') I haven't actually met yet. And Jari really seems to have dropped off the face of the planet.
"So let's see. So far I have: a singer I never met, a drummer who's not in the band, a bass player who is on another planet, and the main songwriter and producer went to a psychiatric hospital last week. I know all this looks very bad, but the strange thing is that I still very much have some hope left.
"Because I can say is that the songs are really killer, and the drums are good.
"This means anything is possible.
"There are many other things going on, I suppose everyone heard about a few of them already...
"I'm doing fine personally, I still have the hope that like many problems, these will right themselves given some time.
"I have collected my recording gear that was stored here. It all survived the winter and it works. I try to will record... something. I will help with anything that I can. Timo's studio is not operational quite yet, but it is pretty close I believe. [I can verify that his SSL is there, I saw it and I touched it, it's real!
]"There is a sauna in the apartment me and Jörg are staying in. There are beers in the fridge. The songs and the drums are good. I am one of the worst pessimists out there. If I say there is hope, then be sure that there actually is hope!"
