Just a quick note to say tat www.myspace.com/theguitarslingers is up and running thanks to Jukka Oja. Check it out1
Ben
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Good Morning
Guitar Slingers, I forgot how good this band can sound :-) Everyone had a smile on their face when we rehearsed yesterday. We've included a couple of songs never played by this lineup before and it will be great to do some gigs again.
IMPORTANT NOTE! The Guitar Slingers Kotkan Meripäivät gig has been rescheduled to sunday the 27.7 at 14.00!! Bring your family along it'll be a great day in the sun...hopefully we'll have some sunshine!?
I'm going back to bed to catch a little sleep before I head out to back my gear for the gigs...
ZZZZ,
Ben
IMPORTANT NOTE! The Guitar Slingers Kotkan Meripäivät gig has been rescheduled to sunday the 27.7 at 14.00!! Bring your family along it'll be a great day in the sun...hopefully we'll have some sunshine!?
I'm going back to bed to catch a little sleep before I head out to back my gear for the gigs...
ZZZZ,
Ben
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Life!
Life is great ! My wife Jonna gave birth to our daughter april 30th. 4310gr and 52 cm. All is well in the family...Jim is confused but that was expected.
We've been in the studio and have 2 songs completly ready + 1 missing vocals.
I'm taking a little break from BGB to be with the family and then do few Guitar Slingers gigs.
BGB start work again in June with a couple of gigs and more studio sessions.
Be well, I am!
Ben
We've been in the studio and have 2 songs completly ready + 1 missing vocals.
I'm taking a little break from BGB to be with the family and then do few Guitar Slingers gigs.
BGB start work again in June with a couple of gigs and more studio sessions.
Be well, I am!
Ben
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Yes!!!
Well, the first whole gig with Kasper went really good! He's in for sure! can't wait for more gigs but first more rehearsals, new songs and studio.
By the way, here's a link to a review of Sum of Memories http://grooveyardrecords.com/bengranfeltband.html
Can't really ask for anything more in a review, can you?
New photos from Germany up as well later today, check them out!
Ben
By the way, here's a link to a review of Sum of Memories http://grooveyardrecords.com/bengranfeltband.html
Can't really ask for anything more in a review, can you?
New photos from Germany up as well later today, check them out!
Ben
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Howdy,
The GTR tour is done... I almost wish it would go on since we had a great time. I'd like to thank Jartse, Pepe, Pekka, Juuso, Anssi and Miri + of course Riku our soundguy... Well done! I know I got some new friends 'cos I sold out all my cds :-)
This upcoming saturday BGB will play the first gig with Kasper Mårtenson as a full band member! We're rehearsing new stuff and for those who come down to the Texas Bar&Grill we'll play at least 4 songs that haven't been played live before!
After the weekend we'll be in Miri's studio recording the first 2-3 new songs.
Why a keyboard player in BGB you might ask? ...well, I want more textures and also I don't want to have to fill up every little space with guitar sounds. All the new songs I've written will have keyboards and Kasper is an obvious choise since he has played with us on various jams before + he's a very relaxed nice guy.
Last sunday I saw Tommy Emanuel here in Helsinki.... what a player! Unbelivable chops but he knows when to use them and when not. He played a lot of beautiful originals and ended the concert with a fantastic version of Imagine...I was in tears! Honestly! If you like great music check him out.
That's it for now...I have to learn new lyrics for the rehearsals tomorrow.
C U
Ben
This upcoming saturday BGB will play the first gig with Kasper Mårtenson as a full band member! We're rehearsing new stuff and for those who come down to the Texas Bar&Grill we'll play at least 4 songs that haven't been played live before!
After the weekend we'll be in Miri's studio recording the first 2-3 new songs.
Why a keyboard player in BGB you might ask? ...well, I want more textures and also I don't want to have to fill up every little space with guitar sounds. All the new songs I've written will have keyboards and Kasper is an obvious choise since he has played with us on various jams before + he's a very relaxed nice guy.
Last sunday I saw Tommy Emanuel here in Helsinki.... what a player! Unbelivable chops but he knows when to use them and when not. He played a lot of beautiful originals and ended the concert with a fantastic version of Imagine...I was in tears! Honestly! If you like great music check him out.
That's it for now...I have to learn new lyrics for the rehearsals tomorrow.
C U
Ben
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Good Morning,
It's 7.40 in the morning and I've just dressed Jim and sent him and Jonna off to daycare / work.
