ÅKERFELDT/WILSON Collaboration Project

[Nick]

From SW's facebook page:

A little more about the collaboration album between myself and Mikael - so far we have
25 minutes of music, it seems to us like nothing either us have done before. Mikael is taking care of all guitars
(since he's at least 100 times better than me), and I'm playing
keyboards, percussion and doing orchestrations, both of us singing.
It's pretty dark stuff, in a way heavy music with no
heavy metal elements

Awesome.

That sounds really cool.  Definitely sounds unique, like Ki by DTP.

Hopefully it's just as unique while being 10x better than that pile.

[skydivingninja]

What are you talking about?  Ki is amazing.

[Nick]

Ki was quite possibly the worst album I bought last year.

[Sigz]

God dammit Nick.

[sonatafanica]

Real creativity comes from bands like Vanden Plas and Shadow Gallery, right Nick?

[KevShmev]

Real creativity comes from bands like Vanden Plas and Shadow Gallery, right Nick?

 

[In The Wake Of Poseidon]

Creativity =/= good

[skydivingninja]

That is why I love you Sonata.

Sorry Nick, I shouldn't have brought that up.  I know how you react negatively to good music.

@Wake: Not necessarily, but one of Ki's greatest strengths, and what looks to be the biggest strength in this project, is how creative and unique it sounds.  Ki, for example, isn't filled with 5/5 songs, but its one of my favorites because I love the whole atmosphere of the album.  I have a feeling this album will be like that, but the songs will be more consistent.

[sonatafanica]

Creativity =/= good

I disagree. I don't think I've ever heard something and though, "This isn't creative at all, but it's really good."

[skydivingninja]

I think he meant creativity as "unique/groundbreaking/experimentation."  At least, thats how I used the creative processes in my brain to interpret it.

[orcus116]

Creativity can be either good or bad.

Not being creative and releasing stale material is always bad.

[ZBomber]

Creativity =/= good

I disagree. I don't think I've ever heard something and though, "This isn't creative at all, but it's really good."

...uh?

I suppose you don't like many classic rock bands at all? I wouldn't consider most of them very creative, but the music is still good.

[73109]

What he ^^ said.

[Sigz]

Totally depends on what you define as creativity. Making any kind of decent music requires creativity, but that doesn't mean experimentation or whatever.

[skydivingninja]

Creativity =/= good

I disagree. I don't think I've ever heard something and though, "This isn't creative at all, but it's really good."

...uh?

I suppose you don't like many classic rock bands at all? I wouldn't consider most of them very creative, but the music is still good.

Thats not really how he was interpreting the word "creative" that ITWOP used in a different way.

OH THE WONDERS AND CONFUSIONS OF MODERN LANGUAGE.

[ZBomber]

Creativity =/= good

I disagree. I don't think I've ever heard something and though, "This isn't creative at all, but it's really good."

...uh?

I suppose you don't like many classic rock bands at all? I wouldn't consider most of them very creative, but the music is still good.

Thats not really how he was interpreting the word "creative" that ITWOP used in a different way.

OH THE WONDERS AND CONFUSIONS OF MODERN LANGUAGE.

English language = mind fuck.

[lateralus88]

Creativity =/= good

I disagree. I don't think I've ever heard something and though, "This isn't creative at all, but it's really good."

...uh?

I suppose you don't like many classic rock bands at all? I wouldn't consider most of them very creative, but the music is still good.

Thats not really how he was interpreting the word "creative" that ITWOP used in a different way.

OH THE WONDERS AND CONFUSIONS OF MODERN LANGUAGE.

English language = mind fuck.

Ghoti = fish

[Sigz]

Apparently Steve Hackett is contributing to SW's next solo album as well.

[skydivingninja]

Apparently Steve Hackett is contributing to SW's next solo album as well.

This got me really excited.

[TheOutlawXanadu]

Totally depends on what you define as creativity. Making any kind of decent music requires creativity, but that doesn't mean experimentation or whatever.

I love your scent.

[ariich]

This project is sounding incredibly exciting from SW's updates.

Although I feel like we should change the thread title to just be about the project, especially considering how pathetic the MP element of it is compared with the recent news. Any objections?

[orcus116]

How about we just rename it to something completely unrelated just to mess with people?

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

How about we just rename it to something completely unrelated just to mess with people?

Clever.

[ariich]

How about we just rename it to something completely unrelated just to mess with people?

What, like this?

[antigoon]

It worked.

[ariich]

Anyway enough of that silliness.

[TheOutlawXanadu]

This project is sounding incredibly exciting from SW's updates.

Although I feel like we should change the thread title to just be about the project, especially considering how pathetic the MP element of it is compared with the recent news. Any objections?

Actually, yes. I object. Since you did not listen, I might have to fight you soon.

[ariich]

You were too slow. But if fight you I must, then fight you I will.

[blackngold29]

More from the SW FB:

On a related note, the track I wrote for the originally planned Akerfeldt/Wilson collaboration all those years ago when it was going to be more metal orientated, "Cut Ribbon", is scheduled to finally appear on the next SW solo album (shaping up to be a very diverse double CD). Steve Hackett just played some fantastic guitar on a track for that one too.

[tri.ad]

I'm very intrigued by all of this.

[Zydar]

Steve Hackett