It is friday the 19'th of december and almost 4'rth sunday in advent, so this is the last december gift for us this year. I have - in all simplicity chosen to make a nearly unplugged piece to remind ourselves how priviliged we are being able to celebrate a piecefull christmas with our dear ones.

Merry Christmas Everyone - and a happy new year !

I very much enjoy to watch a good concert DVD in sorround in our livingroom. There is a lot of good stuff in the stores, but there is also a LOT of CRAP ! So why not help each other by telling about our favorite concert DVD's here in this blog ?

So - don't wait - tell me what your favorite concert DVD's are and - if you have a link to youtube - add it too.

I hope you will help me extend my concert collection. In return of your favours I will make a detailed review on the DVD's I buy. First detailed review has been made. Check the words on Toto-Falling in Between.

YAMAHA RBX250F - fretless bass - AND a close up view especially for Dale and Morten

Just stumbled over one of these in the blue paper. It's a yamaha RBX250F with one splitcoil pickup. It doesn't weigh much, but as usual yamaha has a certain quality even in their entry level guitars. I must say that I think I've done a pretty good purchase. Anyway - I wanted to test it, so I have added fretless bass to my instrumental tune "Moodswings Chapter One".

Nice to have the possibility to add that feel to some of the future tunes

Enjoy !!!

BestRegards
Lasse

12/8: LAST PICTURES FROM OUR CONSTRUCTION !

Finally done - still need to put some stuff away though, but... we can live now

Now to the livingroom/dining room....

Hello friends and visitors.
I am currently in the middle of a rebuild of our appartment. A wall must come down, the old kitchen must be removed, floor must be levelled and a new kitchen must come up. Usually I would use my sparetime and the rainy days on playing, but I need all hands on deck to finish this work before the summer vacation sets in. I would hate to use my vacation on construction work. SO if I am not replying your messages right away it is not because I don't want to, but I am propably sitting somewhere boiling after a hard days work. I will offcourse stop by now and then and check what's going on. I will post some pictures along the way.

Enjoy !

BestRegards
Lasse

The Circle of Life-project was born after the Christmas Cover Competition 2007. I met a lot of nice people on the chatboard there and decided to try to gather some of these fellows for a collab and what could be more suitable than making a tune for the next holiday: Easter. That tune was released last year and then the idea was born. I decided to make a series of tunes which lyricwise should describe the event of the specific holiday and musicwise should support it the best way I could think of. Luckily Morten Gjermundsen who contributed with solo on Easter invited me to visit Judes Coconut Blues Club, and in there I heard Kevins incredible voice on the player and thought: Oh my If I in any way could get him to participate on my little project here, then I would be a VERY lucky man. And yes he joined The project.and Easter was released. Later on Palmsunday and Eastermorning Sun followed. These are the lineups:

Palmsunday: Vocal: Kevin Rosenberger, Backingvocals: Anne and Lasse, Theme guitar: Paul Barny, Leadguitar: Steven Belong, SFX's Michael Duran.

Easter: Vocal: Kevin, Backing vocals: Anne and Gry, Guitarsolo: Morten Gjermundsen, Guitar Synth: Michael Duran.

Easter morning Sun: Vocal: Kevin, Backing vocals: Anne and me, Introguitar: Steven Belong, Guitarsolo: Paul Barny, Violin: Andre Henriquez, SFX's: Michael Duran.

Ascension: Vocal: Kevin Rosenberger, Guitarsolo: Paul Barny, Flute: Dale Kaul, Violin: Andre? Henriquez, SFX: Michael Duran,

On all tunes: Drumwork, Bass, Piano/Synth, Rhythmguitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backinvocal.: Myself.

Note also that "The guiding Star" are mentioned here. That song is not yet written, but will be a christmas release in november/december 2009.

So a religious theme. Yes it is, but as my good friend Michael Duran says: This is also the greatest story ever written.

My deepest thanks to everyone who contributed to these tunes. Check them out, you won't be dissappointed. Also a big thanks to you who read this blog and maybe also listened to these tunes.

Happy Holidays !

BestRegards
Lasse

About the collection: "Letters from Ekaterina".

This little collection of tunes are all composed over Jude Law's lyrics. All productions are nearly acoustic to make sure that the lyrics are in focus.

I have just finished song no. 4 on this little collection : "Beautiful Lady Blue".

Previous songs on the albums are: "Grace", "You are to Me" (featuring Barry Kettery on freetless) and "When I held you".

I really like her lyrics and thought they should have a proper introduction, so therefore this little blog/collection. If you have listened to the tunes, then don't forget to drop by Jude's famous Coconut Blues Club and send her a couple of words - it will be highly appreciated. You can find it HERE

I sincerelly hope you enjoy what you've heard here. We have putted a lot of effort into these tunes.

Enjoy !

BestRegards
Lasse

I wrote this tune together with my good friend and bandmember Finn Frost (finnski) 25 years ago !! I've played it in 5-6 different bands and in many different version. Today 25 years later we have rerecorded it and got a new voice now. Kevin Rosenberger from inhere has with his Ian Gillan voice giving it exactly what it needed for many, many year.

Feel free to listen to "You're Lying". Now in new remastered version by Svenni Bjorgvin from in here.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7425145

Stay tuned !

BestRegards
Lasse

I have just uploaded the last two out of 5 christmas tunes I did with my two nieces Anne and Gry. So fasten your setbelt and take a ride to Santa to Motown - or take a nice relaxing walk in the Winter Westcoast Wonderland.

Also I would like to welcome Anne here to Soundclick. You can visit her here.: http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=bakkeballe

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everybody

BestRegards
Lasse

My old friend who I played with many hairs ago, has written this. It is called to you and is a tribute to Jeff Healey.

I have had the pleasure wrapping rhythm and atmosphere around his wonderful guitars - don't miss this.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7127281

Thanks Finn, for letting me be a part of it.

BestRegards
Lasse

I'm honored to tell you that my cover version of Joyce Davy's tune "Grandma's song" was selected Folk song of the year 2008 on DMusic.com

It's a nice tune with a real country lyric and it's an honor to cover that one.

You can see the full list over the yearly chosened tune here: http://news.dmusic.com/article/34878

This tune is written and sung by my old friend Christian Jensen. Carlos Carranza added a nice slide guitar to it, Berry Kettery plays the bass and I fill all the gaps. A nice pieceful tune of the last hours of a day, a life or whatever you want it to be. Enjoy

I have dreamed of the day where "You are to me" could be played with a REAL freetless bass, and Barry Kettery made my dream come true. Thank you for that.

You can hear the new, updated version on my musicpage... enjoy

BestRegards
Lasse

My very good friend Jude Law - owner of the The Coconut Blues Club " really likes the genre of celtic music, so together with Jacob Bank" I wrote "Breithla sona duit" as a birthday present. Several SC-musicians contributed to this tune which came out very lovely. For the same occassion I produced also a rockn'roller from a backingtrack made by Carlos Caranza. It's an honor working with all you guys.

Thanks to Jacob Bank, Morten Gjermundsen, Kevin Rosenberger, Carlos Caranza, Andre Henriquez, Svenni Bjorgvin, Paul Oakley, Michael Duran, Bobby Mack - and thank you Jude for getting us all together in your little club.

You can hear the tune Here"

Please remember also to visit Judes fantastic club

The Coconut Blues Club"

Best Regards
Lasse

I made a collection of my collabs with other soundclick artists.: Kevin Rosenberger (vocal), Morten Gjermundsen (guitar), Paul "Barny" Barnes (guitar), Steve Belong (guitar), Michael Duran (guitar/guitar synth), Anne&Gry (vocals/backing vocals), Lekzee (vocal/backingvocal), Bobby Mack (drum/drumwork/keyboards), Jacob Bank (Keyboard, Guitar), Jude Law (lyrics/vocals), Joyce Davis (songwriter), Svenni Bjorgvin (producer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter), Bruce "the swampman" (gutarist), Carlos Raúl Carranza (slide/guitar), Paul Oakley (guitarist/producer), André Heriquez (violins), Christian Jensen (vocals), Barry Kettery (Bass), Finn Frost (Guitar), Miquel Braz (Guitar)

Please pay these great artists a visit.:

Kevin Rosenberger
Morten Gjermundsen
Michael Duran
Jude Law
Paul Barnes
Steve Belongs

Lekzee
Joyce Davis
Bobby Mack
Svenni Bjorgvin's North Producer page
Carlos Caranza
Bruce "The Swampman"
Paul Oakley

Barry Kettery

Finn Frost

Miquel Braz


Enjoy !

