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Album Details
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· Produced By: Patrik Carlsson
· Running Time: 73.19
· Release Date: August
· Released: EU
· Genre: Instrumental
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· LabelLink: Lion Music
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Artist Bio
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About 15 years old I was in a try for the music-school named Lunnevad, a school outside the city Linköping in Sweden. I was there and tried with my acoustic guitar. I was playing 2 classical pieces: Cavatina (by Stanley Myer) and Recuerdos de la Alhambra (by Francisco Tarrega), but I didn't get in cause my poor certificate from the basic school-period. Well, that's the way it is. But I think this occasion made me stronger and more purposeful. I spent months in the City-Library study notation and the way of writing scores, which was a major step for me. I began to understand what I was actually playing on the guitar, the melodies, harmonies and scale structures and so on...
I was about 16 years old when I discovered Steve Vai through a friend. Vai was at the time playing with David Lee Roth but was little too hard for me. You know, I was at the time playing on a Valley Art Guitar and I promise you it isn't easy to use the Bar which make the guitar went out of tune every time you use it. (If you are using a Fender, then you know what I mean!). Anyway, "Passion and Warfare-album" is the reason that I was practise almost a year only to understand the tremolo-bar technique. You know, when you bend with the bar and don't hit the destination tone exactly, it won't sound good. But I was not given up; I was promise myself to handle the bar as usual as other techniques. I don't know what the "standard-length-period" of learning the secrets of Bar-technique is, but without a guitar-teacher I was learning this unique style, only from the album it self.
About 18 years old I got a job as a music-consultant at ABF music-house called JukeBoxen. Here in Sweden when you looking for a job you normally send your certificates from school and notes about your life experiences. But I just went down an afternoon and talked to the boss named Tommy Falkeholm, which hired me for a full-time job after about 30 minutes after playing on different instruments. The next 3 years I been working there and I learnt a lot from this period, cause all staff at JukeBoxen was specially picked for the job. At the time I was working 6 days a week as music-consultant and everyday after the work I always locked my self inside the large studio we have. First of all I learnt the way of recording in a professional studio, it was very helpful. My paychecks every month from this period were also a nice memory. So I have to thank Tommy for hiring me, or else I never had a chance to buy my 2 Ibanez guitars I still use today (and all other guitars and stuffs I waste my money on).
In this period, between 18-25, I was really practise 24 hours a day and at the same time playing with lot of different groups, both as a guitarist and sometimes playing an other instrument. I mean, today it goes in different periods. Normally I practise about a couple of hours, but some periods I can practise whole days week after week. It depends if I will be recording at my studio or prepare for a gig. After the recordings I always take some time off, not touch the guitar for weeks. You know, when not touching the guitar after a few weeks your fingers will feel like wood-sticks. But for me it's important to break up some time to listen what you have done in the recordings, so I can develop as a guitarist. I mean when recording at a studio you always hear your mistakes and hopefully learn something until next time.
I have been working in different places after JukeBoxen. Among other things I have been working as a music teacher at a regular school and by private guitar lessons. I have worked as a network-technician, software-programmer and so on. I also have study a lot and got certificates that I have been missing before. Since 1998 I have built up my own studio and recorded about 10 CD's with different projects. Today I'm recording, playing the guitar and I am satisfied with everything in my life, expect that I don't make any money on my music, I mean big money. But you know, I just play for fun and will be continuing with the music anyway!
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