Arjen Lucassen's STAR ONE - New Demo Listening Party Available
April 10, 2010, 14 years ago
AYREON founder Arjen Lucassen is hard at work on what will be a new STAR ONE album. The instrumental demos are completed, and Lucassen is now working on lyrics and melody lines.
A few weeks ago, Lucassen's former manager Yvette graciously hosted a demo listening party for the people on Lucassen's message board. It was an open invitation, although because of limitations of space, attendance was limited to the first few people who confirmed they could make it.
The nine attendees got to listen to the demos, munch on assorted goodies, and fill in feedback forms to catalog their reactions to the songs for Lucassen. Keep in mind that they heard rough demos - no vocals, no solos - these are the first demos that Arjen puts together just to get the structure and feel of the songs down before starting serious work on lyrics and vocal melodies.
Yvette kindly edited a very short video clip that gives an idea of what happened that day. In this video not only do you get to see what happened, you get to hear some snippets of the demos as well.
Check it out below:
Much like Ayreon, Star One had many guest singers and musicians, the most notable ones being Dan Swanö (ex-EDGE OF SANITY, BLOODBATH), Dave Brock (HAWKWIND), Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X), and Damian Wilson (ex-THRESHOLD). Lucassen released Star One's Space Metal in 2002. Star One toured and also released a live album called Live On Earth in 2003.
