Sorry that I haven’t been updating in a few days! I’m surprised that I managed to do it daily for more than a month, but once I forgot one day, I just never got back to it.

Anyway, so it’s been super busy the last few days, like always! Trying to get the drum parts done this week (won’t happen), and I’ve been trying to finish my own parts this week (won’t happen either), and I’ve also had some people over because of the Getaway Rock Festival, which is in Gävle this week. At least, I got them to help me with taking some pictures that could be included in the album booklet! None turned out that great though..
So anyway, I’ll keep working hard to make sure everything is ready to be mixed by next week. It will be tight to get it in time for the release date, but it should be doable!
Oh, and about the pre-orders: I’ve had 35 pre-orders so far, which is great, considering how far it is until the release! I really appreciate it. :) I won’t have time to make drawings/surprises for too many people though, so only the first 60 customers will get one!
After that, you can still pre-order normal signed ones from me, but yeah, no special surprises.

Alright, now I’ve uploaded a pre-order section for Thirteen Eight on the website! This is only for the personally signed copies though, so if you plan to buy a normal CD or a digital download, don’t mind it.
(Although, I guess you could still check it out, just to get some new bits of information about it!)

Just a short video of me tuning and recording glasses for a track on the album.

I actually put this one on my second YouTube channel a month ago or so, but I figured that it’s good/interesting enough to put on my main channel after all! Just as an extra “hey, remember that I have a website and that an album is coming soon!” thing.

I thought this would be a good time to properly announce who’s going to play the drums on my album! I’ve already mentioned him a few times now and then, but I thought I’d give him some more credit than that!

So, his name is David Schlein, he’s a young Swede living in Stockholm, and he’s actually the second most subscribed Swedish musician on YouTube! (Me being the most subscribed one, hah.)

He doesn’t usually play the kind of music I do, but he’s got the right chops to be able to play even the most complex drum parts on my album! Very speedy and technical drummer, and it’s fun that he’s on YouTube like me, so that’s why I asked him, and luckily he wanted to be part of the project! Nice guy anyhow, so I hope you’ll like his playing on the album. :)

Here’s his latest video in case you want to see what he’s like, even though the song he’s playing is heavier than anything on my album!

The people in the chat room wanted me to post some drawings I made a while ago with the Graffiti application on Facebook. The fun thing about it is that you can hit replay and see every brush stroke made, so it’s best to just click on the links and see them there:

- The fox (Just clicked around randomly to see how the app worked, and then turned it into an ugly fox.)
- The frog (After the fox, I tried something a bit more planned.)
- The manly elephant (And then another one.)
- My friend Hanoi (And then an attempt to draw a real person.)
- The two cats (The most detailed drawing I made, before I got tired of the application.)