Christine Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 So how many people is working with his new album? How can he do all this at the same time? Look at Adele's album and you'll see she's used many different writers and producers (Greg Wells even has a writing credit). I think it's normal these days. Adele has done an amazing job of keeping this album her own no matter who's worked on it and I'm sure Mika is capable of the same. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_(Adele_album)#Track_listing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucrezia Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Yes I was wondering if that means Jean Baptiste is working on Mika's track as well Yeah... i wonder it too... So how many people is working with his new album? How can he do all this at the same time? Maybe he wants to hurry up and finish the album... so he works with all this people at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchAnnie Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 LOL What I was saying is that I don't think Mika would ever appear *naked* in a vlog. I can imagine him doing a video where we would only see his face, and say "hi this is Mika and I'm naked. Bye"... Yes I was wondering if that means Jean Baptiste is working on Mika's track as well Who is Jean Baptiste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Who is Jean Baptiste? Another producer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoliLovesMusic Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Another producer. I love the name of the producer, so It'll be a great CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchAnnie Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Another producer. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 I love the name of the producer, so It'll be a great CD Maybe you get a more relevant judgment if you listen to the songs he wrote and produced for Chris Brown and the Black Eyed Peas. Actually, since William Orbit said earlier that he was also working with Chris Brown, it is possible that he is working on something for CB with Jean Baptise (at least that's what I'd prefer ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Actually, since William Orbit said earlier that he was also working with Chris Brown, it is possible that he is working on something for CB with Jean Baptise (at least that's what I'd prefer ) Oh yes I would prefer that too. Let's hope so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoliLovesMusic Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Maybe you get a more relevant judgment if you listen to the songs he wrote and produced for Chris Brown and the Black Eyed Peas. Actually, since William Orbit said earlier that he was also working with Chris Brown, it is possible that he is working on something for CB with Jean Baptise (at least that's what I'd prefer ) It was just a joke (I love the name, that's true ) "Mika & Jean Baptiste Jean Baptiste & Mika" It sounds good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eloise.shaw Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 It was just a joke (I love the name, that's true ) "Mika & Jean Baptiste Jean Baptiste & Mika" It sounds good! I'm not sure how to pronounce Baptiste Help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camille* Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 I'm not sure how to pronounce Baptiste Help? Erm.. not easy to answer to this... It sounds like 'bat east' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guylainem123 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Erm.. not easy to answer to this... It sounds like 'bat east' yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoliLovesMusic Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Erm.. not easy to answer to this... It sounds like 'bat east' Really good answer! It sounds better: Jean-Baptiste Maunier My second love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatagordinha Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Has anyone done a roll call of all the collaborator names/hints we've now had for album #3? I was trying to think of the ones I've seen so far and have been trying to piece them all together to hazard a guess at what direction the album will take. It's not easy . The Carpenters and The Cardigans - Sweden (Robyn?) - William Orbit -Jean "Boom Boom Pow!" Baptiste - Greg Wells - Dan Wilson - Jodi Marr (?) Have I missed any? I'm sure I have. I've decided I don't mind what direction the album takes as long as it does have some kind of uniformity of style, some kind of 'sound' and identity. Looking back on TBWKTM, if I have one major criticism, it's that it was a little too much of a hotch-potch. I'd like to hear a more cohesive album now. Mika himself will be the thread that brings all these collaborations together and as someone has already said (I forget who, sorry) he has enough talent and idiosyncrasy to do that and stamp his own unique mark on it, in the way Adele has done with her album. Other than that, I'm trying not to think too much about the whole thing. I want to be really pleasantly surprised or hopefully even blown away, but if I'm not, at least I won't have spent months (many months ) building up to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoliLovesMusic Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Has anyone done a roll call of all the collaborator names/hints we've now had for album #3? I was trying to think of the ones I've seen so far and have been trying to piece them all together to hazard a guess at what direction the album will