Archive Mike Oldfield interview

[@tangerine825]

Genius ! Poland Love Mike Oldfield ;-)

[@notreallydavid]

And my little corner of the UK loves Poland for backing Ukraine, t. Best regards

[@bluebow68]

Mr.Oldfield is never without honesty and sincerity..Thanks for the music...And the upload..

[@drivingschool11]

What exactly you mean? Sarcasm? Hypocrisy? Bias?

[@sneeuwgetsie]

There are very few people who, in addition to being a genius, are honest and very sympathetic. Mike is 1 of them. Nice upload, txs

[@Chinwagger2024]

I love Mike Oldfield. Thanks

[@juancarlosquintanarojo]

hi Derek, what do you think about Retunr to Ommadanw? For me its a very good album. Probably the best in 20 years

[@MoJoeShoMo]

His first 4 albums show a genius that is to this day a standout from all the other musicians of his time.

[@alexanderaddy786]

It is interesting to listen to Mike about what he is doing. Love his Music for many years. And he and several others give inspiration to carry on. And being a Musician and recording in my little studio whith the things I have give me the oppetunity to try everything producing my own music and playing the instruments which I am skilled in... I am a Bassist from origine but guitars and keys as well, what the classic parts are leave and ask it to my daughter who is a graduated violist and piano player.... ( I am an autodidact pianist) but always give it a shot myself...

[@metalman4141]

Mike your a very special man thanks for the music

[@fusion-music]

I find this sort of hilarious - that everyone is inspired by Mike and would like to be able to make music like (not copying his style) him. And there he is, listening to multi-million sellers and pulling it to pieces. I've worked on a piece I wrote for my wife in 85 and recorded on analogue gear. I over saturated the bass and guitar. So, every time she plays it to her friends, I hate the imperfections. I've worked on it anew, using live instruments and plugins, a DAW with no limitations, better gear and she listens to it and says ''it's changed'' - it's lost that immediacy. I'm aiming for perfection and for her, the perfection is in the moment that I recorded it first. In terms of Mike, his re-visiting Tubular Bells is an expensive exercise, only to get customer reaction of - ''the old one was better.'' But, I must admit, I usually do not like ''Digitally re-mastered.'' I'll give them a listen to see, but often the case is that I prefer the performance of the original. And for myself, I'm seriously thinking of going back to analogue - because I think I have a different mentality to when I put it into record. It's good learning from the experts. Thanks for the interview.

[@234cheech]

cheers

[@ajs41]

According to another interview, he got a bit fed up with technology after making Earth Moving in 1989, which is why Amarok from 1990 is mainly made without a lot of new technology.

[@wmrxb15]

The engineering & production aspect has changed dramatically over the years that Mike has been making & producing music; it seems to have become more accessible to the wider public through various software programs, but could this be to the detriment of upcoming talented musicians in terms of music creation?

[@notreallydavid]

Which year, anyone?

[@RecordProduction]

12th Feb 2007 - roughly 🙂