Very rock'n'roll indeed :-)
Yesterday I did a recording for a TV show called Guitar Club.It is hosted by the very talented Marsi Nyman, 45 mins of only guitars and equipment + a 1 take live performance of my version of Cocaine with Anssi Nykänen on drums and Harri Rantanen on bass (we couldn't do another take because on union rules with lunch breaks etc.). The show with about 20 chapters will start in the autumn on the MTV MAX channel here in Finland. Before me they did a chapter with Varre Vartianen on guitar...incidently the house band and Marsi are members in Varres Husband band ... they we're so good I almost went home :-) seriously!!
Later today we rehearse with the GTR Tour band in Tampere and the first show is on saturday in Kokkola. I'm sure it'll be a cool tour!
Ok, gotta run to the train...
C U out there,
Ben
Very rock'n'roll indeed :-)
Yesterday I did a recording for a TV show called Guitar Club.It is hosted by the very talented Marsi Nyman, 45 mins of only guitars and equipment + a 1 take live performance of my version of Cocaine with Anssi Nykänen on drums and Harri Rantanen on bass (we couldn't do another take because on union rules with lunch breaks etc.). The show with about 20 chapters will start in the autumn on the MTV MAX channel here in Finland. Before me they did a chapter with Varre Vartianen on guitar...incidently the house band and Marsi are members in Varres Husband band ... they we're so good I almost went home :-) seriously!!
Later today we rehearse with the GTR Tour band in Tampere and the first show is on saturday in Kokkola. I'm sure it'll be a cool tour!
Ok, gotta run to the train...
C U out there,
Ben
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Home sweet home...
Dubai was great! Got the flu but that's alright, it was worth it :-)
It looks like we'll go back later this year...more about that asap.
John and Anssi were great! Good Laughs!
Getting ready for the GTR gigs,
C U
Ben
It looks like we'll go back later this year...more about that asap.
John and Anssi were great! Good Laughs!
Getting ready for the GTR gigs,
C U
Ben
Friday, February 22, 2008
Hello from Dubai
Life is grand sometimes :-) Things are good in Dubai... we had a great gig yesterday and the audience really dug us. at first I was afraid they would walk away because of the stage volume (which wasnt loud at all!) but NO! a great succes indeed!
Anssi Nykanen on drums... well, he is a bit crazy in a positive way and what a drummer! He took the house down with his drum solo.
We also had a little 30 min jam with Lori from Canada who played before us, what a great singer! Thank God I only had to play guitar.
People are very friendly here and try to do the best they can to make us feel good.
We met a lot of Finns after the gig who wanted to show us around and they knew everywater hole in the town.
Next gig on sunday, cant wait :-)
C U
Ben
Anssi Nykanen on drums... well, he is a bit crazy in a positive way and what a drummer! He took the house down with his drum solo.
We also had a little 30 min jam with Lori from Canada who played before us, what a great singer! Thank God I only had to play guitar.
People are very friendly here and try to do the best they can to make us feel good.
We met a lot of Finns after the gig who wanted to show us around and they knew everywater hole in the town.
Next gig on sunday, cant wait :-)
C U
Ben
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Thanks...
We had a great time in Germany and the 3 last gigs were really good with very good crowds. This week Dubai and then hopefully in to the studio to record the first 3-4 new songs.
Here are a couple of links to pictures from the tour.
http://i2pm.zenfolio.com/p451107949/
http://www.accu-becher.de/Ben/
Cheers and Danke schön!
Ben, Miri and John (Mr. Mummelman)
Here are a couple of links to pictures from the tour.
http://i2pm.zenfolio.com/p451107949/
http://www.accu-becher.de/Ben/
Cheers and Danke schön!
Ben, Miri and John (Mr. Mummelman)
Friday, February 15, 2008
Guten Tag...
We're back in Wetter after two days on the road (Hereford and Reinheim). It was great to get out and play live again, the new songs are getting familiar to us and they have gotten great comments from the fans.
Colin from the UK came over to Hereford and brought us some cds to listen to in the van, thanks.
Christian Tolle came by earlier during reheasals and played some of his new stuff for us...what a killer player! He also gave us a copy of the new Steve Lukather cd which sounded very good too. DON'T WORRY! I'M BUYING A LEGAL CD AS SOON AS IT'S OUT :-)
I've only got working titles for the new songs we play live, and they are Julie (heavy early -70s stuff), Suck it up! (Heavy funk) and Mr.Johnson (an instrumental tribute to Eric Johnson).The rest of the new ones we'll be working on in Helsinki in march. A lot of the new one's will have keyboards because they feel like they need them...to get a -70's vibe you know he,he
I'm looking forward to tonights gig because we rehearsed here and the crew here is so nice so we'll try to play our best... better hide that Jaegermaester bottle Miri and John :-)
I've got some news about Guitar Slingers that I'll post when I get home next week.
Rock on!
