Español: No puedo dejar de pensar en la grabación de hoy. He esperado mucho tiempo por justo este mismo día.. el poder grabar una canción de una de mis bandas favoritas de todos los tiempos. Llegó el día de grabar HARVEST (Blackwater Park 2001) de la banda sueca de death metal progresivo OPETH! Esto es bastante importante para mi, es una de mis influencias musicales más grandes para componer mis propias canciones, letras melodías.. y no puedo dejar de admirar a Mikael Akerfeldt, no sólo como músico, sino como ser humano. Obviamente es iluso pensar que el solo maneja OPETH, todos sabemos que detrás de el, hay muchos excelentes músicos y personas que contribuyen a manejar la banda y otras tareas relacionadas a ella.
Me hubiera encantado poder tener la habilidad vocal desarrollada para poder cantar canciones como THE BAYING OF THE HOUNDS, MASTER'S APPRENTICES, THE GRAND CONJURATION, WHEN, THE MOOR, HEIR APPARENT, etc... tantos temas igual de geniales que es imposible tener favoritos. Como muchos saben, yo por ahora sólo canto con voces limpias, por lo que me debo de ceñir justamente a eso. Si me atreviera a hacer una versión de KARMA con voz limpia, probablemente se escucharía ridículo, sé mis límites, jajaja!
HARVEST es una de mis baladas favoritas de todos los tiempos, era imposible no incluirla en el disco "INFLUENCES & CONNECTIONS VOL. 1" el cuál justamente se caractariza de recopilar mis mayores influencias musicales con el pasar del tiempo. Espero que todo salga bien hoy, con fuerza nomás!
English: I just can't stop thinking about the recordings of today. I've been waiting such a long time for this day to come... the possibility to record one song of one of my favourites all-time band. Today I'll record HARVEST (Blackwater Park 2001) from the swedish progressive death metal band OPETH! This is huge for me, it's my most influential band to compose my own songs, lyrics, melodies... and I jut can't stop admiring Mikael Akerfelft, not only as musician, but also as human being. He's truly admirable. Obviously it's illusive to asume that he runs OPETH alone, we all know that behind him, there are several excellent persons and musician who also contribute to run the band and further related tasks.
I would have loved to have the developed vocal ability to sing songs like THE BAYING OF THE HOUNDS, MASTER'S APPRENTICES, THE GRAND CONJURATION, WHEN, THE MOOR, HEIR APPARENT, etc.. so many tracks equally amazing that is impossible for me to pick up favourites. As many of you know, for now I only sing with clean vocals, that's why I have to limit myself to just those songs. If would dare to do my version of KARMA with clean voices, it would probably sound ridiculous, I know my limits well, hahaha!
HARVEST is one of my favourite ballads of all time, it was impossible for me not to include it on my "INFLUENCES & CONNECTIONS VOL. 1" album, which exactly portrays compiling my most important musical influences as the years passed by. I hope everything goes well today!