Day 11 Leipzig

Woke up at noon today. Back feels better.  Super cold venue here today. Even the people who work here are wearing jackets and hats.  Nice catering. Sandwich and coffee for breakfast.  Cold.  I listened to the last song I recorded,…

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Day 10 Berlin

Holy shit, there’s a bright, warm thing in the sky today. Haven’t seen one of those in a couple of weeks.  Very nice breakfast at the venue: bacon, eggs, sausages, different kinds of bread. Coffee! Back to work with the…

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Day 9 Warsaw

Nice, big venue today. Haven’t been here in years. Great catering, except for the fact that there’s no coffee. Ha! Found the coffee. It was on a lower floor. Now the day can begin. Doing some more work on the…

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Day 8 Travel Day

Ah, the glorious experience of Polish roads woke me up. Rough and very uneven.  But a lot better than 25 years ago. Jeez, I just realised that I’ve been a touring musician for 25 years! 25!!! I’m very thankful to…

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Day 7 Hamburg

Had a sandwich and some coffee on the bus  while watching ”Sunday with Ola” on YouTube. A good way to start the day. I then spent the next few hours in the tiny backstage room doing absolutely nothing. Grey and bleak…

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Day 6 Gothenburg

Woke up at 8:00 in the morning. A bit too early, though, so I went back to sleep. Woke up at 12:00!! Had a coffee and a sandwich on the bus while watching ”På Spåret”, a Swedish TV show.  Took…

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Day 5 Oslo

Woke up with all my clothes on. Must have been very tired yesterday.  Had some coffee on the bus, then went for a walk in the freezing Norwegian capital.  Me, Tom and Rikard went to an Indian place to have…

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Day 4 Travel Day

Woke up at around 7:00 to get on the ferry to Stockholm. Once on the boat, I set up my portable ”studio”. Thought I’d get some recording done today. However, I didn’t realise that my strings were totally dead. In…

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Day 3 Helsinki

Amazing venue today, as well. House of Culture, apparently.  I must have done something stupid today. My back hurts. It’s like when you lift and turn – instant cripple. Oh, well… I spent most of the day getting familiar with…

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Day 2 Tampere

Another great venue today. Big and clean. Good breakfast. Coffee and dark bread. Sat with my laptop all day, downloading files for a project I’m about to record. It’s for a Swedish artist and a big-name American producer. Being able…

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