tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329339414683080714Wed, 06 Nov 2024 03:02:01 +0000Live at Skebobrukspub Aug. 2011Music, life, people, inspiration...http://evanwesterlund.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Evan Westerlund)Blogger13125en-usnoMusic, life, people, inspiration...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329339414683080714.post-2428777163342129911Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:53:00 +00002013-01-15T21:53:12.487+01:00Well, perhaps its worth writing some things here again. Explaining how energy dwindles, and recouping on a record investment is a challenge is not the thing - its more about expenditure (investment) of energy elsewhere that has been leading the way. Life is exciting, but as it happens not many new songs are coming from it. Their day will come! I promise you & myself that!http://evanwesterlund.blogspot.com/2013/01/energy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan Westerlund)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329339414683080714.post-2931014995689716032Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:35:00 +00002011-09-02T18:35:15.654+02:00Live at Skebobrukspub Aug. 2011It was a fun trip up north, albeit for only one show. Sad that the Dössberget show was cancelled, but you can't win them all! The guys & I made the trip up on Saturday to Skebobruk Aug. 27 and were greeted with an extremely warm welcome from Rolf Hedin and his gang at Skebobrukspub. What an audience! Attentive, relaxed, fun, and involved. We couldn't have asked for more. They certainly have ahttp://evanwesterlund.blogspot.com/2011/09/twangin-in-skebobruk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan Westerlund)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329339414683080714.post-3869108241649710107Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:54:00 +00002011-06-22T01:09:48.466+02:00June 21, 2011. Well, it was one year ago today, that Johan Engström and I stepped into the studio in Nashville to record the first tracks for the Still Crazy album. (Johan tuning up Paul Martin's Taylor before our first tracking session...) Man, how time flies when you're having fun. Upon reflection, I can say it had been one of the most rewarding and challenging years of my life. Rewarding in http://evanwesterlund.blogspot.com/2011/06/year-of-twang.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan Westerlund)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329339414683080714.post-2141031626900748069Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:41:00 +00002011-06-09T22:41:11.368+02:00Gotta love life! Twang is relevant everywhere, as I see it. Next week will be full of it at High Chaparral Festival, where The Smokin' Guns and I will play the big stage Friday night. It's be a fun show, full out, to wrap up the evening for everyone. Ulf "Masken" Andersson will play just before us, so we'll feed off of his talents & energy. We're also borrowing his piano player, Tomas http://evanwesterlund.blogspot.com/2011/06/high-chaparral-cd-baby.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan Westerlund)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329339414683080714.post-4129598318504201360Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:06:00 +00002011-03-25T14:06:08.848+01:00Howdy fellow twangers! Well, one could say that the Canadian radio promotion produced a "less than desirable" result, whilst simultaneously it was a good perspective generator and learning experience. I love to learn! Basically fewer radio stations than hoped for added Still Crazy, leaving the investment not delivering the ROI in terms of exposure and artist awareness than was the intent. Oh http://evanwesterlund.blogspot.com/2011/03/movin-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan Westerlund)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329339414683080714.post-3568160757703002494Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:44:00 +00002011-02-25T23:55:18.523+01:00Howdy folks & followers! Thank goodness for friends & family for sharing their comments about the single & the entire record, and thanks to all of the anonymous folks who have been requesting Still Crazy at radio stations across Canada but not getting to hear it. Thanks to the 15 stations that have picked up the song so far in Canada, and 96+ other stations around the world (that I http://evanwesterlund.blogspot.com/2011/02/radio-gaga.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan Westerlund)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329339414683080714.post-4183819096274720747Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:17:00 +00002011-02-02T13:17:14.077+01:00Howdy! Been a while! So many things to ponder, contemplate and write about, so little time to do it. But we roll on, despite. It's a speedy world! And what would a speedy world be with people to make things just a little easier for you because of their ability to give of themselves? I tend to meet a lot of those people, and I am constantly amazed by the generosity & selflessness of some. http://evanwesterlund.blogspot.com/2011/02/bull-twang.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan Westerlund)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329339414683080714.post-45084885766601176Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:52:00 +00002011-01-07T16:34:05.584+01:00Ask yourself.....would give up a secure, decent paying job just to do what you love to do and find a way to earn a living from that? It's a great question, and the answer, as I have come to learn over the years, is that not so many would do this for fear of losing what you already have. Good logic to hold a good economy - maintain a lifestyle, but also good logic to sit in your rocking chair at http://evanwesterlund.blogspot.com/2011/01/blind-faith-or-intention.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan Westerlund)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329339414683080714.post-7510210359853871459Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:51:00 +00002011-01-03T16:02:12.821+01:00When I look at the photo below, it brings back powerful memories of a challenging 2 days back in June, 2010. In the photo you see to the left James Mitchell, Larry Marrs in the middle, and Howard Duck up to the right (all three have killer Twang!).  In this "still" moment, we were making adjustments to the room mics during the early stages of the tracking sessions. I took the photo from http://evanwesterlund.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011-turn-it-up-to-11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan Westerlund)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329339414683080714.post-5244965602554339061Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:47:00 +00002010-12-27T14:51:26.301+01:00I know I should have my computer off at this point, be sleeping and preparing for a big day tomorrow (today, actually...as it is1:39 AM) but I was compelled to check my e-mail one last time before going to bed. What I found was a message from Josh Mackey at Hot Country 106.5 in Ogallala, Nebraska. Josh is the Music Director & News Director, and host of a talk show called Mid-west Opinions. http://evanwesterlund.blogspot.com/2010/12/hot-country-1065-charlie-fredrik.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan Westerlund)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329339414683080714.post-5132935251329889405Thu, 23 Dec 2010 01:26:00 +00002010-12-23T02:26:46.091+01:00In my last post I mentioned a guy with Twang named Johan Engström, as well as my early focus on Twang back in '95. I'm going to expand on those two things in this post. It's late, after midnight. I should be sleeping after a nasty bout & double-knock-out punch these past couple of weeks by "vinterkräksjuka" , as we call it here in Sweden, or in English, winter vomiting disease. It was ugly. http://evanwesterlund.blogspot.com/2010/12/desmond-harty-johan-engstrom-masters-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan Westerlund)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329339414683080714.post-983446527710853515Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:41:00 +00002010-12-18T12:19:46.607+01:00One definition of Twang: to resound with a sharp, vibrating sound. This is often associated to guitar playing. As Fredrik Silfverberg and I wrote in our song Give Me Some Twang on the Still Crazy album, "Son, you know the deal...you ain't got a thing 'less you got the twang!"...Twang is a certain sound you get when you pluck and bend the guitar strings in a certain way.  I'll be using thehttp://evanwesterlund.blogspot.com/2010/12/so-lets-get-to-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan Westerlund)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7329339414683080714.post-6984729410931821685Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:38:00 +00002010-12-18T02:13:49.508+01:00Howdy! Welcome to Give Me Some Twang! The purpose of this blog is to inspire. What I mean by this is that I am going to share with you some interesting slices of life. As you might be able to see by the background image (yes, that's me...), I am a musical artist. Where the story is gets twisted is "how" I became an artist. I don't have a musical background other than as a listener. I was never http://evanwesterlund.blogspot.com/2010/12/twangin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan Westerlund)0