{"id":861,"date":"2010-12-22T15:31:08","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T14:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/?p=861"},"modified":"2010-12-22T15:31:08","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T14:31:08","slug":"marcela-bovio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/marcela-bovio\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcela Bovio"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"550\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\" valign=\"top\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/archive\/marcela_bovio.jpg\"  align=\"center\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<strong>Bands<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\tex-Elfonia<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.streamofpassion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stream of Passion<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured on<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\tAyreon &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/the-human-equation\/\">The Human Equation<\/a><br \/>\n\t\tAyreon &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/the-final-experiment\/\">The Final Experiment (bonus)<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.streamofpassion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stream of Passion &#8211; Embrace the Storm<\/a><br \/>\nStream of Passion &#8211; Out in the Real World<br \/>\nStream of Passion &#8211; Live in the Real World<br \/>\n<strong>Audio<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"..\/..\/ayreon\/ay_media\/ay_audio\/the_human_equation_marcela_bovio_01.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Day Thirteen: Sign<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"..\/..\/ayreon\/ay_media\/ay_audio\/the_human_equation_marcela_bovio_02.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Day One: Vigil<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"..\/..\/ayreon\/ay_media\/ay_audio\/waracle.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Waracle (bonus)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marcelabovio.com\" target=\"_blank\">Marcela Bovio&#8217;s Official Site<\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"200\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<A href=\"..\/..\/ayreon\/ay_media\/ay_images\/photo_studio_marcela_bovio_02.jpg\" target=_blank><IMG  height=113 alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/ayreon\/ay_media\/ay_images\/photo_studio_marcela_bovio_02_thumb.jpg\" width=150  border=1><\/A>\n\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<A href=\"..\/..\/ayreon\/ay_media\/ay_images\/photo_marcela_bovio_04.jpg\" target=_blank><IMG  height=113 alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/ayreon\/ay_media\/ay_images\/photo_marcela_bovio_04_thumb.jpg\" width=150 border=1><\/A>\n\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<A href=\"..\/..\/ayreon\/ay_media\/ay_images\/photo_studio_marcela_bovio_01.jpg\" target=_blank><IMG height=113 alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/ayreon\/ay_media\/ay_images\/photo_studio_marcela_bovio_01_thumb.jpg\" width=150  border=1><\/A>\n\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<A href=\"..\/..\/ayreon\/ay_media\/ay_images\/photo_marcela_bovio_05.jpg\" target=_blank><IMG  height=113 alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/ayreon\/ay_media\/ay_images\/photo_marcela_bovio_05_thumb.jpg\" width=150 border=1><\/A>\n\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"350\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>\t\t<\/a><strong>Marcela Bovio &#8211; vocals<\/strong>\t<\/p>\n<p>Studio Report &#8211; The Human Equation: Marcela Bovio was flown over from Mexico to sing on <EM>Ayreon: The Human Equation<\/EM>. Arjen had picked her from the many vocalists who sent in demos earlier in 2003. Read about the experience in Arjen&#8217;s own words and check out the pictures! <\/p>\n<p><STRONG>&#8211; What made you choose Marcela for this Ayreon project?<\/STRONG>Arjen: 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 band Elfonia, and I got goosebumps all over. In the end four great (female) singers were left. I made them send their version of Valley of the Queens to me, and after that a song from my new album. Eventually I chose Marcela. Somehow I knew deep down inside from the very first time I heard her that she would be the one.<br \/>\n<STRONG>&#8211; How did you get in touch with Marcela?<\/STRONG> Arjen: I emailed her and she seemed like a really nice and intelligent girl. She was really excited that I was going to fly her over to Holland, she had never been abroad. Her boyfriend Alejandro (the keyboardplayer from Elfonia) came with her and they had a two week holiday in Holland and Germany.<br \/>\n<STRONG>&#8211; Describe the recording session in three words.<\/STRONG> Arjen: Creative, professional, beautiful<br \/>\n<STRONG>&#8211; How would you describe Marcela&#8217;s voice?<\/STRONG> Arjen: She can sing very high, but quite low as well, her range is incredible. She managed to sound different on every song. Angelic, but also pretty powerful at times.<br \/>\n<STRONG>&#8211; What was the most memorable moment?<\/STRONG> Arjen: Receiving all those great Mexican presents they brought for me, also from other Mexican fans, really heartwarming.<br \/>\n<STRONG>&#8211; What was something you absolutely didn&#8217;t expect?<\/STRONG> Arjen: I didn&#8217;t expect her to be so professional and most of all so creative. She had no problems singing really difficult harmonies. Or coming up with interesting new ideas.<br \/>\n<STRONG>&#8211; What was something Marcela did not expect?<\/STRONG> Arjen: In most studios singers are standing in some kind of vocal booth, and one has to communicate via an intercom and sometimes you can&#8217;t even see each other. I like to have personal contact with the singer though, so I have them standing beside me. She expected she&#8217;d be kinda nervous, but she felt really at ease right from the start in this situation.<br \/>\n<STRONG>&#8211; Marcela has the unique ability to&#8230;<\/STRONG> Arjen: &#8230;come up with great ideas, and sing &#8216;impossible&#8217; things.  A very intelligent girl as well.<br \/>\n<STRONG>&#8211; Describe the endresult of the session.<\/STRONG> Arjen: It was everything I hoped it would be. The whole &#8216;romantic&#8217; idea behind this was to give an unknown talent who&#8217;s trying to built a serious career with his\/her own music\/band a chance to be more widely known. She is still young, has a great band and she&#8217;s got the looks as well. No doubt we will be hearing more of her. I would love to work with her again in the future. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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