Soundcheck in SLC

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 5:54pm
Written by andreas

Hey all,

Just finished a soundcheck in Salt Lake City together with Frank Vignola, Julian Lage, Nicki Parrott and a few other young talents and the Capitol Theatre. Doing one of my few selected live performaces this year together with Frank and his band. Looking forward to tonight's performance, it's gonna be alot of fun guitar music so stop by if u're anywhere nearby...such a beautiful venue!

Off to Japan tomorrow, gonna do writing sessions, meetings and attend a concert with SHINee in Tokyo Dome. This venue takes approx 55 000 people so it will be an amazing experience to hear my songs being played in front of so many people. I have written 9 songs for SHINee so far and 3 of them have been singles in Japan.

 

Regards Andreas

 

Christmas song in South Korea!

Sat, 12/05/2015 - 9:34am
Written by andreas

Hey,

Very happy to have co-written the Christmas single "Dear Santa" for Girls' Generation-TTS (Taeyon, Tiffany & Seohyun), one of the most populat acts in South Korea.

They song is like a medley with many different parts and with a couple of jazzy chord progressions. It starts like a ballad and then goes into a faster tempo.

This song made an "all-kill" on the day of the release which means Nr1 placements on all the 8 real time/streaming charts in Korea. The mini-album "Dear Santa" also made it to Nr1 in 9 countries on itunes.

SM Entertainment released two versions of this song, in Korean and in English. Check it out!

https://youtu.be/CL34w0xql7s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXbwcq6WZ-M

Regards Andreas

 

Many new releases on top of the charts!

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 2:48pm
Written by andreas

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

Nr 1 selling album in the world!

Mon, 08/10/2015 - 11:52am
Written by andreas

Hey all,

I'm hoping everybody had a fantastic summer season so far. I'm back in Sweden now after several weeks in Korea and a vacation in Spain. I'm very happy and proud to be part of the Nr 1 best selling in the world last week. 
The South Korean boy band Super Junior's latest release "Devil", including my co-write "Forever with you" made it to the top after selling approx 85 000 physical albums during its 2nd week (currently at a total of 140k albums). 
The song is a catchy funk/disco number with inspiration from legendary 70's acts like Earth Wind & Fire, Kool & the Gang and Stevie Wonder. It has a lot of live instruments in the production and there is also a big vocal arrangment that I did together with one of my co-writers.
 
Let's get started practicing alot of guitar again now when summer is soon coming to an end. Looking forward seeing many new student submissions in the master class area.
There will also be new lessons and performances posted soon. As always, let me know if u have any questions, the forums are always open.
 
Best Regards Andreas
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