take. It's not easy . The Carpenters and The Cardigans - Sweden (Robyn?) - William Orbit -Jean "Boom Boom Pow!" Baptiste - Greg Wells - Dan Wilson - Jodi Marr (?) Have I missed any? I'm sure I have. I've decided I don't mind what direction the album takes as long as it does have some kind of uniformity of style, some kind of 'sound' and identity. Looking back on TBWKTM, if I have one major criticism, it's that it was a little too much of a hotch-potch. I'd like to hear a more cohesive album now. Mika himself will be the thread that brings all these collaborations together and as someone has already said (I forget who, sorry) he has enough talent and idiosyncrasy to do that and stamp his own unique mark on it, in the way Adele has done with her album. Other than that, I'm trying not to think too much about the whole thing. I want to be really pleasantly surprised or hopefully even blown away, but if I'm not, at least I won't have spent months (many months ) building up to it... Lady Meeks posted that on the Spanish Thread Dan Wilson: Working on two new songs I wrote with Mika. He scoffs at Facebook and Twitter, so I'll tell you. This new album he's working on is going to be amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathouzouf Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Has anyone done a roll call of all the collaborator names/hints we've now had for album #3? I was trying to think of the ones I've seen so far and have been trying to piece them all together to hazard a guess at what direction the album will take. It's not easy . The Carpenters and The Cardigans - Sweden (Robyn?) - William Orbit -Jean "Boom Boom Pow!" Baptiste - Greg Wells - Dan Wilson - Jodi Marr (?) Have I missed any? I'm sure I have. I've decided I don't mind what direction the album takes as long as it does have some kind of uniformity of style, some kind of 'sound' and identity. Looking back on TBWKTM, if I have one major criticism, it's that it was a little too much of a hotch-potch. I'd like to hear a more cohesive album now. Mika himself will be the thread that brings all these collaborations together and as someone has already said (I forget who, sorry) he has enough talent and idiosyncrasy to do that and stamp his own unique mark on it, in the way Adele has done with her album. Other than that, I'm trying not to think too much about the whole thing. I want to be really pleasantly surprised or hopefully even blown away, but if I'm not, at least I won't have spent months (many months ) building up to it... He came to Montreal on two occasions: one he apparently did something with/for Nikka Yanofksy for her album and no clue about the other time, but she was not in Montreal so I guess it was for his album not hers:wink2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francoise Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 He came to Montreal on two occasions: one he apparently did something with/for Nikka Yanofksy for her album and no clue about the other time, but she was not in Montreal so I guess it was for his album not hers:wink2: Where did I hear something about Empire of the Sun? A possible collaboration or something else.. I can't remember Was that not a tweet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiibet Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Look at Adele's album and you'll see she's used many different writers and producers (Greg Wells even has a writing credit). I think it's normal these days. Adele has done an amazing job of keeping this album her own no matter who's worked on it and I'm sure Mika is capable of the same. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_(Adele_album)#Track_listing Has anyone done a roll call of all the collaborator names/hints we've now had for album #3? I was trying to think of the ones I've seen so far and have been trying to piece them all together to hazard a guess at what direction the album will take. It's not easy . The Carpenters and The Cardigans - Sweden (Robyn?) - William Orbit -Jean "Boom Boom Pow!" Baptiste - Greg Wells - Dan Wilson - Jodi Marr (?) Have I missed any? I'm sure I have. I've decided I don't mind what direction the album takes as long as it does have some kind of uniformity of style, some kind of 'sound' and identity. Looking back on TBWKTM, if I have one major criticism, it's that it was a little too much of a hotch-potch. I'd like to hear a more cohesive album now. Mika himself will be the thread that brings all these collaborations together and as someone has already said (I forget who, sorry) he has enough talent and idiosyncrasy to do that and stamp his own unique mark on it, in the way Adele has done with her album. Other than that, I'm trying not to think too much about the whole thing. I want to be really pleasantly surprised or hopefully even blown away, but if I'm not, at least I won't have spent months (many months ) building up to it... I think you are right girls, I just don't know record making process well enough, so I already felt confused. How can he work with so many people and with so many different songs at the same time... He sure is quite a multitasker And he seems to have a clear vision of this album. Do we already know if Jean Babtiste is connected to Mika's new music or if is he just someone William Orbit mentioned? (Hm, why did he mention him at the same sentence.. