Wintersun - Another News Update
As promised by drummer Kai Hahto last weekend, an official update from the Wintersun camp has hit the interwebs. Here goes:
"Hi everyone! It's been a while.
I've been working very hard with the synths & orchestrations and I can finally say that I'm feeling very positive about finishing this long and gruesome task by Christmas. So hopefully around the end of December I can finally start mixing the album. I still have a few vocal parts unfinished, but I will be singing them meanwhile I'm mixing.
The only problem about the mixing is that my current computer gear simply cannot handle these insanely huge projects. And the other problem is that I have no money for new gear. So we have discussed about this problem with our label & management and they have agreed to help us with an advance to buy new and more powerful computer gear, but only if we agree to play a few shows and show people that Wintersun is still alive. So after carefully weighting all the different possibilies, we think we need to play these shows to help the completion of the album.
The shows will be for now: Metalfest (3 shows: Helvetia, Austria, Germany) and Metalcamp (1 show).
There's lot of work and preparation to do for these shows, 'cause we have to update our live gear as well, sort out technical difficulties and of course rehearse the songs. This will most likely affect negatively with the mixing schedule, so I can't give any predictions with that yet. I also need to try out the new computer gear first and see how it handles these projects. The software is still not 64-bit, so the "infamous 4GB RAM limit" might also be a problem with the mixing, since these projects already eat about 3GB without any plugins. But I will do my best to overcome this challenge the fastest way I can.
And no worries, these shows will definitely not be cancelled. So we are looking forward to you guys, see you at the gigs! Who knows, we might even play a one new riff... I mean a song!
"
[Also thanks to amarchand and moe5512 for sending in this news!]
"Hi everyone! It's been a while.
I've been working very hard with the synths & orchestrations and I can finally say that I'm feeling very positive about finishing this long and gruesome task by Christmas. So hopefully around the end of December I can finally start mixing the album. I still have a few vocal parts unfinished, but I will be singing them meanwhile I'm mixing.
The only problem about the mixing is that my current computer gear simply cannot handle these insanely huge projects. And the other problem is that I have no money for new gear. So we have discussed about this problem with our label & management and they have agreed to help us with an advance to buy new and more powerful computer gear, but only if we agree to play a few shows and show people that Wintersun is still alive. So after carefully weighting all the different possibilies, we think we need to play these shows to help the completion of the album.
The shows will be for now: Metalfest (3 shows: Helvetia, Austria, Germany) and Metalcamp (1 show).
There's lot of work and preparation to do for these shows, 'cause we have to update our live gear as well, sort out technical difficulties and of course rehearse the songs. This will most likely affect negatively with the mixing schedule, so I can't give any predictions with that yet. I also need to try out the new computer gear first and see how it handles these projects. The software is still not 64-bit, so the "infamous 4GB RAM limit" might also be a problem with the mixing, since these projects already eat about 3GB without any plugins. But I will do my best to overcome this challenge the fastest way I can.
And no worries, these shows will definitely not be cancelled. So we are looking forward to you guys, see you at the gigs! Who knows, we might even play a one new riff... I mean a song!
" [Also thanks to amarchand and moe5512 for sending in this news!]
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Posted: 17.11.2010 by Account deleted
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| BaneConall Fart Enthusiast Posts: 251 |
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| Fat & Sassy! Elite Posts: 3857  |
"I'm feeling very positive about finishing this long and gruesome task by Christmas." Long and gruesome? Guy just sounds like he's being forced to work on this. I dunno. I like to think that musicians should... you know... enjoy the music-making process. :/
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| Stigmatized .......... Posts: 3820  |
Makes you wonder if they couldn't have done any of this sooner.
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| Varegan Hamranakara Posts: 912  |
I can't even imagine that his fuckin problem is his compter's RAM! :O he is just exaggerating about how big is his production.
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| Windrider Raureif Posts: 684  |
We should start a program and everyone gives Jari 10 euros so from the thousands he finally can buy a new pc... I simply dont get why the label doesnt give them a few thousands... I thought they had enough of it... But all in all goooooood news ;-)
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| Carl Berg Carl Berg Posts: 589  |
Quote: I have been waiting for this statement for 6 f*ing years!!! HELL YEAH!!
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| MeloDeathViking Posts: 514  |
I feel like the second half of the statement nullified everything the first half said haha First half: we are making good progress, things look good Second half: all of our progress is theoretical, things look iffy, and it's still gonna be I am so confused haha
---- "I am not superstitious, but I'm a little 'stitious." - Michael Scott
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| vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493  |
Written by csiga on 17.11.2010 at 20:44 If by "News of the Year," you mean "replace the words Duke Nukem Forever with Wintersun," then yes.
