I hope you all are doing well.
Just wanted to drop you off with a few lines from the studio.
I have been mixing for about 2 weeks now and I feel very nice about
the songs.
As you all may know, this album has not been born the usual way.
In fact, almost everything has been different this time.
Some of the songs have been very hard to mix (and the annoying parking garage construction under the studio with huge explosions every day adding the "flavour") and some have been easy. The material sounds
fresh and new, some people will be quite surprised I must say.
Few time ago I was playing some new material to our record label in Berlin and they seemed to like the new stuff a lot. They described one of the song as "a football anthem", which was news to me since I don´t understand why some people make so much fuss about a ball.
I mean, it is just a ball. It´s round and sometimes colourful, but would it make me to run after that? No it would not. I guess I am more into hugging trees these days and I must say I prefer birches. I cannot wait for the leaves. Oh sorry, back to the drawing boards...
Yeah, soon we will release some news regarding what is going to happen later this year. Rest assured, that this year will see a comeback of Stratovarius and the tour we will play will be quite extensive. They are booking it as we speak. I heard we already sold out some shows in Canada!!! This is even before we have announced the tour
What can I say, thanks a lot for your support!! It´s been a rough year for all of us, but all is fine now.I´ve been reading a book called "The Manual of the Warrior of Light" by Paulo Coelho.
What a fantastic book and writer! I can heartily recommend. His books have helped me a lot in the recordings and in the mix and I have also received a lot of spiritual assistance from ET (who is with me in the studio). Just kidding
I wish you all a very nice spring time (and autumn in the other side of the globe) and we are all looking forward seeing you!
All the best, Timo
