I'll give you a Bass line - electric bass or double bass - to fit whatever music you're making and give it an edge that differentiates it from other tracks. Classicaly trained double bass player and electric bass player of many genres. I can also provide give you some pretty unique arrangements of acoustic and 12-string guitars.
Bass player - Classicaly trained in Double bass at The Royal Collage of Music, Electric Bass player in prog rock band Quantum, Regularly plays funk gigs in Åkersberga wiith The Euphorias, and plays jazz in numerous constellations
Guitars - Can provide guitar tracks in my own style. Specialises in a Steve Rothery type cross picking style. I've also got a love for 12-strings and acoustics and love doing arrangements for them (see Quantum song "Blank" for a good example).
Arrangements - I can do string choir and wind arrangements for your music - as well as provide arrangement ideas "band sound" as well as an "acoustic sound"
Drum programming - something I simply love doing
Backing vocals - can provide them
I'd love to hear about your project. Click the 'Contact' button above to get in touch.
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Interview with Anton Ericsson
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both and neither. It's not up wether or not it is analog or digital, it's up to wether it sounds good or not.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Playing a bassline that just propells the song/piece in ways I didn't think was possible.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What kind of bassline do you like. YOMou have any favourite bass lines/bass players. Any artist that you like, or whose basslines you enjoy.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: Been playing doible bass for a looong time. I study double bass at The Royal College of Music in Stockholm and have been writing songs and play electric bass for even longer.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Steven Wilson probably - seems like a great guy with many intresting ideas
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: Quantum's debut EP 'The Next Breath of Air...' has my songs, my bass playing (both electric and double bass), acoustic guitar playing and singing. I'm very proud of it and I think it turned out great. Check it out!
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Working new songs for my band Quantum
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Pretty new here, so We'll wait with that one
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I will provide the part you want. I'll provide as many revisions it takes.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: I think people generally underestimate the width of my output. People tend to think of me as either the classical double bass player or the edgy prog rock eccentric. It's both of it and then some. I've played in pretty much any style you can think of.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Please tell me about your ideas so we can have a discussion and talk about what kind of production you're after.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Bass, Double bass, audio interface, computer and an Sm58.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Melodic yet edgy, technical yet raw and funky but with a classical twist to it.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Know what you want to achieve before you work.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Progressive rock, classical music and funk.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Bass technique, knowledge in other instruments and arranging that helps me create bass parts that propells the song
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I like bass parts that shifts between accentuating other elements of a song and filling out the empy space left by them.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Listen to the song a lot. Try to hear in my head what kind of bassline I'd like to hear with the song and just play i.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: For Bass tracking: Spector bass -> Tc Hypergravity -> Mxr DI -> Focusrite scarlett 2i2 -> Reaper Reamp through Ampeg amp if requested
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Bass players that inspire me: Colin Edwin, Tony Levin, Pete Trewavas, Mike Rutherford, Bootsy Colins
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Mostly bass playing, but backing vocals and arrangement is also common.
- Bass UprightAverage price - $70 per song
- Bass ElectricAverage price - $70 per song
- Acoustic GuitarAverage price - $70 per song
- Electric GuitarAverage price - $70 per song
Typically give me about a week to get you a basslines or instrument tracking. For arrangements - we'll discuss it. As for revisions - I'll do whatever it takes to give you satisfying results.
- Spector EURO 5LX
- TC electronicts Hypergravity
- MXR DI+
- Focusrite 212
- Ampeg Amp
