Author: robertpost
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Hi there, I am right now at Ocean Sound Recordings mixing a “Live at Ocean Sound Recordings”-concert that I did in connection with the annual Sommerfesten on the isle of Giske, Norway this summer. The event took place in front of 80 seated people in the live room of the…
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It seems that the whole of my set was filmed by different members of the audience at my Paris gig last month. Here’s the setlist with a video attached to the song. 1. BOUNDARIES TO SHAKE 2. THERE’S ONE THING 3. LANDING 4. FRONTLINE 5. OUT OF SKILLS 6. BIG…
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So the conclusion is I must return to Germany very soon. After 5 days on the road and 4 shows held I totally understand why Germany is told to be one of the more convenient countries to tour. If a tour is well-planned just like the Katzenjammer’s was, you get…
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Last day in the studio for now. I have recorded 9 songs. Roughly mixed 8 of them. 2 were cover songs (1979 and Ship Song). I have mainly used the studio’s (or to be correct – Ante’s) Martin 000-28EC (Eric Clapton Signature Acoustic Guitar), as well as my own Moon…
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It’s incredible how tremendously energetic I feel when doing what I love and loving what I do. It’s insanely difficult to achieve just what I expect of myself when doing things the way of which I always have felt a need to do them. To find the right moment is…
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I bicycled to the studio. Flat tire, too much gear. Soft breeze and sunshine. Day one is always hard. Especially for a man like me who never is too much prepared. I have 105 demos, but I can’t seem to know where to begin. So I began with listening through…
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Packing my bag, guitar and computer. I can see the building from here. I have a five-minute walk to get there. Ocean Sound Recordings – the magical studio on the edge of the sea. So convenient it is to have settled on the same island for a while. From here…
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I will be by myself, attached only to a guitar and a backpack, and will be doing a series of house concerts throughout Europe. I need you in a particular city who will find a large house (maybe a coffee house if no houses are suitable), hopefully that can comfortably…
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Saturday I commenced what I have chosen to call “Acoustic Spring”. The first show of the year, a new beginning – new songs, new sound. Focusing on what I started out with, my voice and an acoustic guitar. All in all – plenty. It was an uplifting experience, even though…
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Check out the new album, new tour dates, videos and pics and share the widget with the world around you! [clearspring_widget title=”Widget” wid=”4a37fac83c457251″ pid=”4b7db020ce3fef51″ width=”400″ height=”160″ domain=”widgets.clearspring.com”]
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Today I moved office from my house in Ålesund to the countryside of Giske. It’s nice to get away from all stuff that keeps me distracted from doing what I am supposed to be doing. Now – updating the world wide web on Flight 2010ROPOMUSIC.
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I Am Pretty Pretty, Pretty Pretty Speechless And Numb Numb The Numbers Are Vast And I Can Only Cry ‘Cause We All Are On The Other Side Of The World As We Say I Wonder Why Why Why Can’t We Even Try? Try Trying Is A Sport Everyone Can Be…
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Well, the remainder of our journey was a train ride back to London and then see what would be coming our way. Dead tired of moving along by putting one foot in front of the other we went for the solution of staying in. Staying in discussing philosophically interesting ways…
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We were supposed to pick up a rental car, that was what I’d planned and then out of a sudden there was no car to pick up. Who screwed up? Well, I am not meaning to say that I am among the greatest of tour managers so I guess I…
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I had a meeting with a music lawyer. Discussing future plans… and me moving back to the UK at some point. The meeting was basically about having to build a new team around me that’ll help move things forward… (upwards and onwards) I popped by Fopp in Covent Garden to…
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We had those few beers. We went to Waganama in Camden. It’s one of my favorite restaurants, ’cause even though it’s a chain of restaurants they make good food and good food is what we like. I had my regular course of chili chicken and nudles and a Asahi beer.…
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I was hoping to have my regular coffee and bread this morning. Bread with chocolate toppings or whatever you Englishmen call it. I prefer the Norwegian made Nugatti, whilst a Danish friend of mine say Nutella is the thing, I couldn’t disagree more. But most importantly when it comes to…
