Now I'm travelling back to firebreathing Iceland to supervise the music in Vesturport's Romeo and Juliet. It's getting staged in the City Theater in Reykjavik. We did premier the play 7 years ago and since then this spectacular show has found its way to many theaters around the globe. We put it up in West End in London twice (!) and hopefully it will be on Broadway soon (No kidding). But for now I will be revisiting the music I wrote for it as well as refreshing the arrangements I did for the other music I use in the play. Check out the songs A Tender Thing and Sad things in the My Music section!
I've been busy producing and mixing my own song called When Everything Is Gone that will be included on Hera's new CD. Hera will be participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 on the behalf of Iceland with the ever so stimulating song Je Ne Sais Quoi. I have been producing and arranging the ballad version of the song that will be included on the CD as well. Fun stuff.
What a great ending of a year. My annual Christmas event, Frostroses sold 22.000 tickets to a 18 concerts around the country. And more good news. It was recorded, both audio and video so next year it will be available in your nearest store. Including my grand opening composition for the concert: The Winter Symphony. A piece performed by 3 choirs, a symphony orchestra and a rhythm section.I will post it up here when it's properly mixed.
In 13 days we performed my arrangements for almost 10% of the population in Iceland.I feel this is a great recognition of my work in this project for the past 8 years. Bigger and lusher arrangements with each year but still always trying to keep it fresh and authentic. I guess my arrangements for the Frostroses brand must be coming close to a hundred. It sure feels like it.
I moved with my family to Sweden. Just to change the scenery. And to locate myself in the cradle of the pop industry. So I wrote a final song for the band I've been playing in for the last 8 years or so. And for a change I thought I'd sing it myself. And what do you know. It became a radio hit. The lyrics addressing the economic situation in Iceland in an optimistic way. Here's the video. Made by the amazing crew of my good friend the director Jón Egill Bergþórsson, the camera wizzard and lights guy Bjarni Felix and the assisant Alli Möller. The demo in English is in the playlist in My Music section, called Across the Waters.
Christmas Song
Friday, 14 November 2008 22:37
Since the holidays are closing in on us I bring to you an A Capella Christmas song called The Sleigh Song. It's a cozy song in the style of the various vocal groups: Take 6 etc..With the aid of the latest discoveries in the recording field I sing all the vocals myself! Merry listening!
