Lucassen plays a wide variety of instruments: his main instruments are guitar and keyboards, however he also plays bass, banjo and many others. He composes and writes most of his songs, but leaves the lyrics to his musical partners in some of his projects. Following Ayreon's success, Lucassen has been involved in many other projects: he is the creator, composer and current guitarist/keyboardist of Star One, Guilt Machine, and The Gentle Storm, and the creator and former guitarist of Ambeon and Stream of Passion. The album conducted to the creation of Ayreon despite being relatively unknown at first, the project gained notable attention and praise with the release of its third album Into the Electric Castle, establishing Lucassen as a notable composer of rock operas. In 1995, Lucassen released an album uncredited to any artist called Ayreon: The Final Experiment, in which he sang, wrote every song and played most of the instruments.

After eight years he left the band, wanting to go into a more progressive direction, and released two years later an unsuccessful solo album entitled Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy under the nickname Anthony. Lucassen started his career in 1980 as the guitarist and backing vocalist of Dutch band Bodine as Iron Anthony, before joining Vengeance in 1984. Stream of Passion, Ambeon, Bodine, VengeanceĪrjen Anthony Lucassen (born 3 April 1960) is a Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer best known for his long-running progressive metal/ rock opera project Ayreon.

Vocals, guitars, bass, Hammond, keyboardsĪyreon, Star One, Guilt Machine, The Gentle Storm Progressive rock, heavy metal, folk, electronic, psychedelia, classical And Sinatra's singing is relaxed, confident, and surprisingly jazzy, as he plays with the melody of 'The Most Beautiful Girl in the World' and delivers a knockout punch with the assured, breathtaking 'Summer Wind.' Although he would not record another album with Riddle again, Sinatra would expand the approach of Strangers in the Night for the rest of the decade.Arjen Lucassen, Arjen A. Using strings, horns, and an organ, Nelson Riddle constructed an easy, deceptively swinging sound that appealed to both Sinatra's dedicated fans and pop radio.

Combining pop hits ('Downtown,' 'On a Clear Day ,' 'Call Me') with show tunes and standards, the album creates a delicate but comfortable balance between big band and pop instrumentation. Although he later claimed he disliked the title track, the album was an inventive, rich effort from Sinatra, one that established him as a still-viable star to a wide, mainstream audience without losing the core of his sound. Strangers in the Night marked Frank Sinatra's return to the top of the pop charts in the mid-'60s, and it consolidated the comeback he started in 1965.

Strangers In The Night by Jaycee Edward