Aww, we're going studioating this weekend, which is gonna be amazing after two years of writing tunes that never gor put on tape in a proper manner... I can't wait! Pre-mixes gonna come up here soonish.
It's been sort of quiet lately, but now we're back in business... :) The first official gig in Oslo is now booked; the lucky place is Skuret Bar og Scene. In the meantime ol' Silje has been trying her luck as a session singer, most recently doing a cover of Nancy Sinatra's "Sugar Town". The result is now rolling on Norwegian TV-channels as backdrop for a RIMI commercial. See the film here.
Today Norwegian radio for the Trøndelag region broadcast an interview with me and a couple of my tunes:) I'm trying to get hold of a link to the program but haven't succeded yet...
Pics from our trip to Steinkjer is now up here. The 9-hour drive was somewhat redeemed by the jacuzzi, beer and two fantastic gigs! Big thanks to the band&soundtech, my parents and the arrangers of two awesome gigs in one night (I have no voice left)! :D For the Norwegians: anmeldelse fra Trønder-Avisa
Restart
Things have been rather quiet lately. Starting up in a new town is proving a bit "syrupy", gigs being hard to get and stuff, but at least I finally live somewhere and there's a bed and food and all that:)
Last night Goran and I spent some hours twiddling with the recording of "3AM". It's gonna be nice I think; hopefully the new track will be out here in a week or so! (Now as we've seen that didn't happen, but well... some day it'll be finished..)
Move and midsummer gig
The move to Norway is sort of complete, although we still don't have a flat... but at least the boatload with all our belongings will be arriving tomorrow!
Also my band and I just did two gigs in my home town on Midsummer Eve. Big big thanks to all the people who were there and made it a great experience! See photos on my blog, and read a (norwegian) live review from the local newspaper in the Press section.
or just type "Silje Karlsen" into the search field in your iTunes.
In a couple of weeks time, me and my better half (Jonas) and at least bits of my band will be moving to Oslo, Norway. After four years in Liverpool I'm exited about going to a new place!
-it now looks 30 years older.
The tune "Movie Cliché" was recorded a late night in Jonas' room - me playing guitar, cereal box, big cardboard box and snusdås-shaker; Jonas is handling ProTools, Fatso and Apogee Rosetta. The result is up on MySpace and on the player on this site... :)
Channel M TV interview and live performance!
If you're in the Manchester area on the 6th of February - tune in to Channel M at 10pm to see me on the City Centre Social - playing a couple of tunes and chatting to host Gerry McLaughlin:)
The SUNDAYS AND RAINDAYS EP is now available to buy online!
Just go to the music site and click the "buy now" button next to the EP cover. This will take you to PayPal and a secure payment site, where you can pay using your PayPal account or any Credit Card. You will then receive an EP by post:) The EP is £4, and postage is £1 (unless you happen to want to buy 3 or more, in which case it's free!)
Please feel free to have a look around.