A cover recorded for a compilation album that was released by the Swedish rock magazine Backstage in 1995 with my band at the time. We were asked to contribute with a exclusive song that was not on our album (see cover image). We had played this song live a few times so we decided to record it. The drums and bass (I'm playing bass) were done pretty much live the day after our release party for the album so both me and the drummer Jamil were hangover as hell. We went to the studio on our own, no technician or producer around, and did two takes and the second one is what you hear. I did one correction on the bass and that is it. Guitars and vocals where added later. 

Schizophrenic Circus- Deuce (KISS cover)

A song I wrote after a fantastic long weekend in Barcelona with some very special friends. 
It is dedicated to; Katja, Zeiley, Helena, Kess, Damon, Joel, Neil, Jennifer and Erwan.

Mix history:
27th July: added some strings in the beginning and panned full left and right. changed some EQ on the guitars and lowered some of Hammond in the choruses.
6th July. Changed the intro a little. New guitar sound and swapped the EQ space between the bass and the kick
27th June: Backing vox levels fix
26th June: A few more fixes and changed the bass EQ again ;

25th June. Another mix, dryer guitars, added a touch of distortion on the lead vocals. Duplicated the bass track and gave the new track a sub bass function and various fixes, it never ends...
 
24th June. Not happy about the exciter and some other stuff. I'm not a master at mastering (eh..) and use EZ mix mastering plugin as part of the chain. I changed to the basic mastering setting, which is the one I normally use and it sounded better I think. Made som changes to the guitar sound and the lead vocals as well.

23rd June: New version, changed the guitar EQ (it was bit messy), change the EQ on the bass plug-in, added some compression to the backing vox and increased the delay on the lead vox. Changed the pianot sound (was never really happy with that).
Added compression on the trumpet and fiddled around with the master output (always a challenge to get the right punch vs over doing it).
Added an exciter to the master output for clarity

Lyrics:
Time to board a south bound plane
I'm heading out to see my friends
So buckle up, get ready to laugh away

Sweeping views and cool cool cats
Among these stars I found my past
They see the world  with an open heart and mind

We just do what we want, anywhere we want
we open up and come alive
There's no time and no place that we can't embrace
...then someone says
Don't think, just drink, gotta have a good time.

Dancing on the rooftops
Sing it for the world
When we get together 
It's a bubble party pearl
​
​There's nothing that can stop us
​no borders in our way
​if the heart would skip a beat 
​we just push down and play

I say yeah
Yeah ​
​Yeah
​Oh yeah
​​Comon and sing it with me
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Push the button and play

So many steps we have to take 
Another night, another leap of faith 
We face our time and radiate across the sky's

A global tribe, that transcend nations
If there's a call we´ll  join the congregation
So quick and bright, is the life in the bubble of love yeah 

We're taking off, fly away, leave the world behind
Raise your hand and give me 5
This is a ride of a kind that few have known
...then someone says
Don't think, just drink, gotta have a good time.

Dancing on the rooftops
Sing it for the world
When we get together 
It's a bubble party pearl
​
​There's nothing that can stop us
​no borders in our way
​if the heart would skip a beat 
​we just push down and play

I say yeah
Yeah ​
​Yeah
​Oh yeah
​​Comon and sing it with me
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Push the button and play

Got to live a little while we're here
Push the button and play

Push The Button And Play

After have been studying and listening to classical and Move score music for some time I decided to write something in that genre. For this piece I actually started with one of the midi samples that comes with Toontracks EZ keys and their Movie score library. I changed the chords and added a second piano and then started to add various Native Komplete sounds and instruments. Added drums and some synths and here you are.

I named it 'Midlife Prices' as a play with words for Midlife crisis. The song feels like the melancholy that we sometimes feel when reaching the midlife age but it also have hope and pleasure, as in the confidence and freedom that the midlife age gives us. 

Midlife Prices (Classical/Movie score music)

A classical inspired piece with a bit of a jazz feel to it. I tried to create a hopeful and yet mellow feeling, just like an autumn stroll can feel just before the winter arrives.

Autumn Stroll (into winterland)

Video for the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqkWS4HY9-s
Version log:
16th April-2016. Changed the guitar sound and did some more re-mix
15th April-2016. Added a intro vocal and did some re-mix of various things and tried Landr.com for mastering as a test, which is what you hear.
30th Jan. Replaced some guitar licks with my new Gibson and Dunlop wah wah pedal at the intro of the solo and end solo. Added some EQ to the hi-hat.

On New years eve 2015 I had been listening to Motorhead a lot for a couple of days following Lemmy's passing. Just before we were about to leave home for a New years dinner with some friends I got this idea about making a tribute to Lemmy in the same style as Motorhead so I picked up the guitar and this riff came to me right away. I then decided to try to sing in a similar style that Lemmy does...did, but with my own touch. The lyrics is a summary of how I experienced and remember Lem. Have a Jack & Coke (or a Lemmy as it is known now) and play it loud!