Ben
Ben
Colin from the UK came over to Hereford and brought us some cds to listen to in the van, thanks.
Christian Tolle came by earlier during reheasals and played some of his new stuff for us...what a killer player! He also gave us a copy of the new Steve Lukather cd which sounded very good too. DON'T WORRY! I'M BUYING A LEGAL CD AS SOON AS IT'S OUT :-)
I've only got working titles for the new songs we play live, and they are Julie (heavy early -70s stuff), Suck it up! (Heavy funk) and Mr.Johnson (an instrumental tribute to Eric Johnson).The rest of the new ones we'll be working on in Helsinki in march. A lot of the new one's will have keyboards because they feel like they need them...to get a -70's vibe you know he,he
I'm looking forward to tonights gig because we rehearsed here and the crew here is so nice so we'll try to play our best... better hide that Jaegermaester bottle Miri and John :-)
I've got some news about Guitar Slingers that I'll post when I get home next week.
Rock on!
Ben
Ben
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Greetings from Germany!
Here we are in Wetter and our third day of rehearsals for new songs. So far we've recorded ruogh demos of 9 songs. Some are not more than jams and some we will play live already tomorrow!
We are rehearsing at Live Earth Music Hall here in Wetter and we couldn't hope for better hospitality. Gunther and his team are taking very good care of us indeed :-)
We will actually play here on friday so it'll be nice to play some of the stuff we've been torturing them with "for real".
Gunther is putting his final touch to his new studio and it looks really good with very nice equipment and good rooms etc.
The gig in Haltern last friday was a very nice suprise also. Good stage, good PA, nice big crowd and of course Frank and his band Punk Floyd did a very good jobb as support and had done a great jobb with promotion ...many old Wishbone fans in the audience too!
Well, my ears have rested enough ...back to rehearsals :-)
C U
Ben
We are rehearsing at Live Earth Music Hall here in Wetter and we couldn't hope for better hospitality. Gunther and his team are taking very good care of us indeed :-)
We will actually play here on friday so it'll be nice to play some of the stuff we've been torturing them with "for real".
Gunther is putting his final touch to his new studio and it looks really good with very nice equipment and good rooms etc.
The gig in Haltern last friday was a very nice suprise also. Good stage, good PA, nice big crowd and of course Frank and his band Punk Floyd did a very good jobb as support and had done a great jobb with promotion ...many old Wishbone fans in the audience too!
Well, my ears have rested enough ...back to rehearsals :-)
C U
Ben
Thursday, February 07, 2008
On the road again...
Tomorrow we leave for Hamburg where we're staying for 1 night before the first gig. We'll probably visit Down Town Blues Club for dinner and some drinks :-)
We've rehearsed only once due to everyones busy schedules but the feeling is there and hopefully the almighty muscle memory will take care of the rest he,he...
C U out there...
Ben
We've rehearsed only once due to everyones busy schedules but the feeling is there and hopefully the almighty muscle memory will take care of the rest he,he...
C U out there...
Ben
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Welcome!
Hope you like the new design! Micke has done a great jobb as usual. There is still a lot of info to come but the basics are here, surf around and enjoy.The equipment page is coming along again...check it out!
2008 started with 3 Granfelt / Nikku Gigs. I or, I must say we were SO positively suprised by the turn out on the gigs!! Thanks a lot for coming! There will be more gigs during the summer and in the autumn for sure.
I've had plenty of time to spend with my family and Jim (now 1 year and 9 months) witnessed his first soundcheck last week wednesday. He had his own Ukulele in bag with him and created quite a show when he strapped it on and played(!?) along when we checked the levels etc. Way to go Jimi boy!
I've also had time to train more BJJ and beyond any of my expectations I was awarded the brown belt by our Brazilian master Alexandre Paiva in December. Today writting this I'm sitting here with a pulled muscle in my back... I'm getting old ha,ha...
It'll be a pleasure to go on the road with Miri and Johnny again in February, we'll have some time to rehearse new songs and hopefully some new old stuff as well.
That's about it for now, cheers!
Ben
PS. Thanks for all the nice comments, sms and emails about the TV Documentary :-)
2008 started with 3 Granfelt / Nikku Gigs. I or, I must say we were SO positively suprised by the turn out on the gigs!! Thanks a lot for coming! There will be more gigs during the summer and in the autumn for sure.
I've had plenty of time to spend with my family and Jim (now 1 year and 9 months) witnessed his first soundcheck last week wednesday. He had his own Ukulele in bag with him and created quite a show when he strapped it on and played(!?) along when we checked the levels etc. Way to go Jimi boy!
