In Tokyo

Mon, 05/23/2016 - 5:29pm
Written by andreas
Topics: Andreas Oberg, ArtistWorks, guitarist, producer, songwriter

"Making the soundtrack of other peoples lives" has always been one of the goals of my songwriting. The other day at Tokyo Dome Arena, I felt that happening...SHINee performed 6 of my songs in front of 55 000 people, singing and dancing along to the music. The songs were: Breaking News, Wishful Thinking, Sweet Surprise, LookBook, Downtown Baby & Sing your song.This was a truly amazing experience that I won't forget and I feel very thankful for moments like this. Thx SHINee, SM Japan and SoundGraphics for an unforgetable evening! 

Regards Andreas

New single in South Korea w Red Velvet

Fri, 03/18/2016 - 4:30pm
Written by andreas
Topics: Andreas Oberg, guitarist, producer, songwriter

Hey all,

Happy to have co-written the new Red Velvet-single "One of these nights" together with Maria Marcus and Chanhee Hwang. The video has so far had more than 2 million You Tube views in just 48 hours after the release!

The song is also included on the mini album "The Velvet", in four different versions: original version, piano version and 2 re-mixes. The album is currently Nr 1 on the daily Korean physical album chart and digitally made it to Nr 1 on Itunes in Singapore and Thailand.

The song is a rnb-style ballad with quite a few interesting transitions harmony wise, espacially going from the pre-chorus to the chorus. We wrote this @ SM Entertainment Studios in Seoul during July 2015.

I really like the cool visuals in this video, as the lyrics describes two lovers being far away from each other...not knowing when they'll meet next time.

I hope u'll like this song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xWiro_tS1k

Regards Andreas

This weekend's events!

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 11:54am
Written by andreas
Topics: Andreas Oberg, ArtistWorks, guitarist, producer, songwriter

Hey,

Hoping u all have had a nice start of the new year! Once again a warm welcome to all the new students. My year started off nicely with 3 songs placed on the new SHINee album in Japan (Wishful Thinking, Sweet Surprise & Sing your Song) which did Nr 1 over there on the weekly chart. On the first two songs I also play quite a lot of guitar including jazzy solos :)

Currently I'm up in Aspen, Colorado doing a "GUITAR SUMMIT-Trio Concert " together with my friends Kruno Spisic and Ted Gottsegen. We'll be performing 2 shows tonight and tomorrow night. This is one of a few selected performances I will do this year, will be a lot of fun!

So check it out if u're nearby, it will be a mix of standards, django-songs and some of my own pop compositions.

Here's a quick interview the Aspen Times did with me over the phone the other day:

http://www.aspentimes.com/entertainment/activitiesevents/20130261-113/andreas-oberg-bringing-guitar-summit-to-jas-cafe

Regards Andreas

Many new releases on top of the charts!

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 2:48pm
Written by andreas
Topics: Andreas Oberg, ArtistWorks, guitarist, producer, song writer

Hey all,

Hoping all is well.The last few weeks have been really great for me, many new song releases that made it all the way to the top of the charts.

1. ARASHI "Japonism"-album has been Nr 1 in Japan now for almost three weeks now selling approx 900k physical albums (more than 3x Platinum) so far, which is amazing numbers these days.

This band is the most popular boy band in Japan and the song "The Deep End" is my first release with this legendary group. During it's first week of sales, the Japonism-album was the best selling album in the world according to the Global album chart.

2. EXO, another huge Korean boy band just made their debut in Japan with the "Love Me Right"-single including my co-write "Drop That". This release is currently Nr 1 on the single chart in Japan and has sold approx 110k copies so far which means Gold record status.

3. f(x) the very popular Korean girl group released their new album "4 Walls" including my co-write "Glitter". This album is on top of the album chart in Korea as well as the Billboard World Music chart in the US.

4. I also wrote Korean boyband SHINee's single "Sing a song" that has sold approx 50k physical albums so far in Japan and was topping the single chart on the day of it's release.

Very proud and excited to have written all these songs that reaches out to millions of people. On Glitter and Drop That I also added some guitars :) Many more releases coming up at the end of this year...very thankful to be able to create new music on a daily basis.

Regards Andreas