Circles of Creativity

I believe it when I see it:) normally....but now, I totally trust that we are actually coming to and end of this amazingly long process of making an album. I´ve felt like a record put on repeat. Many people stop me in cafes, on the streets, in bars only to ask me.....When is the new album coming? And I have heard my own voice replying in a cheerful mode for almost two years. "It will be ready very soon" "I will keep you posted" "we are working on it".....and so on and so on.....The only thing I painfully have to admit is that I have been lying all the way. For such long time I have known, if I´d only had listened, that we have not even been close to completion the passed year. But I have wanted to get ready so badly, that I have been running ahead of time, and running ahead of reality, creating my own little dream world of "soon we´re done". Creativity and the creation of an album can be made in a zillion different ways. There is no recepy of what is right or wrong, not even a guide book with advice on how you should do it, because there is no such thing as a should. 

Creativity just strikes, sometimes, And sometimes it s a struggle. You sit down, wait for the lines to drop down from somewhere, and there is no greater feeling than when it does. The flow is magic. And on the other hand, when you sit there and nothing happens. You write a few pages, throw the written pages away, start on a new white paper,  doesn´t seem to help, you throw that away as-well and you start to feel a slight panic, because   "what about IF nothing will drop down what so ever?" Am I a non creative looser now? It is impossible to control and impossible to force.  

A friend of mine put the words to this so nicely " you have to wait until the songs demand to be written"  There is no point in forcing.....then it will be like picking the apples to early from the trees, and they will be sour and hard and taste like shit. You want to pick them at the right time to enjoy to the max. That´s when a good song is being picked out of the skies as-well. 

So, I guess, this is basically what I have been up to these years....Picking apples:) 

I have written about 60 songs. Some of them are great, others really suck. That´s life. 

But the songs on this "Urban Gypsy" album, is the fruit of these 2 years and also paints the pictures of what´s been going on in my life. I feel totally secure to share. And I feel totally secure in saying....now it´s soon ready FOR REAL. 

Today we put the last vocals on  a weird jazz like tune (the only one on the album) called "Still a few more hours to kill" , and tomorrow continue on the production of "Regrets ( I have none )" a song written by me, Mattias Blomdahl and the swedish talanted  soul singer Christian Waltz. For you who don´t know him, check his music out. He is great! 

Then, final mixing on wednesday....and then.......MISSION COMPLETED!

And then a new journey has begun..:) Oh, also I did one of few performances friday 13th. My friend has co-founded a clothing brand called "Odd Molly", and they invited me to sing at the opening of their first store. I had the greatest time. .All new guys and a girl in the band were kicking and I felt like a happy teenager:) Won´t take long before I will play some more. And, talking about creativity, I want to recommend a great book on the subject. It was given to me by my acting teacher in LA. It´s called "The War of Art". can´t remember the author right now, but just Google it. It´s a great read for a creative person.....Well, guys....gotta go. Bt see you around soon, there is so much more to come..Love ya!