Jude has created this very nice video for our song "Grace"



Jude has created these wonderful lyrics and I got the pleasure to add the music to it. Grace came to life in only 5 hours so she really inspired me The song is very simple, neat and nearly pure acoustic.

Jude also created this very nice video for this song, and she allowed me to publish it in here too.

Visit Jude's Club here. Simply enter the message board and chat along with all the nice people in the

Coconut Blues Club

Enjoy - I hope you like what you see and hear

BestRegards
Lasse

Just bought myself a guitar for life. A Fender Stratocaster, Mexican build, but costumized model. Brilliant pickups and really a thrill playing it, so I decided to make a remaster of the song "Back On My Own". Organ, Piano and vocals are the same, but drums, bass and guitar have been remastered.

The overall sound of this "Mark Knoffler-alike" countrysong is very leaned back and .... well - smooth. Enjoy !

BestRegards
Lasse

“CIRCLE OF LIFE – the events of the holidays”.

“EASTER” is the first song in this project and as you propably already have guessed, more songs will follow.

THE IDEA came from the Christmas Cover Competition 2007, where my version of Jinglebells went all the way to top 21. The finalists bonded a lot during December at the shoutbox, and when it was all over I kind of missed them, so I decided to write a song we could publish at the next holiday – Easter. I also worked hard to get as many of my new friends involved in the work as possible. I’m therefore very honoured that I am able to announce that 3 soundclick artists has contributed in this song as well as both my nieces.

THE GENRE is very different than my earlier work. I decided to work with emotions and instrumental parts more freely than earlier.

THE VOCAL isn’t really my thing, so I am SO thrilled that Kevin Rosenberger would make that. He certainly brought forward the emotions in this song. He has a fantastic voice.

THE SOLOPART of the song is lifted “far up and over the hills” by Morten Gjermundsen. He hitted bulls eye with that sound and theme.

THE END of the song needed a different feel, and Michael Duran came in with his guitar synth and made it happen. The song is nice and easily played to the end. Very nice work from Michael too.

THE BACKINGVOCALS joined the project in the very last minute. This song desperately called for backing vocals, and I am SO glad that both Anne and Gry drove all the way up here to give “Easter” the last touch of harmonies.

For my own part – well, I have programmed the drums, played the bass, keys, acoustic guitar and electric rhythm guitar and added a little backing vocal too. Either Anne or Gry have a their own profile here on soundclick, but if you will here more of , I can recommend that you listen to Anne’s vocal on the song “Back On My Own” on my artist page.Jonsson

and Gry’s vocal on the song “Whatever I said” on my artist page Jonsson

Kevin Rosenberger, Michael Duran and Morten Gjermundsen can be found here:

Kevin Rosenberger

Morten Gjermundsen

Michael Duran

Several of the musicians who are performing on “Easter” are regular guests in Judes “Coconut Blues Club”. I’ts a nice place filled with nice people. You should check it out HERE

Happy Easter – and blessings
Lasse Jonsson

THE COCONUT BLUES CLUB

Check it out HERE

Who know - maybe it is you on the main stage tomorrow

Happy Easter – and blessings
Lasse Jonsson

Hi all ! I've just had the pleasure of giving Mortens song "A journey through the night!" a "makeover".

I have added bass and programmed drums and I've made the final mix on this tune.

Visit Morten here and take a listen.

Morten Gjermundsen

Best Regards
Lasse

Hey !
I'm still here, but working hard to finish an easter tune for you. It is REALLY difficult to make a lyric on that issue with few words, but the lyrics is done and the first premix has been made. Still a lot work to be done, but it is in progress all the time. I am quite confident that it will be ready for easter.

This time I get a little help from my friends :-) Michael Duran has recorded some nice celtic emotions for the ending, Morten Gjermundsen is working on the solopart and Kevin Rosenberger will take care of the vocal.Christiano from Mymusik will probably help out with some backing vocals as well as Anne and Gry hopefully will too.

"Easter" will be the first of many tunes that is build over the events of our seasonal holidays. The project is called "Circle of Life" and will be very different from the previous work. More symfonic/classic/progrssive. I really needed to make something where the emotions could expressed more freely than you can do it in the traditional pop/rock. I am very excited about this project.

Anyway - If you have read this, then thank you and blessings...

Best Regards
Lasse