Lyrics:
I'm down 
I got the news
I'll have a bourbon 
with a touch of blues

You took the lead
A metal god
a middle finger 
with your head up high

Lights out
and you're gone
we will remember
we will carry on

You played the game
A cheap thrill
You'll be missed
at the Bar & Grill

You were born to loose
But you lived to win
Like the original sin

When you spoke your mind
It was the honest truth


So...
Raise some hell
Bang a gong
Have a Jack 'n Coke
This is Lemmy's song


An  Icon
A gentleman
A rocking rebel
with no masterplan

A British mate 
In Hollywood
On speed dial
to Dr Feelgood

A good run
So many chats
you saw the light
coming through the cracks

You blew the wind
Into our sails
A pirate ship
So full of tales

You were the Ace Of Spades
Always forced the blind
Such a mastermind

You've blown the final fuse
But we still play it loud

So...
Raise some hell
Bang a gong
Have a Jack 'n Coke
This is Lemmy's song

Lemmy's Song

You died with your boots on
Like the rebel you were
we don't take shit from no one
We follow your word

You were the Ace Of Spades
Always forced the blind
Such a mastermind

You've blown the final fuse
But we still play it loud

So...
Raise some hell
Bang a gong
Have a Jack 'n Coke
This is Lemmy's song
  
Lemmy's Song, Lemmy's Song, Lemmy's Song, Lemmy's Song

Lemmy's Song (A tribute to the one and only)

My commentary track to Lemmy's Song (A Tribute To the One and Only) 

Lemmy's Song (Commentary)

Bubble Train (a little trip in Lisbon)

Lyrics:
So many years, of fun and joy
A lot of struggle, no whipping boy

I'm gonna miss you and all we've done
I'm moving on now, I've just begun

I changing my routing, I'm not alone
a new vibration, a different tone

I can see it
I can feel it
It's an orange sunset
and soon purple dawn
I'm looking for a brand new start

FedEx my heart
To Memphis Tennessee
and I'll play my part
in The Transition to be

No were to run, no were to hide
Jump in the deep end, no user guide

I'm on my way, a rising star
I'm gonna get there, no matter how far

My heart is in transit, an overnight run
I'll keep the promise, We'll overcome

A time for leaving
A time for grieving
in an orange sunset
I'll see a purple dawn
I'm looking for a brand new start

FedEx my heart
To Memphis Tennessee
and I'll play my part
in The Transition to be

The Transition

LYRICS:
Time, is a peculiar thing
Is it real, or just some entropy

You wanna ride, for a thousand miles
To find the days, before the goodbyes

I wanna dance all through the night like we used to do yeah
I want to see the sun like glitter on your face

ooh, ooh, ooh I'll see you at the reunion
Take me back to the club of 1985

Free, from the chains of time
I'm so alive, in this fantasy

I'll write a song, so you can sing along
I'm flying high, are you ready to launch?

I wanna hold you in my arms while we'll still around yeah
I wanna thank you for all the memories that we've made

ooh, ooh, ooh I'll see you at the reunion
Take me back to the club of 1985

If it feel's like life decays don't fear the truth, no
connect the dots between the future and the past

ooh, ooh, ooh I'll see you at the reunion
Take me back to the club of 1985

ooh, ooh, ooh it's the Bubble reunion
and I'm back in the club, it's 1985

Take me back, oooh take me back to 1985
Take me back, oooh take me back to 1985
Take me back, oooh take me back to 1985
Take me back, oooh take me back to 1985

The Reunion

Potato Song

Små Grodorna

New version the 6th Aug 2013. Added a Maximizer to the master. Some small fixes to the piano and vocals.

A song about that special friendship we have with a few people that truly understand us. The song came about after a trip I made to Berlin with some very special friends in May 2013. My bubble buddies ;)

Lyrics:
I travel along this lonely road
Out on a trip that'll never take me home   
It's my story that keeps me wide awake

I am one but not the only one.
One has to be two to share the fun
and I got some friends that knows just how to play
  
They hear my thought's before I speak a word
They understand my inner craves
It means the world to me

I got no hometown
Just a rolling stone, yes I have been around
My friends they are the same
and they will be my bubble buddies till the end, wohoow, Oyeah
Together we shine! 
 
I don't really know what this life can bring
We're made out of stars and our heart's in sync
Who's in that reflection you see in the moonlit pond?

I got my friends from all around the world
They know how to shine like the prettiest pearls
In my bubble of trust, so fragile and beautiful

And If I show that I am vulnerable
They open up their wings of love
and embrace with a cuddle hug  

I got no hometown
Just a rolling stone, yes I have been around
My friends they are the same
and they will be my bubble buddies till the end, wohoow, Oyeah
Together we shine! 

3X. No matter where, no matter how, no matter when

Together We Shine

My name is Magnus Engdahl and I live in Sundbyberg, just outside of Stockholm/Sweden. I used to play bass in various bands, both original and covers, back in the 80's & 90's. I have released a few CD's with different bands and had a record deal at one point with the band Schizophrenic Circus, with whom I also did a Swedish support tour with Saxon in 1995. I decided in Nov 2009 to start to write my own songs again after not being very active for many years. You will mainly find my solo projects here were I play, sing, program and mix everything, but there will also be some old stuff I've done and some new collaborations with other people. 

My software is; Logic Pro X on a iMac 27 (late 2013)", Shreddage2, Komplete 10, EZ drummer2, EZ mix2, EZkeys, TH3 guitar plug and a few other plugins.
Hardware: Fender Jazz Bass and Fender Guitar, Gibson Studio, Washburn acoustic guitar, Apogee Duet sound interface, Sennheiser K4 Microphone, Komplete kontrol S49 and Maschine Studio. 
More than anything I use my creativity. 

All songs prior to the 8th of June 2012 were recorded on Logic Express and songs prior to 17th January 2011 where recorded on Garageband.



Magnus Engdahl

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