Day one & Day two

So, here’s the next two songs from the latest EP.  Day one.  Day two.  These two songs were written I may when my band Rimstad Rockerz had an entire week with shows at Nydala theater in Malmö. Before every show we do there I usually have some of my piano music in the background before the show while people are taking their seats. When we did the same thing in February I played my song Years to come through the speakers, but you get pretty tired of hearing the same song over and over again for five days straight.  So,...

Confusion

There has been some confusion regarding my “artist name” recently, so here’s a small explanation. On my latest two releases (at least on Spotify) both my artist name (Sleepy songs) and my real name (Johan Eckman) is written as “artist” on every song. NOT on the releases though, only the songs. I asked Spotify about this, and their very simple reply was that because it’s release under the classical genre, both the performing artist and the composer is written as “artist”. Simple as that! Makes sense, at least if you think of classical music as in Mozart. His work is...

Skärgården!

So, my new EP is out now! I wanted to write a couple of words about the songs from the EP, starting with the oldest song.  Skärgården was originally written last summer and released on my EP v31. The previously released version has more instruments on it though (double bass and drums), and on this new version it’s only piano. I actually wanted to release the piano solo version of the song on the EP Piano pt.6, but that would have made it a full length record (which costs more to release than an EP, yeah, I am that cheap)....

Spring is near

So came the day that I had looked forward to for so long! The release of my single Spring is near!  I wanted to write a couple of words of the song. It might get a bit technical, so I hope thats ok.  The song was written the same way I usually write songs; I sit down by my Nord Electro 5D (only 61 keys) and play around for a bit. I always record my jam sessions in case I come up with something nice. Sometimes I just put everything in the trash and go on with my life. This...

Sleepy Songs part 2

Again, sorry for all the errors after the translation. I’m trying my best! My last post of ”the history behind Sleepy Songs” ended with me getting tired of it, and soon becoming a father for the first time. After a few years of being a father (for both the first and second time) I ended up having summer vacation. And for some reason I had brought my keyboard with me…  During the summer of 2017 I brought my “mobile studio” with me for summer vacation with my family. The reason was that I was going to record backgrounds for Rimstad...

Sleepy Songs part 1

This was originally posted on my private blog in Swedish. I tried to translate it, so hopefully you’ll understand most of it! There’s probably a couple of mistakes…  The songs can of course be found on all major streaming services, as well as on youtube.  Everything really started at work. I started my first job as a preschool teacher right after I graduated the university in 2011. I worked with two-year-olds, so all the children had nap time after lunch, and for nap time they needed relaxation music. Blå Stunder. Röda stunder. Gröna stunder. Svarta stunder. (You might not now what this is,...