Instrumental version by Blue Planet and Mindmovie
I am very thankful for two people whose talent, friendship and support have been very important to the development of the “On The Wind - around the world” project: Blue Planet and Mindmovie.
Blue Planet (Henning Backhaus) was in charge of the swedish version “Genom Skyar” (with Lo Kivikas) and for the Blue Planet version with the singer of the original version, Ann Van Canegem.
Mindmovie created the german version “Mit Dem Wind” (with Sara England) and he played the solo guitar parts on “Genom Skyar”.
They have now come up with a powerful instrumental version, but it is better that I let Henning explain himself about the “making of” of this version....
You can read more about Mindmovie on the Mid Dem Wind and Dreams Are Buried pages.
You can also watch the artwork I did for his wonderful cd “An Ocean of Dreams”.
Introduction by Henning Backhaus (Blue Planet)
At the beginning of this year, my friend Achim Wierschem (alias Mindmovie) had a special idea for an instrumental version of „On The Wind“. Achim created a plan to take part with his wonderful guitar playing in an new instrumental version, and also proposed to play the solo part in the vocal version „Genom Skyar“. The second idea could be realized very fast, and during March, he send me all his well produced guitar tracks for both versions.
The „Genom Skyar“ version had enough place for Achim´s Solo, getting a real good push in the middle and at the end by his fantastic guitar solo lines.
Finally I worked out the instrumental version, using all materials of Achim´s guitar tracks,
and also creating more and more an alternative arrangement, which clearly differs from the „Genom Skyar“ version. Without vocals I could dare a more experimental way, using sounds of the orchestral, rock and electronic world, and painting another sound picture.
I opened the new version with deep brass and timpani sounds during the intro, and Achim started his guitar lines like singing the first verse. After this part we changed in the rhythmical area, starting our rock roots with clear and hard drums in the background, and Achim was playing free double lines, far away from all vocal versions, in a picking manner, which sometimes remembers of the fabulous Eagles guitar styles. After the solo part, which is mainly identical with the „Genom Skyar“ version, I created a little orchestral part with clarinet and deep strings, only with ride cymbals in the background. Maybe this is a kind of a brake before the last firestorm starts. In this following part Achim played his second expressive guitar solo, which leads more and more to the beginning end, which I supported later with a special high synthesizer sound with equal lines. Finally this last sounds are fading in the reprise of the deep trombones, finding their fading end in a deep synthesizer sound, combined with another spaced sequenced electronic sound, and there are mysterious voices in the background, a whispering of a strange language from far away.
My musical background:
productions was growing more and more, and after getting first orders, I composed a lot of music for film and promotion projects. In this time I often had to change the places with my little analog studio, working mostly with synthesizers and multitrack recorders, often together with a lot of crazy people. During the nineties I was married with my Atari computer,
all productions were based on a hybrid system of digital and analog components.
I also started with song productions for other artists and became membership in the german
Gema, also continuing with commercial media projects, more and more with publishers for earning my money. After the beginning of the millennium I moved again to the South East of Germany (Bavaria), and living together with my wife deeply in the country, surrounded of beautiful untouched nature and magic silence. My nowadays working place is integrated in our house and my musical activity is divided in two directions:
the commercial working that I have to do, and the free musical projects that I love to do.
A nice view on the Alps from Henning’s home
The mix of the instrumental version
Instrumental version credits:
Musical arrangement, mix and mastering: Blue Planet (Henning Backhaus)
Electric Guitar Magic: Mindmovie
Blue Planet website
Blue Planet on MI7
Mindmovie’s myspace page
Flaming Bess website
Selected Discography by Blue Planet:
all these cd’s are available from his webshop
Selected Discography by Mindmovie:
