Born
in Kiruna in the very north of Sweden 1961.
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I didn't
pick up the guitar until the mid 70's (despite the picture at the
left), but music was always around at home. My father played guitar
and I kind of liked the sound of the instrument.
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The
first recording that caught my attention was the sound track to
"Zorba - the Greek" and I was totally absorbed by the
song. Another piece that knocked me down was "Le Sacre du
Printemps" by Igor Stravinskij.
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I tried
piano and clarinet as very young but never did what the teachers
said. Just played my own improvisations at the piano - inspired
by film music from that period of time...
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My
mother always sang to me and my younger sister wich helped me to
develope a good ear, I believe.
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The 70's and 80's |
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Not
until I heard music by bands like Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin,
Queen and many more, I bought my first guitar by a friend and
run it through an old tube radio to get some kind of sound out
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At
age 17 I got to play in my first band - "Firgas" -
that had some gigs going on.
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This
decade I discovered a lot of new music and moved to Örebro.
I
heard Django Rheinhardt for the first time and was ready for
that kind of music because my stepfather had been playing all
these old Duke, Basie and Louis recordings in the 70's.
I
was playing in different setups and the music was very varied.
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I
also played in the streets and got payed by friendly people who
walked by. That was a fun time I tell you.
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One
of the musicians that I played street gigs with was Robert
Lighthouse, who is now living in Washington DC and a highly
respected player in his own right.
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The 90's and......well anyway ;) |
Gave
up all playing with bands and concetrated all my efforts towards
composing and learning the computer with all its possibilities.
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At
first it was very hard for me to let go of the guitar as my
main tool, but eventually it worked out ok.
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the late 90's I went to a music school wich aimed at music with
the computer as a tool for creativity. Here I met a lot of young
talents that were very supportive and inspiring. |
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Also with Mikael and his father Povel Ramel, we created a notationbook called "Djur i Dur". That was awesome for me to be a part of!! |
One
of the rewarding projects that I have been involved in during
the first three years of 2000 was when I teached a man (who had
reached the age of 80!!) in a computer based notation program.
He really got it in just a few lessons and then he teached me
about the way he aproached composition and arranging way back
in the 40's with just a pencil, a piece of paper and the termination
to learn from the greats at that period of time, mostly jazz and
dance tunes that were popular in those days. Thank you Urban for
that time and your friendship!!
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