EXCLUSIVE FIRST LISTEN: "Walking On The Fire" is a never-before-heard track that will appear on the U.S. release of Monica Heldal's debut LP "Boy From The North" (out September 16th). 

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Boy From The North

Waiting On The Fire

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Monica Heldal - "Waiting On The Fire" (Bonus Track)

© 2015 Johannes R. Volden, All Rights Reserved

This is probably the most 'hipster' song I've recorded to date - it was recorded with my very first guitar; one that I got for Christmas from my parents back in 2010, and it has 4 year old strings, with a partially broken high e-string. Also, it's tuned to E-G#-B-F#-B-C#, something that I've never seen before. I started playing some William Fitzsimmons songs that used a strange alternate tuning, and ended up re-tuning a couple of more strings and ended up with this. After playing around with it I made a few songs with the tuning. This song is inspired by the sound of e.g. Nick Drake, Sufjan Stevens and Ben Howard. The thmbnail photo is my own (from instagram: @johvolden), as always. 

I'm Not The One Who [ORIGINAL] (demo)

Hold on until your head is under water, that's where we'll meet
Not until your lungs are filled with water will your breathe

Hold on until the weight of all this worry has pulled you down
Not until you've reached rock bottom do you know you've drowned

Hold on and take a look up to the surface where they are free
All they'll ever know are bubbles bursting quietly

The sky is the limit when you die, baby not before
The sky is the limit when you die, baby not before
I'd rather take the ocean, rather take your blues
To the bottom of the ocean, that's where I'll take you

Deep down in your stomach if you feel it then you know
There's much more to life than what you lose when you let go

(Dabedidabeda) yes I'm blue... Yes I'm blue, so are you

The bottom of the ocean, give you me your blue
Mmmm

The Sky Is The Limit (When You Die)

Recorded in St Laurence Church, Pittington.
Recording and mixing by Scott Hepple.
Violin by Pamina Husseini.

Between The Lines

everything i wanted

Olivia Broadfield :: Sweet Dreams

Welcome to the crux of this matter. Inspired by Eva Cassidy, Joni Mitchell, Alanis Morissette, Alicia Keys, India.Arie, Monica Heldal and more, I enjoy the effort of making it all ones' own: lyrics and chords, playing the piano whilst singing myself. Songs are recorded straight on my very first digital piano (*proudgoose*); Yamaha DGX660. Aspire to be a dusty old road you're happy to find, from my little student studio in Oslo.
Ever since I first heard  Janis Joplin's 'Mercedes Benz', my guilty pleasure music fetish has been to record my songs in one-takes, as a romanticized echo of the old days. If they made do, I should too. This means I'd rather post flawed, full takes than the best chopped-up pieces from different ones for now. There's a beauty in that too. PS: All comments always appreciated!

The Sky Is The Limit (When You Die)

Misty Hill