Regards from Buenos Aires!

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The trip to Los Angeles was very successful and the songs that needed orchestra and choir arrangements are now ready to be recorded. It is very exciting indeed to imagine how everything will sound in the end when these two … more

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Back in “business”

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I am happy to tell you that I have been very busy recording vocals in the last days. Six songs are now ready with trillions of backing vocals and Tarja choirs. Everything is going very fine and few elements remaining … more

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Piano Recording Session

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I recorded my first ever piano tracks for “U” and “TAOLD”! The grand piano in the studio is Bechstein which sound I truly love. Bechstein is very moody piano in general. I have the same brand at home as well. … more

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Guitar recordings finished!

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Some of you were wondering that 17 songs is quite much for an album. Not all the songs are going to end up on the actual album. We need bonus tracks and b-sides for different territories and singles. In the … more

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Guitar recordings

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We said goodbye to Doug Wimbish in the morning. He finished all the bass parts last night with success. Including a beautiful solo for “The Crying Moon”. Alex was recording yesterday and today guitars for many songs. He is using … more

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Back in the recording studio

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It’s so funny to read that some of you got nervous because I didn’t write in two days…come on. I am working here ! The photo session went really well and Jens Boldt did magnificent work again. Some of you … more

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Few more songs’ drums recorded

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I slept like a baby last night. It’s so quiet here that it even feels scary at times. But it’s beautiful to work like this. After Mike finished recording one song in the morning, we had some guests in the … more

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And today we started

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Alex and Mike were sleeping long this morning and while they were having their beauty sleep, I was working with Jetro in choosing the best keyboard tracks for some songs. It was not too shiny weather today, nor that cold, … more

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First Studio Day

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Terve everybody ! This is the beginning of the recording work for WLB. Mike, Alex and I arrived to our tranquil studio in Hollola today. Jetro is again our recording engineer and he is helping us here with preparing the … more

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WLB

My friends, The final work for What Lies Beneath has started. In these last couple of weeks I have been daily preparing the production, schedules, arrangements for the songs and for the album itself. It feels great to be able … more

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