Yo.. I aint got much time for blogging, i still want to share my music explorations though.. So i've made a new blog. It's more simple, but lots of great indie music is being posted there everyday. Go check it out.. Share it on your facebook bla,bla,bla,bla.. Thanks!
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Saturday, February 11, 2012
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Temporary Youth: Dan Grissom Interview!!!
Ok, im getting tired of waiting, a day has passed and i only one more reader. Hmmm sad. But anyways, screw if i get anymore readers, atleast i hope you guys appreciate my posts.
But now im gonna' drop the bomb!
As written in the last post i finally contacted Dan Grissom from my personal facebook profile. I wrote a long message to him about this blog, about me and about how much my readers liked him. He wrote back and said that he would gladly answer any questions from me. - So i wrote down a couple of questions, here it is - hope you'll enjoy:
Hi Gustav,
That is me. I would be happy to answer any questions you have.
How old are you, and where do you live?
I am 28 years old. I live in Austin, TX. I grew up in a very rural part of Louisiana.
When did you had your first experience with music, what or who introduced you? First time performing with singing, first guitar?
I didn't start playing music or thinking of music as a possibility for me until I was in college. Growing up, my sister played lots of instruments and I was a painter. I saw it as a clear delineation. She was a musician, I was a visual artist. I wasn't interested in music until I was in college and all of my friends had bands and I wanted to play in their bands. My uncle lent me a bass guitar, and I taught myself how to play and joined one of my friend's bands. I started playing my own music at open mics and eventually met my friend Ryan Conlin, with whom I formed 'some say Leland' and started playing my songs out more.
First piece of music that you bought yourself, what bands did you listen to back then?
The first music that really inspired me was The Beatles and Paul Simon. Other than that, I listened to a lot of terrible music that was on the radio.
What music did you start out playing? What inspired you to make the music you make now? Have you been playing in that typical school rock band that almost everybody has?
One of the first bands I was in was a death metal band. I quickly got tired of playing heavy music all the time. Then I got more into straight forward folk music, then I got more into experimental stuff. This was all after high school though.
When did you start making your own lyrics? What did your different lyrics tell?
I started writing my own lyrics when I started learning guitar. If there were some chords that I wanted to learn, I'd write lyrics around some of those chords and practice playing them. I was writing poetry at the time, so it seemed like a more useful place for what I was writing than being in notebooks for no one to read.
If you had to choose one song that would be the 'soundtrack of your life' so far, which song would it be? You can tell about different periods of your life and choose different songs for those periods, if you want to.
The song 'Ariel Ramirez' by Richard Buckner is a song that I love more every time I hear it. I don't think it's really the soundtrack of my life or anything, but if I had to choose one song to listen to for the rest of my life, that might be it.
Whats your biggest experience with your music untill now, anything you won't ever forget?
A big highlight recently was when my band 'some say Leland' was recording our split 7" with 'Spirits of the Red City'. We are close friends with them and the idea behind the 7" was that we would write a song, and they would write a song, then we would spend a day together and learn to play the songs as one huge 14 piece band. Then we recorded both songs the next day. We had such a blast, that we're going to make it an annual thing. Another big one would be a show we played in an Abandoned Mental Institution outside of Austin. My friends and I put together these shows in interesting locations around town, and that was the most epic. Directions were vague and required walking about a mile away from the road with a flashlight. About 250 people showed up and the show, which was completely acoustic and candle lit was really amazing.
Whats the craziest thing you can think of that could happen with you and your music in the future?
Spontaneous combustion.
If you could make one wish come true, what would it be?
Infinite wishes.
To all those kids out there, like me, dreaming of making as good music as you one day, - do you got any tips or wise words to tell us?
Don't make music to please anyone but yourself, don't get caught up in what's trendy, and always be kind.
When will we be able to buy a CD of yours, my readers are furious because they can't find any of your stuff online?
I have a band called 'some say Leland' that has a full length album called 'fifty miles into the main' and two EPs called 'wake' and 'field recordings volume 1: the abandoned state school'. I also have a sort of slapped together solo EP from a while back called 'what was'. All of this is available on itunes and through cdbaby.com. There is also an older some say Leland full length called 'kings, bishops, and pawns' but I don't think it really represents what I'm doing now musically. We are also about to release a split 7" with a band from Minneapolis, Minnesota called "Spirits of the Red City". I'm also currently working on another full-length album with my band, and a solo full-length as well. Both will likely be released within the next year.
Thank you Dan. I'm very gald that you would spend your time doing this interview. I'm sure my readers are too.
No problem Gustav. Good luck with your blog.
So that was it. Hope you liked it.. Tell all your freinds about it ;) I would appreciate that!
But now im gonna' drop the bomb!
As written in the last post i finally contacted Dan Grissom from my personal facebook profile. I wrote a long message to him about this blog, about me and about how much my readers liked him. He wrote back and said that he would gladly answer any questions from me. - So i wrote down a couple of questions, here it is - hope you'll enjoy:
Hi Gustav,
That is me. I would be happy to answer any questions you have.
How old are you, and where do you live?
I am 28 years old. I live in Austin, TX. I grew up in a very rural part of Louisiana.
