Skonrokk's Last.fm Journal

Dynamic Range Day 2011

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:30:40 +0000

Here's a short little bass theme I wrote for (or inspired by) the event.

Theme for Ian

I highly recommend that you check out http://dynamicrangeday.co.uk/ to read more about the subject.

If you care about music then you care about the dynamic range. Right? ;)

Spread the word:

Dynamic music sounds better !

NO MORE Loudness War

Join us on March 25th for the Competition and Award announcements

http://dynamicrangeday.co.uk/live/

Follow the discussion on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/DynamicRangeDay

https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23drd11

New music by Danish trumpet player and vocalist HC Erbs

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:59:22 +0000

Hello friends and music lovers.

l just wanted to recommend this album here: Don't Wear It Out by HC Erbs.

HC Erbs played trumpet on the Menn Ársins (12 Steps to the Liquor Store & Allt að gerast.

Don't Wear It Out is a great sounding album with melodic jazzy pop songs. Good songs and very well produced.

Check it out and I hope you like :)

Last Chance to Say Goodbye - fretless bass solo - solo transcription

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:35:59 +0000

Here is a transcription of my fretless bass solo ft. on the Menn Ársins song "Last Chance to say goodbye" from the Menn Ársins (debut) CD.

Last Chance to Say Goodbye - fretless bass solo by Siggidóri, on Flickr

You can listen to the song at:
http://soundcloud.com/mennarsins/last-chance-to-say-goodbye

Last Chance to say goodbye (free download)

http://mennarsins.bandcamp.com/track/last-chance-to-say-goodbye (pay what you like for the album on Bandcamp)

www.reverbnation.com/artist/song_details/1170279

http://www.gogoyoko.com/#/artist/mennarsins

Haraldur Vignir Sveinbjörnsson (Red Barnett): Rhodes, vocals
Kjartan Guðnason: drums, vibraphone, percussion
Sigurdór Guðmundsson: fretless bass
Sváfnir Sigurðarson: acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Read the full article at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/siggidori/5027560504/

Í hljóðverinu með Mönnum Ársins by Siggidóri, on Flickr

New Menn Ársins song (from a radio performance) - Last.fm exclusive (so far) :)

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:50:24 +0000

Here's the song Langir skuggar [radio performance]

Recent radio performance with Menn Ársins. Unreleased track.

The mix is not so great but I really tried to save what I could in the mastering process.

Check it out and I hope you enjoy!
Have a great week!

Demo nr. 2 (with vocal melody)

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:58:15 +0000

Demo nr. 2 (with vocal melody)

The chord progression (in the verses) came when I was messing around with another song I wrote (Gengið á Gufunum (Running on Empty)). I was checking out if I could possibly use that track for Menn Ársins (or some elements from it). I still might check out if the horn melody line from that track might fit... but I'll probably just rather want to write something new. :-)

New demos

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:42:49 +0000

Here goes....!!

Demo nr. 2 (with vocal melody)

I wrote this song and recorded the demo for Menn Ársins.

I'm "singing" and playing the electric bass and the acoustic guitar. The drums are constructed from some samples I had.
I was going for a slightly distorted neck pickup tone on the bass (I was thinking a rock version of James Jamerson (Motown) ... kind of :-p)
The guitar solo was just a spur of the moment thing ....

Here is the song without the vocals: Demo nr. 2 (no melody)

Then there's....

Demo nr. 1

This is actually the first demo I've made... ever. About time I guess!

I'm playing the acoustic guitar and the fretless bass. The drums are constructed from some samples I had. Also an demo I made for Menn Ársins.

Few spelling errors I've noticed on some Menn Ársins tracks

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:36:41 +0000

"12 Steps to the Liqour Store" should be "12 Steps to the Liquor Store", "Pögnin Heyrir Allt" should be "Þögnin heyrir allt" and "Pegar Augu Okkar Mætast" should be "Þegar augu okkar mætast"

Last.fm. Correct spelling - artist and track spelling auto-correction - 12 Steps to the Liquor Store by Menn Ársins

Thu, 5 Feb 2009 14:30:05 +0000

The last.fm artist and track spelling auto-correction is here. And it's far from perfect yet.

After this feature became active. Listeners of the Menn Ársins track "12 Steps to the Liquor Store" Have been redirected to an older spelling of the track name, a spelling the band used before the album came out. The spelling used before the release of the album was "12 Steps 2 the Liquor Store".

As anyone can see in tracklist from the Menn Ársins album info. Then the artist himself made that way of spelling the tracks very very clear.

I can't help but wonder how on earth last.fm came to the conclusion it came to.

I would appreciate if listeners would flag and suggest corrections accordingly!

Thank you! :-)

You can now buy the Menn Ársins (Iceland) CD - directly from the band (via Pay Pal). (Packed in Digipak) (Price: $18. Shipping is included, world wide)

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:13:52 +0000

Buy the Menn Ársins CD via Pay Pal

You can now buy the debut CD from Menn Ársins (Iceland) directly from the band. They'll personally wrap the CD and take it to the post office!

The price is $18 which includes packing and world wide shipping.

All the 12 tracks from the album (self titled Menn Ársins) are available for full preview here on last.fm and some even for free download.

So.... hope you like and ... sponsor independent music!

The track list:
Augun Opnast
Running a Motorway
Póstkort
Allt að gerast
Mary Kelly
What Good is a Love Song
Sjáumst fljótlega aftur
Þögnin heyrir allt
Þegar augu okkar mætast
Love to Turn you on
Last Chance to say goodbye
12 Steps to the Liquor Store

Menn Ársins are:
Haraldur Vignir Sveinbjörnsson (a.k.a. Red Barnett) - keyboard, guitar, vocals
Kjartan “Diddi” Guðnason – drums and percussion, background vocals
Sigurdór Guðmundsson – electric bass
Sváfnir Sigurðarson – vocals, guitar

"12 Steps to the Liquor Store" live recording from Poppland radio show on Rás 2 of RUV (Channel 2 of the Icelandic National Radio)

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:49:26 +0000

Menn Ársins performing 12 Steps to the Liquor Store on a radio show.

Recorded on 6th of June 2008.
Click here to LISTEN!

The event on last.fm
Some pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/siggidori/sets/72157605852382682/