Good feedback is always inspiring! Quoting Scandipop:
“Helena Paparizou, fresh from conquering the Melodifestivalen stage with THOSE performances of THAT song earlier this month, continued being amazing at everything this week, when she returned with the release of her new album ‘One Life’. And what do we have here? We have the best pop album of the year so far, dear readers.”
Like music to our ears… 😉
I & N
Just received this one in the mail today: a copy of the newly released cd Obsession by Linda and the Punch. Track n:o 8: Kill the Lights is written by me and Tommy Denander. For me this is the first time to break ground on British soil. Wishing lovely Linda the best of luck and many gigs!
Helena Paparizou delivers as usual! The album One Life (including “Crazy for Love” by Ahlstedt, Somer and Fuentes) was released the 26th of March and is already climbing the Swedish album chart at the speed of sound.
Molly Rosenström is another young lady to be very proud of. Her album Stardust” and single “Half Life” (Ahlstedt, Halloun, Fabrin)were just released and she has already appeared in two TV shows performing Half Life this week. Watch a clip by pressing the link below.
TV clip: Molly Rosenström performing at the TV show “Min morgon”
N
For every active player in the music industry, time is a valuable and rare resource. A slow news feed on this particular site is just a sign of a lot of activity elsewhere, concerning the core business.
2014 seems very promising so far. Last weekend we were in for a treat since Linus Svenning and Helena Paparizou both advanced to semifinal/second chance in the Swedish national Eurovision Song Contest; Melodifestivalen. Both Linus and Helena will be releasing new albums this spring and there will be Nalle’s handwriting (production and songwriting) on both of them. Linus has booked two songs and Helena one. The latter is not only by Nalle, but also a D8 Music song. We are wishing both of them the best of luck in the up-coming competition.
Some other news from Sweden: In January the Swedish girl band Sister Love released their album containing two of Nalle’s songs. “Music Use It” and “Love Breakdown”.
N & I
A girl’s best friend 2.0! Released yesterday: a sneak peak of Jolin Tsai’s newest single by Nalle Ahlstedt, Jaakko Salovaara and Keun-Tae Park. This version is brought to you by Swarowski Music Journey 2013. Nalle participating in Selling bling-bling. Never saw that coming…
As they say; Diamonds are forever… Enjoy!
I
In the domestic department: a remix, made by Nalle, of “Marjanpoimija” will be released soon. The upcoming teen artist Nomi released a song with Nalle’s drum and synth production
Finnish schlager music is usually very melancholic, but this one is an exception! Hurma’s Marjanpoimija (“the berry picker”) is a clear summerhit for the beer gardens in the land of the thousand lakes. Freshly pressed, just for you! Check it out!
By Nalle Ahlstedt and Sana Mustonen
I&N
En Helkväll med Lena Ph -trailer, svt playDu följer väl med was the opening song at the very successful show En helkväll med Lena Philipsson at Swedish television a couple of weeks ago. Lena Ph is now celebrating 25 years as an artist. Hotter than ever!
Watch the show at svt play:
An eventful week! Mo, Tue at the “Voice of Finland” songwriting camp, Thur co-writing with Jarkko Ehnqvist. And Friday: finally up and running: D8 Publishing & Production!
Jarkko Ehnqvist
N
The countdown of the reality TV show Voice of Finland has begun. This means that a lot of songs soon have to see the light of day. This without the knowledge of who their performers will be. With only educated guesses as a reference Kaiku entertainment invited a bunch of songwriters to a camp in Helsinki mo-tue this week. The camp was originally initiated by Universal which is Voice of Finland’s official record company. But neither do they know who they will sign in the end. An interesting starting point, indeed. Anyway: a lot of work got done. The end result will, as always be interesting. The power so far lies in the hands of the judges. After that, the torch will be passed on to you!
Nalle co-writing with Jonas Olsson (picture)
Monday again and facing it feels ok. A very nice weekend with a late birthday celebration for the newly 11-year old on the agenda. No fever in the household anymore and we are all alive and kicking!
I
Sam Skilz moving in the right direction! Now #5 in TOP CHART TV Mexico with “Don’t Stop Pushing”. Hopefully pushing its way all the way to #1! Got some interesting new cuts this week! Songwriting for dummies: a cut = a song confirmed by the record label for release.
Check out the No.5 here:
A 2 year old in fever, a dog on antibiothics (allergies) + still need to come up with a name(for the business), but otherwise everything under control. Have a great weekend!
I&N
