a good dream

I just woke up from this beautiful dream where I had a long profound talk with Erykah Badu. She was sitting on the grass watching a soccer game in my home town and so was I. Suddenly she turned around and saw me and came to sit down next to me. Somehow she knew me, we'd met before, but hadn't really talked to each other. And so, we started to talk, about everything, about music, about spirituality, about life and death and so on. And then we decided that she'd join me over to the studio to do some recordings for the album. I was so thrilled I couldn't breathe. We'd got to our feet when she asks me: "Sarah, are you an entertainer?". I thought for a second and stuttered something that wasn't very convincing. Like an excuse for an explanation or something. She looked at me with puzzled eyes and then I woke up.

Got me thinking...

this last week

I'm all wound up. Euphoric and crazy pressed for time all at the same time.


This week we've recorded a choir, trumpets, horns, oboes, flutes and double basses. Work is going great but there's still so much to be done. I'm all tunnel visioned at this point and I wake up in the middle of the night with my ears ringing and ideas of melodies and harmonies coming and going inside my head. I love this state, I live for it, but it's so intense, so much walking a thin line where all can suddenly just turn into a pile of shit. With just a slight twist of things.
But that's the beauty of it. Because - with just a slight twist to the other side the shit may turn into something really rare and precious.





Instrument of the week is (undoubtedly):
The horn


Congratulations horns!

An Alpine Symphony

I heard the Gothenburg Orchestra and their new brilliant conductor Gustavo Dudamel rehearse Richard Strauss' 'An Alpine Symphony' the other day. It's an overwhelming piece in every sense of the word and if you haven't yet heard it - make sure you do. There's nothing like actually buying (yes I really mean it!) a really good classical record.

Maybe first you want to read more about this historical piece that is said to be one of the last wonders of the Romantic era - if so turn here.

R. Strauss is said to have been one of those conductors that didn't move much at all when conducting. Like in this photo, a movement of the hand or a nod or a look would be sufficient to lead the orchestra.