IN
INTERVIEW WITH: ARJEN LUCASSEN
A
MASTER! In Female Metal Voices
By Darkzen
Greetings!
Friends! I was talking to our friend Arjen Lucassen a great master in music
composition, with albums, excellent! Of great skill and thematic songs and
music full of conceptual elements that we can identify with our daily lives.
Dutch
composer and musician in the metal. He plays a variety of instruments including
guitars, flutes and synths. In bands like Ayreon brings together a large group
of musicians and recorded albums with them. He is often credited with having
revived the genre of rock opera.
I
wanted to ask an expert reviewer of the female voices of these times, you think
about other genres, as well as your choice, really thank you very much friend!
For this opportunity! And the time to answer these questions! Well here I leave
the interview!
Thank you very much for this
opportunity Arjen ! to know what think an expert of excellent female vocals !
==
You’re welcome, hope I can be of help J
First of all how are you friend?
==
Very well, thanks. The new project with Anneke van Giersbergen is going great,
we’re both very excited about it!
What you're telling us, that you
make out in your work? Theory of everything is a big production of progressive
metal / opera / rock, how do you inspires for to make your productions?
==
Oh, I’m just a huge music lover trying to create the music I’d want to buy
myself. And luckily other people enjoy it too J
Cristina was in this production,
in the past albums Anneke, Floor and
many more, that you give us an opinion of their voices?
==
Cristina is a very emotional person and singer, and she’s also very real.
Anneke is technically speaking the best singer I ever worked with. Floor is a
true power singer, she can do anything.
Darkzen: i agree with you my friend! They
are amazing!
As is your selection to invite a
female vocalist ?
== I
have a big wish list of about 200 singers, amongst them many female singers.
When I’m working on a new project I contact the singers from this list who fit
the music and the lyrics the best.
Because you include a female
voice in your work?
== I
love the variety of voices, I like to use as many different types of voices as
possible to keep the music and the story interesting.
What do you think of women's
voices are so versatile?
==
Somehow it’s very easy to work with female singers, both technically and
emotionally.
Have any predilection of voice,
with some special style?
==
No. I like both powerful and soft voices, both metal and folky. But the emotion
always has to be there.
Fémale voices are a esquisites
for me, especially depending on the style, I think he gives body and substance
to a song, what do you think in general the female metal?
==
The combination of powerful metal and an emotional female voice is amazing, it
works like a charm. I have always loved contrasts.
Fémale voices mesmerize, enchant
or seduce, what do you think?
== I
completely agree with you! Very often I’m crying my eyes out in the studio when
I record female singers J
What do you think of women's
voices within the Death Metal for example?
==
Sorry, that’s not my thing. I prefer melody and I don’t like aggression. It can
be very effective for a line or two here and there, but for me personally not
for a whole album.
What advice could you give us a
lot of female vocalists are starting or within the metal scene?
== Be
inspired by other female singers, but please don’t try to copy them. The
original is always unique, even if your technique is better. Just stay within your limits and try to
seduce us with every word you sing.
Thank you very much
my friend, to answer these questions, the last words are all yours! for our
readers
== I
hope you will enjoy the new album I’m making with Anneke! It will be a
combination of epic metal and acoustic folk. Thanks for the support!
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