I've also had time to train more BJJ and beyond any of my expectations I was awarded the brown belt by our Brazilian master Alexandre Paiva in December. Today writting this I'm sitting here with a pulled muscle in my back... I'm getting old ha,ha...
It'll be a pleasure to go on the road with Miri and Johnny again in February, we'll have some time to rehearse new songs and hopefully some new old stuff as well.
That's about it for now, cheers!
Ben
PS. Thanks for all the nice comments, sms and emails about the TV Documentary :-)
Monday, December 17, 2007
End of the year!
Thanks for a great year everyone! We had about 73 gigs this year and we ended at On the Rocks with a great gig! Thanks to Kasper, Bryn and Igi for helping out. We were really ON, + we had a great crowd!
Some news;
I was recently awarded the Golden Emma Guitarist of the year Award by the Sounds Society.
It was a great honour to receive it an I'm very proud of it!
The TV Documentary will be aired on the 2.1.08 at 20.25 on FST5 and then again the 6.1.08 at 13.15 if I remember correctly.
We will close the webpage execpt for the BLOG for the rest of the year since we are redesigning it. Sorry for that but it will hopefully be much better :-) We're hoping to have it back up and running during the first week of january.
I'd like to thank Miri and John for the best gigs I've done! This is truly a great band! Next year will be spent writting and recording a new studio album. We will do some dates in Germany but mainly take it easy and consentrate on the recordings.
The Granfelt/Nikku Guitar Fest. will do some gigs in january, the 12th at Texas Outback Bar&Grill (formerly known as Eats!) and the 23rd at Herys pub Helsinki. We will have new songs in the set and even some new originals !
Oh, and little Jim will have a little sister in may :-) I'm the happiest man alive!
Merry X-mas and Happy 2008 to all!
Ben
Some news;
I was recently awarded the Golden Emma Guitarist of the year Award by the Sounds Society.
It was a great honour to receive it an I'm very proud of it!
The TV Documentary will be aired on the 2.1.08 at 20.25 on FST5 and then again the 6.1.08 at 13.15 if I remember correctly.
We will close the webpage execpt for the BLOG for the rest of the year since we are redesigning it. Sorry for that but it will hopefully be much better :-) We're hoping to have it back up and running during the first week of january.
I'd like to thank Miri and John for the best gigs I've done! This is truly a great band! Next year will be spent writting and recording a new studio album. We will do some dates in Germany but mainly take it easy and consentrate on the recordings.
The Granfelt/Nikku Guitar Fest. will do some gigs in january, the 12th at Texas Outback Bar&Grill (formerly known as Eats!) and the 23rd at Herys pub Helsinki. We will have new songs in the set and even some new originals !
Oh, and little Jim will have a little sister in may :-) I'm the happiest man alive!
Merry X-mas and Happy 2008 to all!
Ben
Friday, November 23, 2007
more news...
Issue 4 of the Finnish GuitarFan magazine has an interview + gear special with me. Altogether 8 pages !
Ben
Ben
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Hello again,
Well, it's been awhile since my last blog...sorry!
I caught the flu staight after the tour and still had tons of things to do...
Anyway, the tour went well and I'd like to thank Miri, John, Mattes, Ralf, Britta and Saxon for making it easy and smooth.The last show at Charly's was recorded and I thought it was a really good show so we'll probably release some of it in some form sooner or later.
On a very sad note I would like to send my condolenses to Rosi Papes family and friends.
Rosi was supposed to do the merch on this tour but on the same day we started she was taken to hospital and when we got home I got the sad news that she had passed away after a long fight with cancer. Rosi was a kind , funny and always smiling person who has helped BGB out in many ways. Rest in Peace Rosi! You will be missed!
We do have some good news too. BGB will be back in Germany in early february and then at the end of February we'll go to Dubai for the Dubai Jazz festival theme week! That'll be great!
I will also be part of the GTR Tour 2008 in Finland (march-april). This tour features 3 guitar players with a house band. This year it's Jartse Tuominen (also the organiser), Pepe Ahlqvist and me.
Things to do ;
All BGB and GTR dates will be up on the gig page asap.
The TV documentary will be aired on TV2 FST early january, I should get the exact date soon.
I have tons of pictures that I need to put up once I figure out how to do it :-)
We've got 5 gigs in Finland before we take a short break AND we have some T-shirts left. Tour shirts, Ringer shirts and Girlie shirts ONLY 15 euros!.
On the Rocks the 7th of december will once again feature Kasper Mårtenson on keyboards and possibly 1 or 2 guest singers.
Take care and all the best,
Ben
I caught the flu staight after the tour and still had tons of things to do...
Anyway, the tour went well and I'd like to thank Miri, John, Mattes, Ralf, Britta and Saxon for making it easy and smooth.The last show at Charly's was recorded and I thought it was a really good show so we'll probably release some of it in some form sooner or later.