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Before leaving my home in Aalesund I wrote down lyrics for three new songs on my typewriter. I can’t remember the last time I sat down to see ink in real life take form of meaningfulness on paper like it used to do back in the old days when I…
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The summer moved out and I thought I moved on. Now they say it is coming back. August always seem to surprise us here as far as the weather is concerned. I remember going back to school after the summer holidays, we were always sat on the sunny side of…
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The sun is killing all creativity and running away with my time. Since postponing the release of the now infamous album Disarm & Let Go I have been sat at my desk trying to figure out a plan. Now the summer is here with temperatures rising and the sea outside…
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I was more into filming the audience than the band this time it seems, or was it just my laziness that kept me from getting out there with my camera and place it at the sound board. The latter is more likely to be the matter and the fact. But…
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Videos, pics and a story from the road soon to be updated at this post. Tags: no sleep, endless driving, no soundcheck, no backstage drinks, parking tickets, mobile safety camera flashing, hot dogs, smiles, happiness. -r & the band
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Hi friends, we are working on a new website incorporating this blog. I hope we’ll have it launched just in time for next week’s shows with Jason Mraz. I have also gotten a designer to do some T-shirts for me exclusively for the Mraz dates (June 22, 23). I will…
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A month of touring kept me away from too many drunken nights.. London being kind to me. Even though cheap beer at local off-license… Always came home with me. Miles are laid dead behind me… The body getting used to the driving. Even though… The car’s engine coughing for a…
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The tour is over. I have so many shows that I haven’t written about. And so much material taped on video and so many pictures taken. So many people to thank. I will have to sit down when home in my flat in Ålesund and edit it all. Then post…
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I was asked to do an interview with a local music blogger just a couple of weeks before I left the country to tour the United Kingdom. A great location and beautiful weather made it the perfect day for a chat. David Pollen ( davidpollen.blogg.no ) who interviewed me is…
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THE GRAIN BARGE, BRISTOL After four hours of sleep on a hotel room floor in Brighton I woke up to take Harald to load-in at some venue I can’t recall the name of. The Alexandria Quartet was doing a showcase at Nettwerk record label’s party at The Great Escape. It…
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It was so comfortable staying in a hotel bed last night. After a gig of which I really enjoyed a lot I went straight to my hotel for a cold pint of lager, then twittering about it, off to bed and a good nights sleep. I woke up just in…
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For you Norwegians or people fluent in Norwegian. Have a listen to this radio interview that I did with Norwegian radio broadcaster NRK P3 and the program Banden. It’s a nice little chat about my newest single Beirut and a few words on the music industry! http://www.nrk.no/banden/lata-ingen-vil-spille/ -r
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Today, feeling like one of those Sixties troubadours travelling around with their guitars on their backs, I am going by train down to Brighton for my gig at the Western Front. Right now at the Apple Store, Regents Street, I am listening to this guy’s master class in Numbers. It…
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Last night was great. I even managed to play most of my recorded songs to date during that show. Something that I found quite exhausting as a lot of them I hadn’t played in a long long time. People even came all the way from Birmingham to see me play.…
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Finally I got off that tourist thing that we’ve been doing the last couple of days. We literally walked all over London looking for great monuments and museums. So I guess I’ve seen a lot that I didn’t bother to visit when being a resident of the city. We were…
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It was August 2007 last time I was here. On a spontaneous trip to catch a show by fellow musicians The Margarets, I went here two summers ago. I remember getting in in the afternoon. They were playing the Notting Hill Arts Club and I didn’t tell them I was…
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I have so far travelled without my phone. I left it in the car just before I boarded the Hurtigruten, voted the `Best Niche Cruise Line´… And I tell you – you should try it! It is said that the Lofoten ferry, the vessel I took, has a classic charm that many find irresistible. Built in 1964…