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeiRe Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Where did I hear something about Empire of the Sun? A possible collaboration or something else.. I can't remember Was that not a tweet? Yes, from Evan the intern, on late Feb Empire of the Sun and Mika in the studio playing synths through guitar amps and making circus music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Mastin Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 Yes, from Evan the intern, on late Feb Empire of the Sun and Mika in the studio playing synths through guitar amps and making circus music. I assumed that was for one of the "other projects." He did say he was working on several things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatagordinha Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 He came to Montreal on two occasions: one he apparently did something with/for Nikka Yanofksy for her album and no clue about the other time, but she was not in Montreal so I guess it was for his album not hers:wink2: Where did I hear something about Empire of the Sun? A possible collaboration or something else.. I can't remember Was that not a tweet? I forgot about the Montreal thing. And I must have missed the EOTS snippet completely. I think you are right girls, I just don't know record making process well enough, so I already felt confused. How can he work with so many people and with so many different songs at the same time... He sure is quite a multitasker And he seems to have a clear vision of this album. If we know anything about Mika we know he likes to have creative control and is quite single minded in his vision when it comes to his work, so I think it's safe to say he will have the last word on how the album turns out..to put it mildly . I think it's very healthy, though, if he is able to harness others' talents too and really make collaboration work for him. There's no shame in collaboration, especially these days. Everyone does it to some extent or other. Also, I think it would be good for him to have other producers other than Greg involved. Greg's great, and they obviously work fantastically well together, but in my opinion some totally fresh, new production input would be very beneficial to Mika now. Not to say that he shouldn't still be working with Greg (it seems he is, anyway) for the majority of the time. I trust Mika to make the right decisions with his music. Not sure I trust his record label or publicity machine or whatever so much, any more, but it remains to be seen what will happen there . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 I've decided I don't mind what direction the album takes as long as it does have some kind of uniformity of style, some kind of 'sound' and identity. Looking back on TBWKTM, if I have one major criticism, it's that it was a little too much of a hotch-potch. I'd like to hear a more cohesive album now.Mika himself will be the thread that brings all these collaborations together and as someone has already said (I forget who, sorry) he has enough talent and idiosyncrasy to do that and stamp his own unique mark on it, in the way Adele has done with her album. I fully agree with you (that's no surprise at all: I noticed we usually have similar opinion on musical topics ). I also think the second album lacked the cohesion the first one had - that's why I usually compare it to a Greatest Hits compilation where every song is a (potential) hit single but nothing is binding them together. Other than that, I'm trying not to think too much about the whole thing. I want to be really pleasantly surprised or hopefully even blown away, but if I'm not, at least I won't have spent months (many months ) building up to it... I like the wait and the guessing, actually, although I don't think too much into what he says otherwise I would have been put off already by the mere mention of The Carpenters combined with Glee. Also, I think it would be good for him to have other producers other than Greg involved. Greg's great, and they obviously work fantastically well together, but in my opinion some totally fresh, new production input would be very beneficial to Mika now. Not to say that he shouldn't still be working with Greg (it seems he is, anyway) for the majority of the time. Yes. I think it is healthy for him to work with other producers, too, without leaving Greg entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiibet Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 I fully agree with you (that's no surprise at all: I noticed we usually have similar opinion on musical topics ). I also think the second album lacked the cohesion the first one had - that's why I usually compare it to a Greatest Hits compilation where every song is a (potential) hit single but nothing is binding them together. I wonder what made him choose exactly those songs for TBWKTM (he had a large group of songs) and I also wonder what made him choose the songs he did at concerts. Why did he decide to forget One Foot Boy? And why to leave some other songs out even he did slower songs behinds his piano, even OMS (and I don't complain, I love OMS , I just wonder). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatagordinha Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 I like the wait and the guessing, actually, although I don't think too much into what he says otherwise I would have been put off already by the mere mention of The Carpenters combined with Glee. I don't remember any mention of the dreaded Glee . Please let that be a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eloise.shaw Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 I don't remember any mention of the dreaded Glee . Please let that be a joke. You don't like glee?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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