NEW SINGLE “SÖDERBY” OUT FEB 1ST ON ALL STREAMING PLATTFORMS!
I wrote this tune when I first heard that the old elementary school where I attended as a child was beeing closed forever due to funding issues. The following morning after I got the news, I woke up with this melody in my head. I picked up my guitar and a few moments later the song had come to life from the fond memories from my childhood and also from the thougth – as one chapter closes another one begins. I feel as an artist that political decisions like this does affect people on many levels. And as a songwriter/composer this is how it sometimes happens – in minutes! Other times you need to work on the music for several days to get it where it needs to be.
The tune was recorded in one take at ELive Music Studio, here’s the video of the recording session on Youtube
The story about the school still has a pretty happy ending though – the school building was sold and found new owners and started a new chapter as an event center. Maybe I’ll be performing there one day… 🙂
Cheers
-Martin