On a very sad note I would like to send my condolenses to Rosi Papes family and friends.
Rosi was supposed to do the merch on this tour but on the same day we started she was taken to hospital and when we got home I got the sad news that she had passed away after a long fight with cancer. Rosi was a kind , funny and always smiling person who has helped BGB out in many ways. Rest in Peace Rosi! You will be missed!
We do have some good news too. BGB will be back in Germany in early february and then at the end of February we'll go to Dubai for the Dubai Jazz festival theme week! That'll be great!
I will also be part of the GTR Tour 2008 in Finland (march-april). This tour features 3 guitar players with a house band. This year it's Jartse Tuominen (also the organiser), Pepe Ahlqvist and me.
Things to do ;
All BGB and GTR dates will be up on the gig page asap.
The TV documentary will be aired on TV2 FST early january, I should get the exact date soon.
I have tons of pictures that I need to put up once I figure out how to do it :-)
We've got 5 gigs in Finland before we take a short break AND we have some T-shirts left. Tour shirts, Ringer shirts and Girlie shirts ONLY 15 euros!.
On the Rocks the 7th of december will once again feature Kasper Mårtenson on keyboards and possibly 1 or 2 guest singers.
Take care and all the best,
Ben
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Greetings from Saltzburg!
Great show last night and a very nice venue too! The last time I was here was 10 years ago with the Guitar Slingers :-) ... memories, memories ha,ha
We've had some very nice shows but unforunately also some bad luck with a couple of shows...snowy wheater and the no smoking ban seem to affect some clubs very hard with loosing half their clientel. I guess it will take some time to ge the people back in to the clubs, I just hope they don' t have to close before that... it's a tough business!
On www.youtube.com you can find some new live clips taken by our good friend Reinhard.
John is fitting in (on?) like a tight glove and we're having a great time.
being on the road is great but sometimes the journeys really take their toll (1800 km in the last 3 days!!).
Random stuff that's happening ....,
John was in high spirits when he found out that one of the venues (Village in Habach) was the set for a legendery German XXX movie that he's got on VHS.... he's now looking for the dvd version with bonus material :-)
We have a chance to record the last show on this tour for (yet) another live album. I think that unless we're dead tired we'll do it for historys sake.
I've had a bit of time in the hotel rooms and can happily say that I have 8 song ideas ready for the next album... It's great when inspiration flows ha,ha!
Still many dates left , come and join us!
all the best,
Ben
We've had some very nice shows but unforunately also some bad luck with a couple of shows...snowy wheater and the no smoking ban seem to affect some clubs very hard with loosing half their clientel. I guess it will take some time to ge the people back in to the clubs, I just hope they don' t have to close before that... it's a tough business!
On www.youtube.com you can find some new live clips taken by our good friend Reinhard.
John is fitting in (on?) like a tight glove and we're having a great time.
being on the road is great but sometimes the journeys really take their toll (1800 km in the last 3 days!!).
Random stuff that's happening ....,
John was in high spirits when he found out that one of the venues (Village in Habach) was the set for a legendery German XXX movie that he's got on VHS.... he's now looking for the dvd version with bonus material :-)
We have a chance to record the last show on this tour for (yet) another live album. I think that unless we're dead tired we'll do it for historys sake.
I've had a bit of time in the hotel rooms and can happily say that I have 8 song ideas ready for the next album... It's great when inspiration flows ha,ha!
Still many dates left , come and join us!
all the best,
Ben
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Tour going well!
4 gigs on the German tour behind and we're on a roll! Execpt for Neustadt the nubers have been very good with Föhr being one hell of a party! check out this link for pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/photomanufactury/sets/72157602439150265/
I'm at home writing this while Miri and John are enjoying the 3 off days in Hamburg.
Tomorrow I'm flying out to continue with 10 dates in row, see ya all out there!
Cheers,
Ben
I'm at home writing this while Miri and John are enjoying the 3 off days in Hamburg.
Tomorrow I'm flying out to continue with 10 dates in row, see ya all out there!
Cheers,
Ben
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Gringos Locos
Well, ahemm.... check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OfOAMQWiAA
Judge for your self bu it was fun to see:-) Tht's me with the black guitar and Miri behind the drums.
Ben
Judge for your self bu it was fun to see:-) Tht's me with the black guitar and Miri behind the drums.
Ben
Monday, September 24, 2007
Great gigs!
We had some really good gigs last weekend! Kokkola and Seinäjoki were especially good! The band is ON!
