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News from the road
What up people!?
As you might know, we're currently out on tour in Europe. I'm writing to you from Glasgow, Scotland. The rain is just as unstoppable as the beer drinking on the tourbus, but today the sun is actually shining and everybody is in a great mood!
We're now ten days into this European trek and things are going smoothly. Peter and Sylvain are tearing it up; I'm telling you people, they're a murderous guitar duo. Just you wait and see! Crowds have been great as well, noisy and roudy, just the way we like it! Luckily, my twisted flipper is back on track after falling into the drumkit while doing some of that old school pogo dancing on stage... However, my stage shirt is pink after a head-shaving accident right before the Birmingham show last night...
Anyways, we're doing some tracks that we haven't played live in a very long time, and even some tracks that we've never played at all like "Black Star Deceiver". I gotta say it's working out really good! The only thing missing is Devin Townsend doing his trade off vocals with me. I guess I'll just have to fly him to Europe... You there Devin?
Speaking of setlists, I was just checking the poll results for the US tour and I gotta say the response and voting is massive!!! With all of your help, it will turn out to be an interesting setlist for sure... Keep on voting people!
We brought some portable studio equipment with us on the road, so who knows, some musical magic might be created in the coming weeks. Can't wait for that to happen!
On another note, after posting my vocal coaching offer, I've received a lot of positive feedback and a lot of appointments are booked, really cool... Keep 'em coming and I'll hook you up!
Talk soon!
Cheers!
Posted on 14 Nov 2008 by: Speed
VOCAL COACHING ON TOUR!
Hi there,
Back home in the cold, getting pumped for the European tour that will start in just about a week!
I
was going through my MySpace page the other day and realized that there
are LOADS of messages that I haven't been able to answer. A big portion
of those emails contains questions about singing techniques, tips, how
to develop the voice or just how to take your band or singing to the
next skill level. First of all I wanna apologize for not being very
efficient in answering all those messages! However, it gave me an idea
on how to address all of those questions in a better way:
I'm
happy to announce that I'm venturing into the realm of vocal
coaching/consulting here in Sweden as well as ON TOUR in your
hometown. All you need to do is bring your band's music (demo or
signed, doesn't matter!), your vocal chords and your questions or
concerns and in return, you get the honest opinion of an experience
vocalist. I'll meet with you one on one at your local venue where the
Soilwork show will take place, acoustics will be great for singing, and
together we'll discuss tips and tricks on improving your vocal skills.
I will give you advice on figuring out melodies or just inspire you and
your band on ways to reach the next level! Like I said, I will continue
this venture back home in Sweden, so if you're interested and able to
get to Helsingborg, we can work that out as well! Make sure to check
out when Soilwork hits your town and please contact me at least 3 days
in advance, then get ready to flex your vocal chords! Shoot an email:speedvocalcoaching@gmail.com. Serious offers only, no meet and greets. A fee will be collected for each one on one 30 minute consultation.
Best/Speed
Posted on 29 Oct 2008 by: Speed
Hi there people!
This is my first post for Speed's corner in a while… will get my shit together.
Let me just say that I'm super excited to have Peter back in the band. We've done good but he has surely been missed. Peter and I have been on the phone just about everyday for a month and to actually scratch the surface of him returning to the band made me a very happy dude and now it's for real… Very excited to have Mr.Sylvain Coudret in the band as well... Can't wait to get our pumped minds on tour..
It's really awesome to see all the amazing response about Peter's return and it feels like everything is coming together. I understand that people speculate about Ola returning to the band in times like these. Let me just clarify one thing: we made the decision for Ola to leave the band. There's a reason why we released him from his duties as a guitar player in this band and he will not return. I guess that people might have got the wrong picture about his departure but there's a clear difference between leaving a band and being asked to leave. There's nothing negative to be said about his time spent as a member of Soilwork, I'm only trying to put things into perspective.
My heart is more ready than ever to get back on that stage this Fall with my brothers and I'm very excited about what Sylvain is going to bring to the table working together with Peter. This is going to be a dynamic guitar duo for sure…
See ya soon...
Posted on 26 Sep 2008 by: Speed
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