Hmm...? Fans didn't like Elements 1 because Tolkki composed it by feeling??? Well I don't think that's the reason...Wanderer wrote:Especially the songs on Elements part 1 were composed by feeling, not by what fans wanted.. -> that's why people didn't like the album..
. Or some epic like elements and destiny
Tolkki always compose about feelings and what his "heart" says and sometimes it's like Elements, sometimes like DestinyStratofanius wrote:Hmm...? Fans didn't like Elements 1 because Tolkki composed it by feeling??? Well I don't think that's the reason...Wanderer wrote:Especially the songs on Elements part 1 were composed by feeling, not by what fans wanted.. -> that's why people didn't like the album..
I always thought of them as being more spiritual ideas than religious. People get so uptight about that issue. I thought the symphonic addition was a great style shift for awhile, but I'm glad to see they didn't get stuck in a rut with it. Some is nearly always good, but it can be overdone. I like when they mix it up with some heavier elements.browneyedgirl wrote:I think some people did not like Elements because of the "religious" ideas expressed in the songs.
Also, some people thought it had too much symphonic metal.
I though Elements 1 was OK.
Maniac wrote:I think that Elements 1 is a very very good album! Terrific songs, such as: Soul of a vagabond, Fantasia, Papillon, Elements can't be written everyday!
You like Elements! 
Ah, sounds great!Monday, September 11, 2006
SONGWRITING UPDATE
Everything has gone very smoothly and I have written seven songs by now.
I expect to complete the songwriting by the Stratovarius tour that kicks off from
Canada. After that we will record the demos and enter the studio somewhere around
February. Release date should be either October 07 or February 08 followed by a world tour.
I already have the album title and for those who want to guess, it´s 2 separate words that both start with R. The song material is more traditional Stratovarius, it is very melodic and quite reminescent to Visions/Episode era. After last album I wanted to write more traditional Stratovarius songs. There are double bassdrum songs as well.
I´ll keep you updated about how things go and try to check in also from tour.
Cheers, Timo
PRKL sä oot nopee, mä jo luulin et mä oisin kerenny tehä tän samaisen ilmoituksen...IceBreaker wrote:Tolkki-update from his MySpace blog:
Ah, sounds great!Monday, September 11, 2006
SONGWRITING UPDATE
Everything has gone very smoothly and I have written seven songs by now.
I expect to complete the songwriting by the Stratovarius tour that kicks off from
Canada. After that we will record the demos and enter the studio somewhere around
February. Release date should be either October 07 or February 08 followed by a world tour.
I already have the album title and for those who want to guess, it´s 2 separate words that both start with R. The song material is more traditional Stratovarius, it is very melodic and quite reminescent to Visions/Episode era. After last album I wanted to write more traditional Stratovarius songs. There are double bassdrum songs as well.
I´ll keep you updated about how things go and try to check in also from tour.
Cheers, Timo
anyway awesome news
Fuck yeah!The song material is more traditional Stratovarius, it is very melodic and quite reminescent to Visions/Episode era.
If this next album's style does reflect the Episode/Visions era, it will be very good&well accepted by fans.
No, they really have added it there only two days ago.stratohawk wrote:If you already did, sorry, for me it was new!!
-- The song material is more traditional Stratovarius, it is very melodic and quite reminescent to Visions/Episode era. --
*faints*Love that album too. Elements 1 is one of my favourite strato albums of all!Maniac wrote:I think that Elements 1 is a very very good album! Terrific songs, such as: Soul of a vagabond, Fantasia, Papillon, Elements can't be written everyday!
Read it, I mean! TT got the songs composed.Monday, October 02, 2006
WELCOME AND THANK YOU
Current mood: excited
So here it finally is, our official myspace page, after some struggling with a couple of fake sites. I am typing this in our bus on a parking lot in Springfield and it´s 2 hours to the showtime.
We have been amazed by the response of the Quebec and Montreal audiencies, we simply couldn´t believe it! Many thanks for everybody who came to see us and gave us so much.
The songs for the new album have been written and I just gave them to the guys. We will start working on them after we come home from this tour. I would estimate that we go to studio around February 2007.
So enjoy, have a good time and thanks for all. The guys send their hellos to you all as well.
Cheers, Timo Tolkki
Next we hope they keep on schedule. Who knows? It might be the next "VISIONS"! 
Anyway here's a new one ;Packing...why do I always have to leave it to the last moment? Aaargh this is hopeless, what do I need? This and that, and more of that...man...I have to get up at 5 for 7.25 flight.
Do I have everything now? Couldn´t someone just come here and do this for me? No? I guess I have to do it myself. I have the hard disk, with the clicks for the new songs and I played some guitars already. I had to learn the songs again, because I kind of forgot them during the tour:) I´ll be back on Tuesday with lots of photos and hard disk full of Jörg´s drums.
It starts again!! And it´s gonna be cool. Looking forward to that 200 gig world tour...
Halloween? Haven´t even noticed...
Hope one is in AL or TN. Not everyone there are backward redneck geeks. I think that was just a joke. But surely they´re expecting a world-tour again.Martine wrote:Did Timo mean 200 cities to visit or did he mean a gig in 200* something like 2007 or 2008? Anyway, I guess they will stop in Montreal again. I hope so...
IceBreaker wrote:I think that was just a joke. But surely they´re expecting a world-tour again.Martine wrote:Did Timo mean 200 cities to visit or did he mean a gig in 200* something like 2007 or 2008? Anyway, I guess they will stop in Montreal again. I hope so...