I realize I posted the wrong date for the Liberte´gig here below earlier.It is the 27.9 and due to Miris prior commitments we'll start 21.30! Spread the word and get your pals up and out from that couch! Fot those who goes to work the next day, you'll be in bed by 23.30 latest so come on out!
Cheers,
Ben
I realize I posted the wrong date for the Liberte´gig here below earlier.It is the 27.9 and due to Miris prior commitments we'll start 21.30! Spread the word and get your pals up and out from that couch! Fot those who goes to work the next day, you'll be in bed by 23.30 latest so come on out!
Cheers,
Ben
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
My Space
Forgot to say that www.myspace.com/bengranfeltband has a couple of soundclips from the new album and I'll try to update the blog there as well...now that I remember the pass word.
Ben
Ben
Yahoooo....
The gigs so far have been great! John is fitting in very well and I couldn't be happier :-) Many new faces in the audience! Thanks for coming!
Please note that Club Liberte´ (gig the 26.9) has done what a lot of clubs should do!!! Showtime 21.00 !!!!
Also the 17.10 has a new venue, it's is called Painthouse in Dortmund.
We're rocking!
Ben
PS. It seems to be incredible hard to get any media interest in BGB so if anyone knows someone in the press please help out! Or use the internet by posting on music forums etc. contact radio stations to request BGB songs, interviews .
Please note that Club Liberte´ (gig the 26.9) has done what a lot of clubs should do!!! Showtime 21.00 !!!!
Also the 17.10 has a new venue, it's is called Painthouse in Dortmund.
We're rocking!
Ben
PS. It seems to be incredible hard to get any media interest in BGB so if anyone knows someone in the press please help out! Or use the internet by posting on music forums etc. contact radio stations to request BGB songs, interviews .
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Gettin' ready...
Well, the Granfelt / Nikku guitar Fest. gigs are done now and AGAIN I must say, What a band!
Tipe guesting on vocals did a great jobb as did Tommi Rautianen who subbed on 2 gigs. We're talking about recording and more gigs in january so stay tuned!
BGB is getting ready for action! Check out TV2 Betina S the 3rd of september, we'll play 2-3 songs live and I'll tell some stories about the new album etc.
AND you'll also see and hear the new bass player !!!
We've rehearsed 3 times already and I am VERY pleased so far, a few new arrangements and 3 new songs in the set. We'll be doing a "rehearsal" gig at Boothill in Helsinki the 7.9 before we start the tour.
Can't wait to get out there again!
Ben
Tipe guesting on vocals did a great jobb as did Tommi Rautianen who subbed on 2 gigs. We're talking about recording and more gigs in january so stay tuned!
BGB is getting ready for action! Check out TV2 Betina S the 3rd of september, we'll play 2-3 songs live and I'll tell some stories about the new album etc.
AND you'll also see and hear the new bass player !!!
We've rehearsed 3 times already and I am VERY pleased so far, a few new arrangements and 3 new songs in the set. We'll be doing a "rehearsal" gig at Boothill in Helsinki the 7.9 before we start the tour.
Can't wait to get out there again!
Ben
Friday, August 17, 2007
Here we go again...
Alright, back after a relaxing week in the hot zone of Tunis and ready to rock...
Todays Lahti Jazz Tori is the last gig with Anssi Växby on bass and I'd like to thank him for being there, playing well and sampling some whiskeys with me :-)
Tomorrow for the Bakers show Ako Kiski will jump in for a one of before we start rehearsing with our new bass player next week... You'll get his name in september before the tour starts here in Finland. We are scheduled to appear on TV2 in the program Betina S. the 3rd of September and the album will be out the 5th.
I have also today updated the gigs page with the German tourdates + 1 more gig in Helsinki the 15.9 at the Boot Hill Pub.
We now have a total of 4 gigs in Helsinki during sept-oct. Why? you may ask. Well, I think taht all these gigs are in different parts of Helsinki and it's about time I put my name back on the map (of Helsinki that is!). In december we'll play On the Rocks again which of course is the big gig for us here.
Be well, and C U out there!
Ben
Todays Lahti Jazz Tori is the last gig with Anssi Växby on bass and I'd like to thank him for being there, playing well and sampling some whiskeys with me :-)
Tomorrow for the Bakers show Ako Kiski will jump in for a one of before we start rehearsing with our new bass player next week... You'll get his name in september before the tour starts here in Finland. We are scheduled to appear on TV2 in the program Betina S. the 3rd of September and the album will be out the 5th.
I have also today updated the gigs page with the German tourdates + 1 more gig in Helsinki the 15.9 at the Boot Hill Pub.
We now have a total of 4 gigs in Helsinki during sept-oct. Why? you may ask. Well, I think taht all these gigs are in different parts of Helsinki and it's about time I put my name back on the map (of Helsinki that is!). In december we'll play On the Rocks again which of course is the big gig for us here.