When did you had your first experience with music, what or who introduced you? First time performing with singing, first guitar?
I didn't start playing music or thinking of music as a possibility for me until I was in college. Growing up, my sister played lots of instruments and I was a painter. I saw it as a clear delineation. She was a musician, I was a visual artist. I wasn't interested in music until I was in college and all of my friends had bands and I wanted to play in their bands. My uncle lent me a bass guitar, and I taught myself how to play and joined one of my friend's bands. I started playing my own music at open mics and eventually met my friend Ryan Conlin, with whom I formed 'some say Leland' and started playing my songs out more.
First piece of music that you bought yourself, what bands did you listen to back then?
The first music that really inspired me was The Beatles and Paul Simon. Other than that, I listened to a lot of terrible music that was on the radio.
What music did you start out playing? What inspired you to make the music you make now? Have you been playing in that typical school rock band that almost everybody has?
One of the first bands I was in was a death metal band. I quickly got tired of playing heavy music all the time. Then I got more into straight forward folk music, then I got more into experimental stuff. This was all after high school though.
When did you start making your own lyrics? What did your different lyrics tell?
I started writing my own lyrics when I started learning guitar. If there were some chords that I wanted to learn, I'd write lyrics around some of those chords and practice playing them. I was writing poetry at the time, so it seemed like a more useful place for what I was writing than being in notebooks for no one to read.
If you had to choose one song that would be the 'soundtrack of your life' so far, which song would it be? You can tell about different periods of your life and choose different songs for those periods, if you want to.
The song 'Ariel Ramirez' by Richard Buckner is a song that I love more every time I hear it. I don't think it's really the soundtrack of my life or anything, but if I had to choose one song to listen to for the rest of my life, that might be it.
Whats your biggest experience with your music untill now, anything you won't ever forget?
A big highlight recently was when my band 'some say Leland' was recording our split 7" with 'Spirits of the Red City'. We are close friends with them and the idea behind the 7" was that we would write a song, and they would write a song, then we would spend a day together and learn to play the songs as one huge 14 piece band. Then we recorded both songs the next day. We had such a blast, that we're going to make it an annual thing. Another big one would be a show we played in an Abandoned Mental Institution outside of Austin. My friends and I put together these shows in interesting locations around town, and that was the most epic. Directions were vague and required walking about a mile away from the road with a flashlight. About 250 people showed up and the show, which was completely acoustic and candle lit was really amazing.
Whats the craziest thing you can think of that could happen with you and your music in the future?
Spontaneous combustion.
If you could make one wish come true, what would it be?
Infinite wishes.
To all those kids out there, like me, dreaming of making as good music as you one day, - do you got any tips or wise words to tell us?
Don't make music to please anyone but yourself, don't get caught up in what's trendy, and always be kind.
When will we be able to buy a CD of yours, my readers are furious because they can't find any of your stuff online?
I have a band called 'some say Leland' that has a full length album called 'fifty miles into the main' and two EPs called 'wake' and 'field recordings volume 1: the abandoned state school'. I also have a sort of slapped together solo EP from a while back called 'what was'. All of this is available on itunes and through cdbaby.com. There is also an older some say Leland full length called 'kings, bishops, and pawns' but I don't think it really represents what I'm doing now musically. We are also about to release a split 7" with a band from Minneapolis, Minnesota called "Spirits of the Red City". I'm also currently working on another full-length album with my band, and a solo full-length as well. Both will likely be released within the next year.
Thank you Dan. I'm very gald that you would spend your time doing this interview. I'm sure my readers are too.
No problem Gustav. Good luck with your blog.
So that was it. Hope you liked it.. Tell all your freinds about it ;) I would appreciate that!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
A gift for you guys if you help me first!
Hello there, i got something crazy waiting for you guys - but before i will release it on the site, you will have to do me a favour first! See, i want you to get me a total of 40 daily readers, and when that happens i will post something cool!
Uhhhmmmm here's a clue; On the panel on the right side of my blog you can see the most popular posts on the blog so far. Take a look ... The most popular post is the one about an awesome guy from Texas called Dan Grissom. It seems like you like him. For you my dear readers i took a big shot and after a long search on the internet i ended up contacting Dan. I talked to him a while and then asked if he would like to take part in a interview....
No more clues for you! Get me 40 daily readers and i'll release something very unique here!
Uhhhmmmm here's a clue; On the panel on the right side of my blog you can see the most popular posts on the blog so far. Take a look ... The most popular post is the one about an awesome guy from Texas called Dan Grissom. It seems like you like him. For you my dear readers i took a big shot and after a long search on the internet i ended up contacting Dan. I talked to him a while and then asked if he would like to take part in a interview....
No more clues for you! Get me 40 daily readers and i'll release something very unique here!
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Feed Your iPod ELECTRONIC+REMIXES 14/6
Once in a while i will ''feed your iPod'' with a few tracks worth buying on iTunes Music Store. My goal is to add some fresh music to your iPod that you can enjoy! And todays dish for your iPod is a sample of electronic and remixes!
