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Bang and the Dirt Is Gone! - 27 Jun 2008
From Times Online:
EMI, the troubled music group, is close to appointing a little-known Italian executive from the consumer goods industry to run its recorded music division.
Guy Hands, chairman at EMI, is in the process of poaching Elio Leoni Sceti from Reckitt Benckiser, the consumer products giant behind brands such as Cillit Bang, Veet hair […]
There is no more Toto! - 10 Jun 2008
Steve Lukather on his website a couple of days ago: "The fact is yes I have left Toto. There is no more Toto. I told the guys before the last leg of our tour."
I used to be a big Toto fan, so I’m kinda sad to see them go, but I totally understand him. […]
Random Thoughts: Hey, I Never Realised… - 04 Jun 2008
…that We Are Scientists are the new Rubinoos until I just played the last track on their new album!
The bass, the vocalists singing the melody parallelly in two octaves, the guitar fills, the rich background vocals - it’s pretty similar. Not similar as in "Girlfriend" vs. "Boyfriend" mind you, but the Rubinoos-style is definitely recognizable.
The […]
The Barry Manilow Task Force Project - 29 May 2008
Update:
The archive.org servers appear to be a little unsteady, so I’m sending the links to my last.fm page instead.
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I just had a wonderful experience. Yesterday I was aimlessly surfing on the internet, kind of restless and feeling very unproductive.
Then I came over this project entitled Album-A-Day (applied crap art). It’s been running […]
What Year Is This Again? - 21 May 2008
Dear God. Here I am, sitting unsuspectingly in my garden enjoying the evening sun when all of a sudden I’m hearing "Animal" booming from a massive soundstage somewhere downtown in this sleepy, little village on the west coast of Norway.
I’m rushing in to grab my computer and find out what the hell is going […]
MP3: No Hope - 07 Apr 2008
Here’s a song I wrote a couple of months ago. It’s a collaboration with my nephew, really. He’s 15, and he asked me to write a song for a school project. They were making a fictional short film about a dysfunctional family, and the song was meant to reflect the teenage daughter contemplating suicide. […]
Read Full Post »The Piano Player - 06 Nov 2007
I’m a piano player. Not a real piano player, but I play the piano. I know where to find the notes and the chords I need for my music. I’ve played the piano since I was 8, but I never had a single piano lesson due to unfortunate circumstances: a band instructor told me early […]
Read Full Post »The Prefab Song (Go Through That) - 28 Oct 2007
Dear friends. Here’s another song written, arranged and performed by yours truly.
As the title promises it’s heavily influenced by Prefab Sprout and Paddy McAloon. My beautiful wife plays the part of Wendy Smith and I’m the crooner, McAloon-style.
I’m trying to be a just a little bit clever lyric-wise, but alas, I’m no lyricist… I hope you […]
YMCA - The Finnish Way - 24 Aug 2007
I nicked this link from Boing Boing. The singers and dancers are obviously doing a parody (er, hopefully), but what I really, really love about this video are the subtle gestures of the keyboard player during the first 10 seconds of the song - he’s so freaking hilarious. I’m definitely stealing his routine.
Read Full Post »I’m On Fire! - 24 Aug 2007
…or not.
Anyways, I’m making a lot of music these days, so here are links for three more songs in mp3 format.
True Love and She Said are upbeat pop-rockers. I sang more or less constantly for 24 hours, and something happened to my voice. I think it’s kind of cool, but I don’t know - too much Bryan Adams? Or […]