Be well, and C U out there!
Ben
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Youtube video clips
I just got a message from our friend Reinhard in Germany that he has put up some video clips from the march 2007 tour on Youtube.com type in ben granfelt band and they should show up.
Tomorrow we'll be back in Germany for 3 more festival dates and then I'm off on a holiday to Tunis with my family, Yeah Baby!
C U
Ben
Tomorrow we'll be back in Germany for 3 more festival dates and then I'm off on a holiday to Tunis with my family, Yeah Baby!
C U
Ben
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Gig change and other news
Hi everyone,
The 4th of august has a new venue and town due to a wedding booking...
The new venue is,
Kulturbahnhof
Bahnhofstr.14
53947 Nettersheim/Eifel
I received the master for "Notes from the Road" today and it sounds good. I will inform you about the exact release date soon.
The gigs at Burg Hertzberg and Live Earth Music HAll went really well and we had a great time...can't wait to get back to Germany in august :-)
Tomorrow we're in Tampere and then Helsinki with Granfelt / Nikku Guitar Festival. Don't miss these gigs if you're in town ... we're on fire :-)
C U
Ben
The 4th of august has a new venue and town due to a wedding booking...
The new venue is,
Kulturbahnhof
Bahnhofstr.14
53947 Nettersheim/Eifel
I received the master for "Notes from the Road" today and it sounds good. I will inform you about the exact release date soon.
The gigs at Burg Hertzberg and Live Earth Music HAll went really well and we had a great time...can't wait to get back to Germany in august :-)
Tomorrow we're in Tampere and then Helsinki with Granfelt / Nikku Guitar Festival. Don't miss these gigs if you're in town ... we're on fire :-)
C U
Ben
Sunday, July 01, 2007
I'm back!
Hi Guys and Gals,
The new album is finnished and has been sent to Germany for mastering, artwork etc.
The title will be "Notes from the Road", complete track listing is as follows,
1. Going Home 2007
2. Notruf Theme (instr.)
3. Can't wait another day
4. Cocaine
5. The long road home (instr.)
6. Intro Jam (live)
7. Check up from the neck up (live)
8. Falling of a drunken Horse (live)
9. Bridge of dreams (live)
10. All I want to be (live)
11. Giong Home (live)
It will be released in Germany and Finland early September.
I've put up new tour dates for Finland so check them out and come along with your friends for a good time. I will also announce the new bass player in time for the release. During the summer Anssi Vexby and Ako Kiiski will help out on bass duties.
The German tour dates in October-November will be up later.
Yesterday the Granfelt / Nikku guitar fest. played at Swengi in Järvenpää for the Puisto Blues festival. I apologize for not informing about this gig! I simply forgot! The house was packed and we had a good time. There are more gigs to come, check the gigs page!
For the US fans who write to me I'd like to say Thanks for the kind words but unfortunately at the moment there are no gigs planned. HOWEVER "The Sum of Memories" will be out on Grooveyard Records over there. http://www.grooveyardrecords.com/ has a lot of interesting guitars stuff so check it out.
Also at some point in the future my 3 first albums will be rereleased with a few bonus tracks. We just have to find the right time to do it.It would be nice to make a double cd with new artwork and booklet...
That's it for now, enjoy the summer and C U out there!
Ben
The new album is finnished and has been sent to Germany for mastering, artwork etc.
The title will be "Notes from the Road", complete track listing is as follows,
1. Going Home 2007
2. Notruf Theme (instr.)
3. Can't wait another day
4. Cocaine
5. The long road home (instr.)
6. Intro Jam (live)
7. Check up from the neck up (live)
8. Falling of a drunken Horse (live)
9. Bridge of dreams (live)
10. All I want to be (live)
11. Giong Home (live)
It will be released in Germany and Finland early September.
I've put up new tour dates for Finland so check them out and come along with your friends for a good time. I will also announce the new bass player in time for the release. During the summer Anssi Vexby and Ako Kiiski will help out on bass duties.
The German tour dates in October-November will be up later.
Yesterday the Granfelt / Nikku guitar fest. played at Swengi in Järvenpää for the Puisto Blues festival. I apologize for not informing about this gig! I simply forgot! The house was packed and we had a good time. There are more gigs to come, check the gigs page!
For the US fans who write to me I'd like to say Thanks for the kind words but unfortunately at the moment there are no gigs planned. HOWEVER "The Sum of Memories" will be out on Grooveyard Records over there. http://www.grooveyardrecords.com/ has a lot of interesting guitars stuff so check it out.
