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Rozhovor s Tuomasem a Anette 2. část

28. prosince 2007 v 18:11 | Lucka |  Nightwish
COVERING SONGS

You also recorded one extra track that hasn´t been composed by Nightwish, but some other composer. Who is the composer of that particular song in question and what song we are talking about here?
Tuomas: Yes. Anyway, we haven´t set the name yet and we are not ready to reveal the song´s name yet either. But it´s like a theme song for a movie.

I read from your website that you were waiting for a permission to get that song released on your new album. Have you gotten it yet?
Tuomas: Not yet. The destiny of that is still pretty much open. We don´t know what to do with it as we still haven´t got the permission to release it on this album. The guy who wrote it, hated our version, so… it´s still fine.
(*everyone burst into laughing*)
Tuomas: I mean, he has a right to his opinion, of course but c´mon… He has bored.
I think he just wants to tease you for a while before he makes up his decision… ;o)
Anette: Hopefully… really hopefully because it´s a really nice song.
Ok, we´ll come back to that later…
Tuomas: We´ll know it within a couple of weeks or so, I think.

What were the most challenging things for you during this whole process to get the songs put together regarding the 1st steps of the song writing process all the way to the recording process of this album?
Tuomas: Well, first of all, writing the songs was really easy. They came out really naturally. Then rehearsing songs was a lot of fun in a really good band spirit. Doing a demo out of these songs was fun, recording the drums was not problem, recording the keyboard parts was no problem either, she was no problem (*Anette giggles*), the guitar - and bass were recorded smoothly - yes. I don´t know if we even had any that big troubles to get everything done for this album. It´s was a really long process for being about 10 and half months in the studio altogether, recording the album. Choosing the singer, was a bit tough and… I don´t know. That was the hardest part really because like when we had to go to Petrax Studios to record her vocals, I wasn´t scared at all what she will do. We had three weeks - we had a lot of time to record the vocals, so we had enough time to do them. We already heard her rehearsing the songs and they sounded really good, so there was no problem there.

What did you consider the most challenging thing for yourself with the songs for this new Nightwish album? Were there any songs on the album that almost gave you a serious headache due to being very demanding and difficult to sing?
Anette: Well, I´m not gonna say any song titles, but at least the other cover song that we don´t know if we are gonna to release it. It´s pretty hard to sing as I need to go to quite high register in it. But it was good in the end. And then of course some new elements that I haven´t tried before vocally which I tried on this album. Of course in the very beginning when you don´t know - when you haven´t done anything like that before, it´s a bit scary. I mean, when you start to do something that you haven´t ever tried out before. So there is one song especially that had some new elements for me to sing… and you (Tuomas) sing my voice differently.
Tuomas: But to be honest there was not the simple like thing, or a vocal line or note that I had in mind that you couldn´t do.
GETTING GUIDED BY TUOMAS
If you weren´t quite sure what kind of vocal parts Tuomas wanted to get for some certain part of a song, what kind of guide Tuomas was for you to give you an idea how he wanted to some vocal part to be like? Can you name some sort of example about this?
Anette: Yeah, he placed it for me. And then I just had to get the melody and go and do it.
Tuomas: I even sang it for you…
Anette: Yes, of course he sang it also…
(*Tuomas gives a short lesson about his singing skills at this point*)
(*laughs*)
Anette: Tra-la-laa… That´s exactly the way I was working with my former band Alyson Avenue, too. It´s a same thing: We have a composer, he makes all the songs, they record everything and just at this point I go in and sing. So, it´s kind of the same. There´s always a challenge for you when you are a new to do something that you haven´t tried out before.

How much did you share the workload this time when you still were in the middle of song writing process of the album? How many songs did you write for this album by yourself - and what´s other members´ contribution for them?
Tuomas: Well, there´s one song that was done entirely by Marco and one song made entirely by Emppu this time. But all the lyrics are still mine. In the process in itself was very much the same as in everything before. The guys just came up with bass and solos this time - at least!

