Great night with a tremendous response to the Swedish Brilliance. The unsuspected crowd appeared to be mesmerized with what they saw and it felt great playing in such a great venue.

Thanks again to Lana for taking photos, I just don’t seem to be a good subject while singing.

The set list

• Innocence
• Lifetime
• Pandemonium
• Another Day
• Inside Out Loud
• Monkey On A Boat
• Somebody Else
• Schoolboy
• I Know You
• He’s Only 21

Encore

• Pieces (Love Can Hurt You More Than War)

The first 3 EP’s compiled on the CD “The Quatrain Collection” is available here to purchase and I got some practice signing autographs at Howl At The Moon so if you get one I’ll sign it for you

Thanks for coming out despite the basketball game, hard crowd to please with Lakers-Clippers at the same time but it turned out well.

Hopefully everyone who turned up are enjoying the CD they received. Thanks to Lana for taking photos throughout the show and I hope at least a few will be good.

Set list

Innocence
Another Day
Inside Out Loud
Faith In You
Life Support
My Hometown
Monkey On A Boat
Somebody Else
Schoolboy

The CD will be available at the next show too on the 25th, details will follow.

Thanks to Angel Town Productions for putting on the great production

Great news for the fans of Swedish Brilliance, a couple of live appearances are coming up.

The first one will be at Weber’s Place in Reseda April 4th and I go on at 8PM sharp

Check out the flyer and I hope to see you all there

This is a recap of February 2012 in the life that is Swedish Brilliance, admittedly a

little late as the month of March is almost over but time is not in great supply

these days.

I had a meeting with a publishing company that went well but the music is not what

they need right now as their clients were looking for something more bluesy like

The Black Keys but perhaps in the future the needs will change or another company

will represent Swedish Brilliance to be able to get some more exposure.

I did enter a contest and actually won a year of free membership to a music marketing

website as I detailed in a previous post, that was great news and now with everything a

little bit more settled I should work on that aspect more diligently. I am grateful for

everything www.promoteyourmusic.net has taught me so far and I hope this will

be the beginning of a long and prosperous relationship.

I am working on artwork for the CD and the next EP which is due imminently and

my friend Brandon Boyt supplied the photograph for “Quatrain III” and I am still

waiting on the approval from him to use a few more for the online CD booklet.

The CD cover I am working on is a more abstract piece of art that I think

represents the eclectic song selection on the EP’s who are coming together in

“The Quatrain Collection” who combines Quatrain I-III on the 12 track CD.

I have been working on a few bookings to play live but they weren’t confirmed

in February so I leave that for individual posts and the March summary.

The tracklisting for the EP “Quatrain III”

1. Inside Out Loud
2. Innocence
3. I Know You
4. Sideshow

 
The CD tracklisting “The Quatrain Collection”

1. Another Day
2. Sunshine Hurricane
3. Somebody Else
4. Lifetime
5. Schoolboy
6. My Planet
7. Wrong Places
8. Pieces (Love can hurt you more than war)
9. Inside Out Loud
10. Innocence
11. I Know You
12. Sideshow

Hello everyone, the title says a lot but I will expand on the thought.
For years every musician was told to write great songs so you can get a record deal and become rich and famous.

Today that model seems like ancient history with only a few record companies left to actually send songs to. Enter everyone and their grandmother becoming an expert in making you famous and rich without those pesky record companies. I have worked on my own marketing and have been trying to decipher the massive amount of information that is available out there about becoming a musicians who can make a decent living. You guys have seen some of the tactics involved that may have gotten you to sign up for the mailing list and my musician friends have all tried something I’ve shared with them to see if it actually works.

I have been helped tremendously by many people but as of late the main source of my information has been coming from a Chris Rockett from Promote Your Music. The reason for the blog post is two fold, if you are a musician you need to check out his site to get some really solid advice at Promote Your Music! The second reason is to be able to enter in the magic world of his Music Marketing Class Room by sharing this with all of you. He just completed more than a months worth of handy tips for you to check out and you may also enter the competition to win a year long membership to the class room.

Check out the Competition here!

January is almost over and it’s been hectic to say the least.
The month started with making the plans for the year and starting to set the plan in motion. I got sick but got better for the live show and that went well and there’s another post about the show on the blog.

I reconnected with my friend Rich and we worked on a few tracks, songs that have been laying around not getting much love and at least one will be on the upcoming CD.

The next Quatrain is almost done and the track list will be 1: Inside Out Loud, 2: Innocence, 3: I Know You, and 4: Sideshow. I am excited about the songs and I think you guys will love them. I am using artwork in the form of a photo from the extraordinary photographer and personal friend Brandon Boyt that I hope signifies an ongoing collaboration.

I also want to release a CD with about 6 songs from the Quatrain series and 6 unreleased songs before March so be on the look out for the debut CD which is yet to be titled.

There is also most likely going to be a meeting with a music publishing company in February for a possible representation of the music which is really exciting.

Keep checking in and I hope we will have a great year together.

Micael – Swedish Brilliance

Thank you all for showing up, I had been sick so the voice gave out half way through but still had a good time.

I’ve been working on a few things and the plans are as followed

First is Quatrain III which is about to be released, second is the debut CD which is also close to being released, I’m shooting for March on the CD

The setlist from Paladino’s the other night

• Another Day
• Life Support (unreleased)
• Innocence (unreleased Quatrain III)
• Monkey On A Boat (unreleased)
• Inside Out Loud (unreleased Quatrain III)
• Schoolboy
• Somebody Else
• Pandemonium (unreleased)
• Stripped (Depeche Mode Cover)
• Pieces (love can hurt you more than war

Encore

• Lifetime

New show has been added, it’s an acoustic set at Paladino’s Night Club in Reseda on January 11th, 2012.

The set starts at 11PM. This a 21 and over only event and entrance fee is $7

Paladino’s
6101 Reseda Blvd
Tarzana, CA 91335

This is the third video response, I hope you guys like it. This one is called Inside Out Loud and is dedicated to my friend Joe who passed away earlier this year.

Please feel free to submit your favorite songs in the comment box below or on Facebook

This is the second video response and next song up for an acoustic live version is called Innocence

Thank you all for participating, if you haven’t sent me your favorite track please comment here or on Facebook and I will record a song for you