Also at some point in the future my 3 first albums will be rereleased with a few bonus tracks. We just have to find the right time to do it.It would be nice to make a double cd with new artwork and booklet...
That's it for now, enjoy the summer and C U out there!
Ben
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Studio report
Hello,
Miri and I just finnished mixing 6 live tracks from the 2006 Ashcon show for the upcoming album. The tracks are Intro Jam, Check up from the neck up, Falling off a drunken Horse, Bridge of dreams, All I want to be and Going Home.
Next we're going to record 5 studio tracks and if everything goes well then the release will be in september for Finland and Europe just in time for the next tours in Finland and Germany.
I also added a few gigs again to the gigs page, check them out!
Ben
Miri and I just finnished mixing 6 live tracks from the 2006 Ashcon show for the upcoming album. The tracks are Intro Jam, Check up from the neck up, Falling off a drunken Horse, Bridge of dreams, All I want to be and Going Home.
Next we're going to record 5 studio tracks and if everything goes well then the release will be in september for Finland and Europe just in time for the next tours in Finland and Germany.
I also added a few gigs again to the gigs page, check them out!
Ben
Friday, May 04, 2007
Quick update!
Hi all,
Tonight I'm playing with Coverfreaks at On the Rocks! I forgot to mention this earlier Sorry! It'll be a good night of rock'n'roll!
Also updated the Gig page today + ther'll be more shows coming so stay tuned and get ready.
Ben
Tonight I'm playing with Coverfreaks at On the Rocks! I forgot to mention this earlier Sorry! It'll be a good night of rock'n'roll!
Also updated the Gig page today + ther'll be more shows coming so stay tuned and get ready.
Ben
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Hello again
Hello again...long time no text! Sorry!
The last weeks have been quite hectic! We (my family) moved into a new appartment and as you all know packing, moving and unpacking is very stressfull. On top of this we had the funeral of my favourite Aunt who passed away very suddenly. On a positive side Jims doing great and I can't believe that he already 1 year old! He's walking around in our new home trying to hide my cds and chew up the TV remote, what a little prince :-)
Harri has decided to step down from the bassplayer role due to too much work with other acts. We're friends and I totally understand him + he already did a gig with us after leaving :-). This gig was the Silja Rock cruise and as Miri couldn't do this gig we had Anssi Nykänen on drums... a lot of fun was had and the gig was great!
On the subject of bassplayers, Ako Kiiski will do the gigs in Rovaniemi at the end of May and Anssi Vexby will do all the summer dates.
I'm hoping to get Anssi, Ako and Harri to play on the forth coming album since they are all great players... We're going to do 5 studiotracks and then mix 6 live tracks from ASHCON 2006.
The release is sometime in September.
I will have a serious chat with Miri regarding a new bassplayer...or maybe we should call ourselves Ben Granfelt Duo + bass player he,he
If anyone is interested or has any suggestions re. bass players drop me a mail at sprucefield@bengranfelt.com
We had a meeting with Jarmo Nikku and I will book some gigs for the summer with the Granfelt/Nikku Guitar Fest.This will be a cool summer... I mean a warm cool summer with nice gigs!
I will update some more BGB gigs also during this week so check the gigpage later on.
Cheers,
Ben
The last weeks have been quite hectic! We (my family) moved into a new appartment and as you all know packing, moving and unpacking is very stressfull. On top of this we had the funeral of my favourite Aunt who passed away very suddenly. On a positive side Jims doing great and I can't believe that he already 1 year old! He's walking around in our new home trying to hide my cds and chew up the TV remote, what a little prince :-)
Harri has decided to step down from the bassplayer role due to too much work with other acts. We're friends and I totally understand him + he already did a gig with us after leaving :-). This gig was the Silja Rock cruise and as Miri couldn't do this gig we had Anssi Nykänen on drums... a lot of fun was had and the gig was great!
On the subject of bassplayers, Ako Kiiski will do the gigs in Rovaniemi at the end of May and Anssi Vexby will do all the summer dates.
I'm hoping to get Anssi, Ako and Harri to play on the forth coming album since they are all great players... We're going to do 5 studiotracks and then mix 6 live tracks from ASHCON 2006.
The release is sometime in September.
I will have a serious chat with Miri regarding a new bassplayer...or maybe we should call ourselves Ben Granfelt Duo + bass player he,he
If anyone is interested or has any suggestions re. bass players drop me a mail at sprucefield@bengranfelt.com
We had a meeting with Jarmo Nikku and I will book some gigs for the summer with the Granfelt/Nikku Guitar Fest.This will be a cool summer... I mean a warm cool summer with nice gigs!
I will update some more BGB gigs also during this week so check the gigpage later on.
Cheers,
Ben
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)