Piphanz

The GenreBusters are coming! At least, one of them. PipHanz is a band, of a sort. It consists of one person, me, singing, playing guitars, keyboards, bass, drums and programming loops. It's all recorded onto a computer using pretty low grade sound cards and connecters, and I use precious little time on the 'polishing', unless I want to. It's experimenting music, finding out what sounds good without listening to any of the rules that come with the field. You might like it, you might hate it. Such it is.

I've played the piano for 14 years. I picked up a guitar about 9 years ago and haven't put it down since. I played in an improvisational band called 'Inside the Ass' (yes, very adult, isn't it) for a couple of years, which taught me many ounces of wisdom about writing songs. I then moved on to writing music with the same cast from 'Inside', calling ourselves 'Hannibal and Snablen'. This taught me the ins and outs of computer recording and producing. I was the guitarist in a danish band called 'Himmelblau' for a couple of years, before everything about that band went to shit in my opinion. They're still going strong, without any of the foundaing members left... I still make music occastionally with the incredibly talented original lead singer of Himmelblau, mr. Jens Friis-Pedersen, for whom I have the greatest respect. Generally, I like to write songs and mess around without having obligations to anyone's taste buds but my own.

No live moments. I need a lot of instruments and I only have two hands.

I am influenced by the Beatles, originally. I then switched to Iron Maiden and Megadeth for some time, then to The Stone Roses and other british indie bands, and I'm presently at the Radiohead/Jeff Buckley/Jonatha Brooke/Mercury Rev level. Let's say I'm eclectic. Some of my music reflects the heavy metal rhythms of my past, but my music is anything but heavy metal.

Some software, but not much.