What about Marco´s contribution for the vocal parts on this new Nightwish opus? I only know he did some vocal parts for such songs as "7 Days to the Wolves" and "Master Passion Greed", but I guess he also did some more…
Tuomas: I think you can hear a lot more Marco on this album than on any of our previous albums. And you can also hear his softer side in one of the songs. It will be a surprise. You´ll hear the ´romantic side´ of Marco, he-he!
He´s pretty good in that regarding how great ballad song he has done in his other band, Tarot…
Anette: Yes, I have to agree.

How much did you do some duets with Marco in some of the songs, like first you started to sing in some song - and then he came long and sang on the top of your voice, and then you were kind of changing these vocal roles that he started to sing, and then you came along ands so on…
Tuomas: There´s a few songs like that.
Anette: Yeah, I mean, I recorded something some days, and then he came and did his vocal parts to some songs I had already sung my vocals for. It worked out that way.
ABOUT FILTERING STUFF

Did you have to make any kinds of compromises with this album as far as the songs on it are concerned, like reject f. ex. some orchestrated parts that kind of didn´t fit in there for being like overly-made, or something alike?
Tuomas: Hmmm…there were some parts that sounded a bit too much like Abba and…
Anette: Oh-oh-ho-ho… what did you just say, Tuomas? I just heard it what you said!
(*laughs*)
No problem Anette, I can censor Tuomas´ comment away from the interview.
Anette: (*laughs*) Good…
Tuomas: … a few more like rock -orientated song, and maybe a bit too much orchestra full of songs. , but they just didn´t fit into the overall feeling of the album, so we need to cut them out. I would say like 95% of everything we wrote will end up being on the album as well.

Can you already tell what´s your personal favorite cut (or cuts) vocally out of all the songs on this new Nigtwish opus and why exactly?
Tuomas: "The Poet and the Pendulum" is actually my favorite off this new album, and then there´s a couple of other songs on the album that I like very much.

I know since this is your recently put together opus, my question may be a bit ´unfair´ for you at this point because every musician should take some distance to their latest works in order to make up his/her opinion later about their actual favorite cuts…
Tuomas: Right now I just feel like really, really great for the whole album. I can judge it more objectively when some time has passed by.
ABOUT SWEDISH AND FINNISH HUMOR

This next question goes out for you Anette. Since you come from Sweden and these other band mates of your happen to come from Finland, I´d like yo know is it f.ex. any hard to get into the strange world of Finnish humor as I´m sure it has some slight differences compared to the Swedish humor?
Anette: I think we are quite similar thinking-wise actually because I have this ironic side of humor in myself just like these guys, too. Sometimes of course it can be like I say something and they can look at me and…
Tuomas: "Anette on juoppo svedu..." ("Anette is a Swedish drunkard" in English).
(*laughs*)
Anette: I really am badmouthing myself. I can tell really dirty jokes. Of course there´s always some moments when you get to know new people - it doesn´t matter if you are a Swedish or Finnish, but you have to learn how to say things, and how you shouldn´t take these things in a wrong way. So far there hasn´t been anything like misunderstandings between any of us as far as the jokes we throw to each other, are concerned. You can of course be sometimes like: "Hmmm… what on earth did he mean by that?!". Maybe you don´t get things because of the English language also. You can tell a joke in Swedish and try to translate it to English. It can loose its feeling and meaning easily. And it´s the same with the Finnish jokes as well if you try some.

I bet one of your favorite topics is to talk about ice hockey, too… ;o)
Anette: Yeah, I know. That´s so cool.
That´s a lot of talk especially between the Swedish and Finnish…
Tuomas: Yes, it is.
Anette: But actually I love when the Finnish - and Swedish teams play against each other. I really do. I think it´s the best games ever.

(*coughs*) Ahem, now let´s get a bit more serious again if you don´t mind…
(*laughs*)
Any plans for the next Nightwish video what song would be an ideal song for that purpose?
Tuomas: Yeah, we´re leaving for Los Angeles for this Saturday (on June 2nd 2007). We will shoot 2 videos there. They are gonna be done by Antti Jokinen again. We are gonna publish the track list and the title of the new album on 14th of June 2007.

