I’m a bit late with updating now, again, but last week, summer finally arrived to Gävle! It’s a good thing that there’s a pretty cozy park right outside of my house:
So I went there with a friend, had a barbecue, and had a pretty nice time!
And I jumped high up in the air, because that’s how I roll!
Maybe I’m half a year late with posting this, but a friend and I made this short animation back in 2007 (she made most of the visuals, I made the music and sound effects), and people wanted to see it now, so I put it on youtube!
Basically, it’s a story about a bunch of little elves being killed off. :D I still think it’s a really funny one, but maybe it’s because of nostalgia, I don’t know…
(Oh, and it was really fun to make music for a thing like this, so contact me if you have some kind of project that needs a composer!)
Anyway, here it is:
I figured I could just make a random update for once.
I got a free t-shirt from Rockhart Clothing, if I promised to wear it in a future video! So I did! I didn’t really plan to take a picture of it, but I was out walking today and pics happened to be taken. Here is one.
In other news, it doesn’t really seem to matter what piano sound I use, according to the poll and comments. They’re basically equally liked! Funnily enough, “The Grand 2” is considered to be the best, but it has the least votes so far.
What more.. Well, I was experimenting a bit with “musicifying” a scene from Forrest Gump. With musicifying, I mean that I play the melody of the actors’ lines, and add chords to make it sound like a song. Here’s an example of how it can be done. And one with a full metal arrangement. (I think it’s brilliant!)
Anyway, my tests didn’t turn out that interesting, so I’ll abandon the idea for now.
So, what other projects to I have coming? Well, still the Disney medley of course, planned for the summer. Possibly an original song soon, or if I’ll save it for a future album. But I will probably go back to studying this fall (not related to music), so we’ll see how much more of a “career” I’ll have.
Me and a couple of guys in the chat room came up with a pretty interesting idea for a new video! It could end up disappointingly though, so won’t say what it is yet. At least it’s something I haven’t done before, and that’s important to me. (I get lots of requests these days, about doing a “Video Game Rock Medley 2” or full versions of the songs I’ve already played in medleys, but that’s just not interesting to me, sorry!)
Anyway, when I was gonna start recording/playing today, I got stuck with trying to choose what piano sound to use! So instead, I made a little video, asking you what you prefer!
And here it is:
(I can’t say I will use the one that gets the most votes, but it’s still interesting to see what people prefer!)
The problem with deciding deadlines is that there are always other things coming up that you hadn’t planned. Like easter! How was I supposed to know that a thing like that would come up right now?!
So yeah, hopefully the Video Game Rock Medley will be up next week anyway, when all the family stuff is over. At least I’ve cut my hair, although I guess there will always be discussions about whether it should be longer or shorter..
Before… and after.
Anyway, happy easter everyone!
So here’s an article/review of the digital book “Gift”, which is featuring several songs and videos by me. This article is even including two of the songs, so go and have a listen! (They’ve also written some pretty nice things about me, hehe.)
And hey, I’m finally on Spotify! Only took them a little more than half a year to upload the two singles I sent to them early last summer, Solace Distant and Killer Queen. So it would be nice if everyone listened to them as much as possible there, and we’ll see if it’s actually possible to make any money on Spotify!
Last link I have to offer is the one to my Twitter. There were some problems with the “freddegredde” account, so it’s “freddegreddet” for now (the same name as my “secret youtube channel“.)
Now, I really don’t have any experience with twitter, so I’ve no idea what to write there! Any suggestions are therefore welcome. :)
Sure, I could use whatever things I have at home to record drums for my new Video Game Rock Medley. But since it’s rock/metal, it would be much better with real drums!
So, I’m looking for a great drummer who can play a quite demanding 9 minute song. Equipment to record video and high quality audio (at least 8 channels) is necessary!
If you’re that person, then please contact me and include a video of your playing. :)
Update: Thanks to those who offered their services, but I’ve decided for a drummer now. I’ll reveal who later!
Lately, I’ve mostly been playing on my Nintendo 3DS, but there was also a company that hired me to make an original song for them! It was supposed to be light-hearted and whimsical, and tell a story that included “futuristic technology” in some way.
I think it turned out well, even though it’s not something I usually make! I’m thinking about making a music video for it, but they’re gonna make one themselves, so I’m gonna wait and see what they come up with!
It was actually fun to make a song on command like this, so if anyone wants to hire me to make another one, contact me! :)
Did I tell you that I made some audio and music videos for an interactive e-book called Gift by Andi Buchanan?
Well, it’s being released on March 27, and is about a girl with a kind of power, and uh, I really shouldn’t try to explain the plot, but I’ve read it and it’s pretty good! :)
Here’s a trailer for it (and I’m in it, woo!):
Also, I have to say that I thought this was quite cool (read on an iPad):
So, look forward to this, or something! :)
I found these poll results lying around, and I never posted them on the website, so here they are!
Basically, most are kind of surprisingly from Europe! Surprising because most of my views on YouTube comes from USA, but I guess they don’t bother to visit my website. And I guess I can’t blame them. :P
Anyway, I’m working on a few different projects at the moment, and I’ll post a little Valentine’s Medley tomorrow! It’s cheesy, but meh, cheese can be good sometimes!
Thanks for your support! :)
(Oh, and I really would like to change the current poll, but I’ve no idea what to ask you guys! Any suggestions?)