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Behind the scenes…

Just becoz I don’t update here all the time doesn’t mean I am not working very fucken hard on this album. Trust me, I am… During the last weeks I have been concentrating on details as well as some other things (writing lyrics is one of those), and things are definitely coming together. There’s still a ton of work left, but everything is going according to plan.

Dirk is planning to start working on the first song any day now as well…

Goddamn, this will be magnificent.

Just another short note…

I have spent the last few days going over the additional orchestra work and goddamn – I nailed that shit. I don’t have to change anything, which I usually have to, haha… That feels awesome. I am still hard at work with the lyrics too, still quite some way to go before those are completed. But I am getting there. Dirk’s been handed all of the files and will start working with his stuff over the coming months. I will move on to do some more electronic shit when I feel like it, loops and whatnot, but I’ll do that when the inspiration is there. Since we have all the time in the world with this album (and are already this far into it), there’s no stress or anything. We will work our asses off on this one, that’s for sure. You guys are worth it.

As you were.

So…

The additional orchestral work is more or less finished. I might do some touch-ups as we go along but all the parts I wanted something more on are now covered. This means I will move on to the additional loops and whatnot that I believe deserve their place in this beautiful piece of work. But first we are off to play the Close-Up Boat with Torture Division. More updates asap, and hopefully I’ll be able to throw in a video or two as well at some point, since you guys have asked for it.

More work completed…

Over the last few days I have added almost all of the extra orchestral parts I have made notes for, leaving me with just a couple of sections left to work on before I move on to the additional electronic stuff and effects and whatnot. Things are really, really shaping up now. I am also writing lyrics on a daily basis and will work them all into the songs as soon as humanly possible. Ruby’s been sending over more vocal parts and it sounds absolutely astonishing. Some of the stuff will definitely surprise you, you’ll see… Dirk is currently devouring the songs and is getting ready to blow you all away when the time comes for him to record. Can’t wait for that.

We are moving forward in a steady pace and everything feels fantastic. Now I am off for a few days to enter the stage with Torture Division, so TPH will have itself a little, well-deserved break for the remainder of the week. Stay tuned for more updates.

Morning glory…

Woke up at fucken 4 this morning and really got some work done during some 3 and a half hours this Saturday. 2 songs are now completely done with the additional orchestral parts I have made notes for (see picture to the right – pen and paper is so fucken old-school). This feels great, to say the least. The next tune just holds one part where I need to work something out, so that one should be completed quite fast. The 4th one holds a bunch of parts, so that one I will need to work with for a while I think. The fifth got a bunch as well, but the sixth and last one just needs some stuff that shouldn’t take too long to complete.

It sounds absolutely majestic.

I also got another part from Ruby, and she is absolutely on fire on all accounts. Amazing stuff, this…