Lyrics

It has been almost four weeks now with the flu. During that time I have not been able to sing at all, and although I have been getting better little by little, it will still take a while to be able to do so in a normal level.

Meanwhile, I have been writing the lyrics. In Finnish. I have finished one song. Another one is half way through. Six more to go. So, it will take a long time until I can really progress with the recordings.

Keyboards

I caught a flu two weeks ago, and have not recovered ever since. Somehow I managed to get the keyboard parts ready despite of the fever and the runny nose. I ended up using Roland JD-XA throughout, I recorded the organ parts with JD-XA's digital part through SansAmp and Strymon Lex and for some spacey sounds I used the JD-XA analog engine via Flashback X4. I am satisfied with the results, so I think that I can conclude that I have finished all the instrument tracks for the album.

So, the next step will be to write lyrics and start practising the vocals. I think that I have an idea for  space opera style lyrics and concept for the album. Think about some Ayreon albums, 2112 by Rush or Talvikuningas by CMX and you get the idea. The bad thing is that I have not written down a line of it so far.

I have also been thinking about the language. I have written lyrics for two albums before, and to be honest, I have not been too happy with the results. I have been thinking that perhaps I should switch from English to Finnish for a change and see how it goes.