Session Guitarist

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: It´s so inspiring to receive so many different songs that inspire me to play like I never thought I could.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: It is always good to keep the arrangements simple. Not all instruments need to play all the time. A good tip for making a good chorus even more powerful is to take a way some of the instruments on the verse. There should be place for every instrument in the song to shine without beating the others.

Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A: Work on your song just the way you want it to sound and I will do guitar parts that I think work with your song.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: I´m a blues and rock guitarist with one foot in the sixties and the other one in 2019.

Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

A: Blake Mills. A wonderful musician and very good songwriter.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I´ve been recording a new guitar instrumental album this summer. I´m in the last phase of the recording process and the release is scheduled to early next year.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I start with listening to the song outside the studio. Often I do listen to it 10-20 times before I pick up the guitar and jam along. If I got time I record som sketches before I do the recording. This process makes the ideas grow and I often end up with a totally different recording than I first planned.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I like to fill in like I am having a conversation with the music that is already there. If a part is not as strong as I wish I make some guitar arrangements to help that part of the song live more. In addition to the guitar I sometimes as bonus record som organ, melotron or other instruments to make parts of the song shine extra.

Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

A: I´m very inspired by T-Bone Burnett, Jeff Lynne and Dan Auerbach

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: My studio setup is very simple. I usually record my amps with beyerdynamic m160 and for the room I use the Microphoneparts T-12. I record through some Studio Projects preamps or direct into my Universal Audio Apollo card. I got more inputs and mics If I need, but this is the basic recording setup for electric guitar. I use Pro Tools for recording.

Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

A: I usually do solos, rythm guitar and fills, I often arrange and repeat the fills so they become a part of the songs arrangement.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Working with song dynamics. Making the parts more different from each other.

Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

A: Though I am a blues guitar player I usually work most on pop and rock music. And that is fun. Someone once said "The blues had a baby and they called it rock n roll".

Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?

A: Well as long as there is electricity I would bring my record player, an electric toothbrush, a tremolo pedal, Epiphone Sorento guitar and my Tandberg reel to reel(I use it as an amp).