This time I need support from all friends! I’m going to compete in trubadourslam at Musikens Hus, May 11th. The votes in the competition comes from the audience so I need as many as possible to come so they can vote for me!
I received my last report from Spotify the other day. I have had over 600 listenings on my songs which is very satisfying! But, it doesn’t pay very much. So far I have collected 3.60 $. I’m not going to be rich on Spotify.
On sunday I went back to Pustervik and the open stage they have one sunday per month. A lot of people were there and it was a friendly atmosphere. I played 2 song and below is a video from the performance.
It is Sunday and I decided to visit Visans vänner in the nice spring weather. They have an open mic every other Sunday with a pretty good crowd. I played my three newest songs. We had a good time and got coffe and inexpensive sandwiches.
I have been working lately on a new song. I plan to write 10 new songs and then record my next CD. I think I’m up to 7 or 8 songs now. Only a few more to go. The last song has some similarities with Hank Williams song “Ramblin’ man blues”, about having the urge to travel and see new places. I played it in public for the first time last week.
I also invested in a new songwriting notebook. I thought it would give good “karma” with something special, so it is a notebook made in India from recycled paper.
I sent off my new song to NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) to get some input. The evaluation came back yesterday and was pretty positive. I don’t think I need to rewrite to much 🙂 .
The new notebook
This week I did the round of open mics in town. On Thursday we went to restaurant Västerhus which have a popular open mic. A lot of people showed up in the crowd and it has a friendly atmosphere. I played three songs backed up by great musicians.
A week ago it was time again for the open stage at Pustervik. I had a little bad luck this time. The b-string on the guitar decided to give up so the guitar went out of tune in the middle of the song. I retuned, but the same thing happened on the next song. Not much I could do about it. Was fun anyway.
During the holidays, I have been busy recording my upcoming album. It will take a while before everything is in place, probably not before the summer. Today I have been recording the song about instagram. I play all instruments. It will be guitar, bass, lap steel and banjo.
Lately I have spent the evenings with recording new music. It will hopefully be a new record within the next year. Tonight I have taken time off from recording and play the open mic at Dubliners.
I posted last week about Göteborg open stage. The organizers filmed the event so it is now on youtube. Please check it out below.
Thorsten Jakobsson Music 