Arjen explains: I heard a song of the band Tuesday Child and couldn’t believe that it was a Dutch band. I really liked the singer, especially because of the comparison to John Lennon. I called him immediately and though he was a little reluctant at first, he ended up singing the Hippie part on ‘Into the Electric Castle’. After that, everything went wrong. Misinformed by some manager, Mouse began…
Mikael Akerfeldt
Arjen explains: I sent an email to Opeth’s management, explaining them who I was and that I would love to have Mikael sing on my album. To my surprise I got an email back from Mikael himself, saying that he really likes my music and even bought some of my albums…
Mike Baker
Arjen Explains: Mike did an amazing job on Loser, and his performance makes it one of my favourite tracks. When I told him this, he replied: “Flattery will get you everywhere…but ya can’t brown nose old Bakey so easy…at least buy me dinner & a movie first!” We also recorded an Alice Cooper cover together (How you Gonna See me Now) which ended up on a single…
Mark McCrite
Arjen explains: Mark is the singer for Rocket Scientist, the band in which Erik Norlander plays keyboards. When I recorded Neal Morse in LA, Mark did the backing vocals for the Beatlesque ‘The First Man on Earth’. Mark is a big Beatles fan, just like I am, and his vocals are kind of similar to that style. We regularly send each other compilations of ‘Beatle-ish’ bands we discover.
Marcela Bovio
Arjen explains: Some time ago I came up with the to idea to give an unknown singer the chance to sing on Ayreon. Obviously also in the hopes that I would discover a talent like Astrid (Ambeon). So on the website we encouraged fans to send in their recordings. I received over a 100 recordings (thanks to you all!), listened to them and replied to everyone. One evening I heard a Mexican girl called Marcela Bovio and her…
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