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i have uploaded a new tune by my quartet called "on my way back home". feel free to comment it, and to suggest things to improve in my playing.

www.putfile.com/olefredrik

by Ole on 07/01/2006, 01:47

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hahaha no one cares!!

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by antiJV on 07/04/2006, 08:36

well.... nvm what that asshole says, i care!

this is a nice song, i like the transition from the beginning into the real jazzy part, works nicely. the drum hits and accents are really nice, but i think it would have a much nicer touch if they were light. like, the same accents and stuff, just a lot lighter and softer. yeah, the drum hits are nice and soft in your solo section; i think they should be that soft for the whole thing. nice piano solo; when a song is open like that i know i for one tend to overdo it, but you keep it nice and simple and focus on your clarity and even style, and it works out very nicely.

very good tune!

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by DoubleZ on 07/04/2006, 12:16

thanks a lot doublez, for the support and the comments.:)
we did the recording with a minidisc mic...that explains some of the drum sound...but again, thanks! the drummer is actually the composer of the tune....he writes really nice music. :)

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by Ole on 07/04/2006, 12:36

well it took my comment to get you to say something doublez, my plan worked!!! mwohahahah!!! anyway ole, excuse me for being so rude, i didnt mean harm, i was just annoyed that no once had commented on your lovely playing. i really like the sound of your music and i would like to ask your permission if i could upload it onto my ipod. i think your last track is especially lovely, i think the quality of the recording is fine, just the drums let it down ever so slightly, but your solos are excellent on all tunes. i think that your rhythm especially is fantastic - seriously man, really good . please upload more when you get a chance!

by the way have you studied much classical music, your technique sounds like you have.

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by antiJV on 07/04/2006, 14:55

no hard feelings, antijv! :)
you can upload it if you want. it would be an honour. thanks a lot for the feedback. it means a lot. i have studied a little bit classical, but i am not "a classical pianist". i have done a lot of technique exercises though. practicing lines slowly and accurate and try to get different patterns into the fingers, has been important to me.
i try to transcribe rythmical stuff like mehldau or other pianist with a great time. not necessarily whole solos, but maybe a line or two that i find interesting. and then trying to tap the rythm with my fiingers to get it accurate. i have worked a lot trying to place my lines in odd places, and to start and my lines on non - regular places.

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by Ole on 07/04/2006, 15:22

hahaha, antijv, what can i say, you're right.

wow, two things surprise me about that recording-
1. that was recorded on a minidisc mic? pretty good quality for that.
and
2. a drummer wrote that? a drummer that can write music?!?!? no way.

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by DoubleZ on 07/04/2006, 15:35

1. train dance and on my way home is minidisc recording from a concert. simple girl is a proffesional live recording from a concert, and three equals one is a studio production.
2. he writes a lot of typical drummer - modal tunes also, but he sure can write. he has actually studied composition at the conservatory. :)
a great musician...but he can`t play piano...:)

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by Ole on 07/04/2006, 15:40

song i think a minimalist focus on atmosphere would have been better. just one man talking there.

train dance-

sort of that new wayne shorter, terence blanchard feel. i really don't have much to say on it.

you're a good player, with pretty good diction and nice rythm. just keep playing and try new things with your compositions and you'll do great

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by Styles on 07/11/2006, 11:15

ole, wow that sounds cool to me! what is your background. most certainly you are a professional.
regards, a.

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by asteffen on 07/11/2006, 11:17

thanks for that great evaluation styles. really interesting to read. you seem to have a reflective musical mind. :)

asteffen: first of all thanks for your encouragement. :) my background is playing in a lot of choirs and noodling around at the piano as a kid. i have played some church organ and a bit classical piano when i was 17, i started listening to jazz and to take lessons from a great jazzpianist in norway. i have studied music at a private academy, and i am now going to attend the jazz course at the grieg academy in norway.

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