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Come see me play at my favorite bar Ta Det Piano at ten o’clock tonight. I have tuned my mandolin, guitar and piano… and have put up a fuzzed-out microphone so that I can sing the guitar solos… -r
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Hi, it’s me again. Just to let you know… I have packed my bag. Now, just a little note about a “secret” gig tomorrow. CITY: Ålesund VENUE: I’ll let you know tomorrow at noon TIME: 21:00 It’s just me warming up! PS! Watch out for another “secret” gig this Friday……
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In a matter of days I will pack my bag and wander off into the unknown. This time around I depend on a paper map and a little help from Google Earth every now and then. I have not hired a tour manager whose job would be to get me…
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Hello everybody watching this space, It’s a new year full of expectations and opportunities. I didn’t wanna wait too long before you guys got to hear some new music this time, so I uploaded my new single for a limited period. I suppose it will be sent out to radio…
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I woke up to sunny Bergen. We packed our gear, picked up sleepy sound guy Harald and drove to the deep forests of Os. Inside snow covered hills and icy roads we were to play the Kongshaugen Festival early in the morning. One o’clock in the afternoon… We had a great time playing for a superb…
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Hi, rain is pouring down. There’s an island called Iceland where a bed is quilt and a quilt is mattress. I’m not falling asleep because my bed is a wooden floor and there are people knocking on my door. It makes me dream funny dreams. And when I wake up I am…
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Hello, Just got home from London. Wembley Arena. Avril Lavigne. Great show. Nice girl. Met her backstage. Beer. Baileys & Coffee. Guitar. Drunken harmonies. Empty corridors. Cold shower. No flush. New clothes. Brush. Out. Bar. No girls. Taxi. Bar. No girls. Taxi. Long conversation about football. Food. Bed. Thirst. Thirst. Thirst. -robert
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Hey, Why does it always rain in Bergen when I least want it to? Well, it’s not until tomorrow I need sunshine. Anyway. Hey. It’s been one hell of a progressive week. Rehearsing new songs. Playing live on National Radio. Doing interviews here and there. And we’re gonna top it with…
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Good Morning Sunshine, It’s a beautiful day in Bergen and I’ve just had my breakfast. Burger and a coke. I played a show yesterday and got totally wasted. Fight fire with fire. The only thing that works on a day like this. Eat a lot of junk-food, take a walk…
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Hello, It’s been a long time… It’s summer and I’ve been playing a lot of festivals. Like always it’s been great fun. What makes festivals cool is that I get to see other bands that I usually just meet on the ferries from one place to another, as well as the fact that…
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It’s my sister’s birthday today. Congratulations:)!!! -robert
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Aalesund/Langevaag (June 3,4): It only takes some good music, good company and of course nice weather to survive a seven-hour trip from Bergen to Aalesund. Karin Park and I rented car, small but comfy, to take us to two sold out shows in my hometown area. After a long sunny day sightseeing the fjords and the…
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London (June 1, 2): Got up early. Watched the sunset. Took the bus to the airport Bergen Flesland. Radio. Airport breakfast. Boring. Expensive. Almost forgot to go to gate. Take-off, blue sky and landing. Stansted, London. Hank picking me up. Traffic jam. Chicken for lunch. Meeting with Patrick (Nettwerk Management). Checking in at…
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Hi and Oh my God, It’s been a few weeks with a lot of happenings. We have been in Fredrikstad playing a festival and in London to talk. I was in my hometown with Karin Park playing two sold out shows and the band and I won local rock prize of 50 000,…
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Hello and Thank You! After a long nights drive from Aalesund to Bergen where we almost crashed off the road ten times and had to take a nap several times we arrived Bergen early Saturday morning. The band and I had a scheduled rehearsal for tonight’s competition, but back in my flat I…
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Hello good fellows, It’s been two weeks with a lot of fun. It all started when this Ottestad guy cancelled all his shows because he was not feeling well about his voice and we had to step in and do our thing. That’s always fun. So we flew over to Oslo to…
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Hi, The sun is visiting Bergen today. It’s been a long time since that happened. I’ve had the feeling of autumn for a long time now, but I shouldn’t complain, I haven’t been out licking the sun anyway. -robert
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