I am surprised to hear that Ian will work with Mikael because very recently I heard somewhere that Mikael had reached out to Ian years ago about a collaboration and Ian never even replied. Can you imagine a young Ian working with people like Mikael, Steven Wilson, or Devin Townsend? I don't think his ego would have allowed him to work with other visionaries. He liked to work with brilliant musicians, but only if they muted their egos in favor of his. This is why I have so much respect for someone like Robert Fripp, who would work with anyone big or small if the project was interesting to him.
I am surprised to hear that Ian will work with Mikael because very recently I heard somewhere that Mikael had reached out to Ian years ago about a collaboration and Ian never even replied. Can you imagine a young Ian working with people like Mikael, Steven Wilson, or Devin Townsend? I don't think his ego would have allowed him to work with other visionaries. He liked to work with brilliant musicians, but only if they muted their egos in favor of his. This is why I have so much respect for someone like Robert Fripp, who would work with anyone big or small if the project was interesting to him.