You´ll start your next tour from Tel Aviv, Israel on October 6th - and this gonna be your first time to play there. What kind of pre-expectations do you have about playing in Israel anyway?
Tuomas: I´m a bit scared…
Anette: (*begging ironically*) No bombing, please… When I got to hear the news that we are going to play there, my first reaction was like: "WHAT…?!" But seriously, everyone is telling that Tel Aviv is a quite calm and really good place to play gigs - and it´s a really nice place. I really like this amusement town and city, so… I think it´s gonna be cool to go there after all.
Tuomas: I´ve always liked challenging adventures, so… It was pretty much like the only weekend that we have off during the next year and half, so that´s why we have to go there, and play the gig.

Then you will head to the US -soil, starting this US -tour from Springfield on October 15th (which is a sold-out show already), and will be doing over 20 dates over there. What is a bit odd to me, why did you choose this US tour first instead of touring here in Europe for this album first? Or, does it really make any difference where you tour first?
Tuomas: There´s a very simple reason for that. We are not that known over there in the US. We get to play in relatively small places there, and we really need to run her in for singing, and it means that we have make 23 smaller shows first to adjust her in.
Anette: I also think it´s a good idea. And after that I think we will be really together like as a band I thi k when we get back to Europe and do bigger shows here. Then I believe we can give more from ourselves to the audience.

After that you´ll have 14 dates in all the Scandinavian countries which I bet is something you are really looking forward to as I believe playing in front of your home crowd is always something that kind of fuels your ´machine´ for bigger flames, right?
Tuomas: Yes. This Scandinavian part will include 8 shows in Finland, too. However, playing in front of my home crowd will make me scare as fuck.
Anette: Me, too. Actually I don´t feel so scared of doing these shows in the States.
Tuomas: Me neither, but the Scandinavian shows will get me on my tiptoes a bit more, that´s for sure.
Anette: Of course all of your friends will be in certain shows. When ever there are some of your friends in the audience or family or people who know you, it´s even worse to go onstage.
Tuomas: I mean, here we are big - and because of that we are under everyone´s magnifying class. You need to be perfect to do like… Or, let me put it this way: This is the band everybody´s talking about, so we try to be as ready as possible for these shows.

… and then, what else will happen for Nightwish touring-wise in 2008? Have you any dates scheduled for 2008 already?
Tuomas: Nothing has been agreed, but there will be an European tour coming up, another American tour, maybe Japan, Australia also - and a lot festivals of course in the summer. We are in Finland, so we have lots of possibilities to play at these summer festivals. But those will come later, so I don´t have much to say about them yet.

What about you, Anette? What kind of challenge has it been for you to learn all of these other Nightwish songs for the tour, expect the ones you sang for this new Nightwish album?
Anette: It´s always a challenge when you get to learn new songs. First time to try something new out, is always a very challenging time before you become completely familiar with the songs; get to know the lyrics the way you can leave the paper and just sing without looking at the paper. Of course adjusting my voice to old Nightwish -stuff that the band´s former singer did, is a challenge itself how I can sing the songs properly, in my own way. That´s of course the biggest challenge for me personally.
Tuomas: To be honest, she´s been singing really, really well the old songs; even the songs she made for the demo and sent over to us for audition. We will play those songs live as well that Anette sang for the demo. I mean, the songs she did for the demo, sounded really good.
Could we see your previous band Alyson Avenue warming up Nightwish some day?
Anette: Ha-ha-ha…!! Alyson Avenue is like down. It´s been for a while already. You know, we have been going on for so many years and sometimes you just go separate ways, so it was natural. But they have a new band, so maybe they can warm us up - who knows, ha-ha! Their new band is more melodic rock-orientated though, so maybe they exactly don´t fit that well to warm up a band like Nightwish. Anyway, I´m certainly not the one who makes a decision on that, so…

Ok, I think that was it. My time is pretty much up, so I just wanna thank both of you for your time and wish you all the best for these forthcoming tours. Hopefully you´ll be welcomed really nice and well in every place you will go to on the tours.
Anette: Thank you so much, thank you.
Tuomas: Thank you. It was pleasure talking to you.
 

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