Here’s the link to Swedish TV4:s nyhetsmorgon where I played with Patrick El-Hag.

It was very nice playing there, interesting to see how the studio looks like and how everything is done. The breakfast buffet that I had heard so much about really stood up to the expectations, and the reception from the personnel from the moment you stepped in through the door was very professional. Hard not to like it when everything works and is the way you want it to be!

The early morning was pretty heavy though, I managed to sleep for two hours before the taxi arrived at 03.30. After the broadcast I jumped straight into the next taxi to get to a three hour rehearsal with Jerry the Cupboard at 08.45, which I missed with two minutes. It was hard keeping the concentration up during the whole rehearsal considering my absent of beauty-sleep. Also a bit unusual that when the rehearsal started around 9, I had already been up for around six hours. When did that happen at a morning rehearsal before? Answer: Never.

Straight after the rehearsal I went home, had a sushi, put on the TV, and fell asleep in the couch before I even had chosen a channel.

Tomorrow I’m playing with Patrick El-Hag on Swedish TV4:s nyhetsmorgon (the morning news) on one of two songs. To all swedes: Set the alarm and skip the Christmas calendar, tomorrow the action is on another channel!

I really don’t look forward to the taxi pick up right after 3 in the morning, but people have done this before, so I guess I will survive that too! Straight after the broadcast I have a rehearsal with Jerry the Cupboard for the gig at Hotel Hellsten on Thursday, that might be heavier. I guess I can catch up on the sleep next night!

As the headline indicates, I’m not writing that much right now, this because I don’t live at home at the moment. They are in the process of demolishing and building in our apartment, re-piping and a new bathroom. I therefore don’t have that flexible computer hours. But, to summarize my situation: I’m back in Stockholm which feels alright, but I would rather be with Julia, but also fun of course. Here everything has started up in high tempo, lot’s of rehearsals and quite a few gigs coming up.

This morning I and Pål Svenre mixed the funk song in his studio, it turned at pretty well being written the day before the recording. You can listen to it here: The Day Before.
Can explain a little about the song as well: The purpose of the course was to record a song in an optional genre, but not to record everything in a single take, instead first do the foundation of the song and then put on the other stuff later. I chose to record drums, bass and guitar first. Then we have put on percussion, horns and organ.
Musicians are: Niklas Barnö trumpet, Me alto sax/baritone sax, Edvin Nahlin organ, Alexander Kronbrink guitar, Henrik Linder Bass, Aron Mellergård drums/percussion.

Feels like I have overstrained my right wrist, have really big pains there right now. Electric Bebop-gig tonight with lots of fast songs, hope my wrist lasts and that I can play it all, I’m not at all as prepared as I would like to be.

Tomorrow I’m recording with a guy named Patrick El-Hag, I hope it will be good. In the evening Dave Douglas plays at Fasching, I finally get to hear him live, his records are great!

Now I have to warm up before I leave for the gig, I’ll get back with new blog posts when I have some time at a computer!