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| Picture i took earlier, testing how good the macro was on my iPhone 4G |
Jamie XX & Gil Scott Heron - I'll Take Care of You
Moby - Flower
Adele - Rolling In The Deep (Jamie XX Shuffle) I know that we are sick of this song, but Jamie actually did a really great mix!
Trentemöller - Miss You
Trentemöller - What Else Is There
Sidekick - Deep Fear (Both the original and the Phobia Long Club Mix is cool)
Eagger & Stunn Gunn - Morder Dem (JSL Remix)
(I know that these next two tracks are a little out of bounds when listening to the others, but i think they are soooo awesome)
These are only available on YouTube
Hedegaard Remix - The Next Episode
Lord Funk - Reveries
Monday, June 13, 2011
Carpark Records
You should check out Carpark Records if you're up to that indie, alternative, post rock and new age music. Capark Records has signed about 30 great names; Beach House, Toro Y Moi, Light Pollution and so on. Almost every name is great, and they acutally got a YouTube channel where you are able to link you through songs by every artist signe on Carpark. Lots of unpured diamonds to find here! Check out there YouTube channel HERE.
Here's some tracks to wake up your appetite, i picked these tracks because it is some fantastic pieces of music that i don't think you would have discovered:
Cloud Nothings - Nothing's Wrong ((MY FAVORITE))
Light Pollution - Drunk Kids
The Letter B - Lesser Gonzales Alvarez
Remember to show this to your freinds, so that they can star following TEMPORARY YOUTH and discover music that they would have missed if not knowing about this site! For example link it on your facebook or twitter :) You would do me a big favor!
Heres a task for you my freind! Listen to some different Carpark Record music and tell me your favorite bands or songs! There is a lot - so start listening now!
Here's some tracks to wake up your appetite, i picked these tracks because it is some fantastic pieces of music that i don't think you would have discovered:
Cloud Nothings - Nothing's Wrong ((MY FAVORITE))
Light Pollution - Drunk Kids
The Letter B - Lesser Gonzales Alvarez
Remember to show this to your freinds, so that they can star following TEMPORARY YOUTH and discover music that they would have missed if not knowing about this site! For example link it on your facebook or twitter :) You would do me a big favor!
Heres a task for you my freind! Listen to some different Carpark Record music and tell me your favorite bands or songs! There is a lot - so start listening now!
Friday, June 10, 2011
Toro Y Moi
Just wanted to show a picture i took of Chaz when i saw Toro Y Moi at Lille Vega, Copenhagen. Got plenty of pics' so tell me if you want some more.
14/06 - 2011
Hello there, after requests from some lovely readers, i'll post some more snapshots of Chaz, as promised! (Especially Fanny, you should check her and Mille's blog; www.treschicforus.blogspot.com it rocks!) Anyways, - I can only show you one more picture, somehow the others had a really poor quality after uploading them to blogger. Sad. But anyhow i hope that you like this one! It made a really nice background on my mac :)
Clubbing Music (Free Download)
This is a track that i made myself this winther one day when a was bored at school. Not anything speciel, just some fun stuff, made the most of it myself except the little violin loop). Hope you like it, i have a lot of fun making those clubbing danceable tracks. It's available to download free from my personal grooveshark profile, just click on the lil' arrow under the button called 'info' on the right site of the player - Hurry up, you'll be the first one to download it hah! ;) LINK FOR MY SOUNDCLOUD PROFILE
No Rush by RottenRobot
No Rush by RottenRobot
I'm back - Atleast i'll try. (BON IVER, BRAND NEW STREAMING)
Hello freinds, long time - no see. What's up with this? Uhmm, i totally forgot all about my blog since the summer time started here in Copenhagen, Denmark.
A new season has started, - my favorite season; summer. From now on, i will try to post atleast three times a week what i call; ''Todays summer soundtrack''. Another subject that you will be able to read about from now on is fashion too.
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAHH!!
First thing that i just have to tell you is that Bon Iver's second album will be realeased on the 20th of June. But the thing is that today it was leaked, and now you can stream the whole album right here on Temporary Youth!
I'm looking forward to be posting again! Have a nice weekend fellow music lovers!
A new season has started, - my favorite season; summer. From now on, i will try to post atleast three times a week what i call; ''Todays summer soundtrack''. Another subject that you will be able to read about from now on is fashion too.
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAHH!!
First thing that i just have to tell you is that Bon Iver's second album will be realeased on the 20th of June. But the thing is that today it was leaked, and now you can stream the whole album right here on Temporary Youth!
I'm looking forward to be posting again! Have a nice weekend fellow music lovers!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Dan Grissom
This is a folk songwriter from Austin, Texas. His name is Dan Grissom. I thought i would like to show him to you, because if i don't you'll never gonna find him. He's not near famous or anything, his video only got like 300 views which is the same as nothing. Dan Grissom is incredible, reminds me of something between Bon Iver and Jack Johnson. This song is really fine. I don't really know how i ended up listening to this, i think it was my singing teacher that had met him somewhere in Texas, screw it. - Beautiful stuff, i really hope that this guy will turn out getting a lot of attention from the medias. Damn, if i had a record label i would sign this man with no doubt.
Dan Grissom from Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon on Vimeo.
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