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| Jason W. Razorbliss Staff Posts: 3523  |
I'm going to have a permanent red mark on my face from facepalming if there are too many more Wintersun updates this month... 
---- "After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley
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| Elodie Artour Slania Posts: 1175  |
Jeez... The guy sounds so pathetic!  @Ghru-akal: You're totally right, dude. He's just whining and exaggerating in order to make an excuse. Damn Wintersun...
---- Speak up dear 'cause I cannot hear you...
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| Dark Blood The Avenger Posts: 1435  |
When I read Wintersun on the main news page I thought I was dreaming... "Wintesun news? What, these guys are still alive?!" lol Then I thought they were going to announce a release date or something, and that album was already recorded... 
---- It is humanity who must pay homage to the greatness of the Universe... not the Universe to the human narcissism. 
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| shadowdragonfly1 Posts: 72 |
Somehow the managed to have the most anticipated album of 2006, 2007, 2008. They lost all credibility since. I have mixed feelings about this: between betrayed, uncertainty and exited at the same time  I honestly don't know whats happening with them, and i think they need technological counseling from an expert. If what they are doing need memory or CPU intensive tasks, they can rent servers like in Amazon EC2, or rent a server with a local host service, that kind of services are cheap. Probably im just talking nonsense 
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| ruffio Posts: 76  |
"This will most likely affect negatively with the mixing schedule" I love how they try shifting the blame onto the label requiring them to play a few shows. No new album or tours after so many years does give the impression it's not a serious band anymore. You cant blame a company for being reluctant to put money into something like that without at least some strings attached.
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| insanity.peppers Posts: 193  |
"my current computer gear simply cannot handle these insanely huge projects" I'm really struggling to understand what is it about his project that's so "insanely huge" - if its because it's got a tonne of orchestrations and about a hundred tracks per song, that won't be very differnt to what a lot of other bands are doing nowadays, who don't happen to be having these problems
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| Got Mayhem? Posts: 767  |
"...So hopefully around the end of December I can finally start mixing the album." "...This will most likely affect negatively with the mixing schedule, so I can't give any predictions with that yet."  Does this guy even pay attention to what he writes?
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| YoreLore Posts: 234  |
Wow he sounds like its a chore to write and record a new album and also to play some live shows for the fans. If its a chore then dont be a musician for a living...
---- "I'm rising in power through murdering rain Stronger than Faith allows Braver than heroes vows ...My head is bloody but I am unbowed I am power..."
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427  |
Massive lol at Wintersun & Jari. The dude's an epic troll. Seriously though, releasing one run-of-the-mill, mediocre album and convincing half a continent it's pure genius and then taking forever to release a second album... epic troll.
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what?  "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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| Urizen367 Posts: 1620  |
Ya know. if they used audacity, recorded, and released the album 3 years ago, i probably wouldnt be losing as much faith as i am with Wintersun. Jari, just release the damn thing.
---- I will not reason and compare, my business is to create.
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| Marcus Doit Like Bernie Posts: 642  |
Written by Lucas on 17.11.2010 at 21:55 I really hope his second album is just one giant hoax and he's just roflcoptering at everyone clinging to his every update. I predict in five years, when the album still isn't out, he comes out and says he was never recording and spent all the money on hookers and coke.
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427 |
Written by Marcus on 17.11.2010 at 23:09 That will be the day I die laughing.
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what? "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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| ablis1337 Posts: 8  |
You guys are really bitter. 
---- "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone"
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| 4look4rd The Sasquatch Posts: 834  |
I truly hope 2010 doesn't claim a victim that would further delay Time. Eventhough that would give them an excuse to never release Time!
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| RavenKing Posts: 1941  |
Written by zsz on 17.11.2010 at 20:22 I really laughed at this joke. By the way, if orchestrations and shit are so much of a problem, just ditch them. Metal only needs guitars, bass, drums and vocals to be great, after all. In fact, the best metal music is the one not using all those useless artifices.
---- They shake your hand and they smile and they buy you a drink They say we'll be your friends we'll stick with you till the end But everybody's only looking out for themselves And you say who can you trust I'll tell you nobody
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| Ag Fox Angel No More Elite Posts: 4774  |
Written by MeloDeathViking on 17.11.2010 at 20:37how can you be confused? The take home message is that they need time (sorry about the rehashed-a-billion-times pun)
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