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Last Saturday was the first day of songwriting for my new metal collaboration. I’m writing together with my long time friend, drummer Emil Brandqvist, who also plays the drums in KWB. We met early at his place, and drew some sketches for songs. We’re still far from anything finished, but there’s some heavy ass riffs in there, believe me.
Before leaving Emil’s place, I also came up with a new idea for a book, from watching Emil play with his son. More on that later.

After leaving Emil and his family, I headed for Fuzz Guitar Show, where I had planed to pick up parts to build a new bas for myself. I met up with my good friend Martin Olsson, who is an expert on everything bass, and he helped me pick out just what I needed. I got a beautiful Candy Apple Metallic J-style body, and a nice sounding neck, plus most of the hardware.
I have since spent my spare time trying to put it all together. It’s not completely finished yet – the pickups are on their way from Germany – but it’s coming together quite nicely.

Tomorrow I’m meeting a drummer who’s going to write some great metal with me. He’s not a metal drummer originally, but he’s crazy technical, and has the right attitude for sure. The first step we’re taking tomorrow, is actually him borrowing my double bass-drum pedal, to practice before he gets his own.
On Saturday we’ll get together for our first brainstorm writing session. I do have a lot of sketches and ideas, so I’m pretty sure we’ll have some good material ready before long.

So far it’s only him and me, but we have ideas for other players as well. The ball is officially rolling!

/K