My son (5 months old, Sep 2005) is to become a pro musician like his father. “His father is what? Pro? Mohahahaha”. OK, maybe not “pro” but atleast some sort of hobby musician. I don’t want to pressure him of course, but my plan is to introduce music and music making gradually over the course of his upbringing. Now that I’ve written this, he’s not going to become a musician at all. I’ve jinxed it. Oh well. I’ll love him just as much. :)

Anyway, a childrens song (“Videvisan”) got stuck in my head a couple of days ago, and for the life of me, I couldn’t get rid of it. What to do? Make a cover of it. The result can be heard here: Videvisan (4.5MB). The original is (as far as I know) composed by Alice Tegnér and the lyrics are written by Zacharias Topelius (spelling?).

Enjoy!

I actually found time, don’t ask me how, to finish a new tune. That’s the good news. The bad news is I can’t release it here. It’s a cover. According to my understanding of the Swedish copyright laws, you have to get a license (from STIM) for the song in question in order to release a cover on the internet (or some other medium).

Anyway, I got really sick of that “Crazy Frog – Axel F” cover that’s been playing all summer, so I made my own version. I’m quite satisfied with it. It’s a damn shame I can’t release it. Of course, I’m quite convinced that nothing would happen if I did. I mean, come on, about five people worldwide would find it and download it. But I wan’t to play by the rules…

Speaking of covers, a couple of months before my son was born, I did a trance version of the title theme from “Star Trek Voyager”. Guess I can’t release that one either. Sigh. Oh well, it felt great creating some music again.

Ehrm. Sorry about that. From time to time I fire up the music gear and crank out a couple of bars, but finishing something and publishing it seems to be out of the question at the moment. I can’t believe how much free time I must have had before I had a kid. But it’s all good, I really enjoy being a parent. Everyday something new. I guess music writing has to take the back seat for a while.

However, there are 21 (as of June 14 anyway) full length songs for you to listen to on my music page.

I’m in a bit of a slump music wise again… Surprise, surprise. If you’ve been following my “career” during the years… you know I end up in these kinds of things now and then. Actually, I think the periods of great inspiration loss are winning. I always ask myself – why? Why do I have these long, long periods of “silence”. To be honest, I haven’t got the faintest clue. I’ve tried to really analyze this, but after a while I gets kinda boring. I guess I should just let it go. Who knows, maybe I’ll be able to make music if I stop to think about making music… Ehm, oh well. Don’t mind me, I’m rambling. ;)

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