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Tony Lind

Nurture the potential for wisdom within yourself!

About Me

I..ve played with a variety of people in a wide range of styles, first mainly as a drummer, but gradually gravitating more towards vocals, nowadays focusing mostly on writing my own music, hopefully to be widely available eventually.
Bands/artists/musicians I..ve played with include: Seave, Leif Brixmark and the New Holland Band, RockSteadyEddie's ReEvolutionary Orchestra, Janne Schaffer, Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson, Peo Thyrén, Kee Marcello, Leonard Jones, John Mark McMillan, Livskraft, Presence, Bellmania, Ingemar Olsson, Abraham Laboriel, Justo Almario, Bengt Johansson, Seth Olofsson.
My musical taste is quite diversified, but as a composer I tend to stick to pop hooks with a singer/songwriter-touch. This might be because of my limited keyboard skills, forcing me to write simple songs,(a lot of ballads and soft pop, Phil Collins anyone?) but of course I..d like to think that it..s because I..m more drawn to the classic songwriting of guys like Buddy Miller, Elton John, Harry Nilsson, Steve Earle, Tom Waits, Don Henley (another singing drummer) and Buckingham/Nicks.a href

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/28/2006
Band Members:I play with different people, depending on the project, sometimes as a leader, sometimes as a sideman. I enjoy both equally. The tunes you can listen to here are mine, a few of them performed with the band Seave. Other than myself (lead vocals, drums, keyboards) the band includes Viktor Buck (guitars, bass), Charlie Arvstrand (keyboards, guitars, bass) and Tobias Chevalier (guitars, bass).
Influences:
Your Personality Cluster is Introverted Thinking
You are:

Objective, honest, and credible
Intellectually curious, with many diverse interests
More inclined toward ideas than people
Fiercely independent and unapologetically unconventional What's Your Personality Cluster?I..m inspired by so many different things, and who can be truly objective about their influences anyway? Here..s a load of stuff that has captivated, motivated and elevated me over the years...

Music, some enduring favorite artists/musicians are: Allman Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, The Band, The Beatles, bob hund, David Bowie, Terry Bozzio, Gavin Bryars, Jeff Buckley, Kate Bush, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Leonard Cohen, Vinnie Colaiuta, John Coltrane, Crosby Stills and Nash (and Young), Miles Davis, Eagles, Steve Earle, ELO, Faith No More, Fleetwood Mac, Fountains of Wayne, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Emmylou Harris, Don Henley, Jay Z, Jethro Tull, Journey, Mike Keneally, King Crimson, King..s X, Alison Krauss, Kris Kristofferson, Daniel Lanois, Cyndi Lauper, Led Zeppelin, Living Colour, The Magic Numbers, Manfred Mann..s Earth Band, Marillion, Me'shell, Meshuggah, Mew, Buddy Miller, Mötley Crüe, Willie Nelson, Randy Newman, Gary Numan, Neil Peart, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, The Police, Jeff Porcaro, Prince, Queensryche, Henry Rollins, The Roots, Rush, Simon and Garfunkel, 16 Horsepower, Snoop Dogg, Sufjan Stevens, Strapping Young Lad, Igor Stravinskij, Ty Tabor, Toto, Devin Townsend, Type O Negative, U2, Van Halen, Tom Waits, XTC and Frank Zappa.

Books/Authors/Writers: Gavin Baddeley, Lester Bangs, Peter Bastian, Truman Capote, Tom Clancy, Frank Conroy, Nelson DeMille, Bret Easton Ellis, Jan Fagius, Jan Guillou, Thomas Harris, Nick Hornby, Barney Hoskyns, Göran Hägg, Stephen King, Chuck Klosterman, C.S. Lewis, Norman Mailer, Tor Norretranders, Arthur Miller, Paul Morley, Martha C. Nussbaum, Lennart Persson, Mario Puzo, Göran Rosenberg, Salman Rushdie, Oliver Sacks, John Steinbeck, Neil Strauss, Gellert Tamas, Deborah Tannen, J.R.R. Tolkien, Leon Uris, Ben Watson, Craig Werner, Chris Willman and pretty much every biography I..ve ever read.

Movies/TV/Directors/Actors: Anchorman, American History X, Apocalypse Now, The Apostle, Brassed Off, Dave Chappelle, Coffee and Cigarettes, Joel & Ethan Cohen, Francis Coppola, Dead Man Walking, Deer Hunter, Robert DeNiro, Devil..s Advocate, The Devil..s Rejects, Robert Duvall, Clint Eastwood, Ford Fairlane, Gladiator, The Godfather Trilogy, Good Will Hunting, Jaws, Joshua, Kingdom of Heaven, The Last Waltz, Denis Leary, Leon, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Gary Oldman, Al Pacino, The Passion of the Christ, Platoon, Pulp Fiction, Scarface, Martin Scorcese, Scrubs, Sideways, The Silence of the Lambs, Sling Blade, Spinal Tap, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original version), The Thing (Carpenter version), Things to do in Denver when you..re dead, Billy Bob Thornton, The Usual Suspects, Christopher Walken, The Wedding Crashers, James Woods, Zoolander
Sounds Like: Pop with hints of Americana/Rock/Country.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

So many songs, so little time...

Hey all! This week I'm working on learning 24 songs for a huge party I'm playing next week with some of my favorite musicians ever, Viktor, Charlie, Tobbe and not least my brother Tomas (a.k.a. RockSt...
Posted by Tony Lind on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:35:00 PST

Punk Soul. Or Soul Punk. Or... whatever.

It's official: I'M ON VACATION!!! YEEEEHAAAAW! Anyway, this weekend's been great. On Friday I played the Soundhabits show at Mosebacke, and the vibe of that one was quite amazing. I have not yet heard...
Posted by Tony Lind on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:54:00 PST

Friday night, this is a warning/guarantee!

OK, pay attention now peeps! On Friday night a whole bunch of those wonderfully weird Soundhabits peoples will electrify Mosebacke with an onslaught of Swedish funk, soul and electronica. Yours truly...
Posted by Tony Lind on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:29:00 PST

My latest obsession!

Right now I desperately need to be in New York City. I want to live there. I want to wake up and fall asleep there. I need to feel the pulse of that great city in my system all the time of any given d...
Posted by Tony Lind on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:30:00 PST

Confession.

I recently reread my copy of The Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey and also the Fishman Affidavit which I found on the Internet along with some other documents on Scientology, both official organisation do...
Posted by Tony Lind on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:04:00 PST

Im delirious!

I'm still in this feverish haze of sheer musical pleasure and research. I keep finding new stuff to enjoy and old favorites to rediscover in equal measure. ELOs "Ticket to the moon" was like seeing a ...
Posted by Tony Lind on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:45:00 PST

In a weird room!

This week I am really spoiling myself rotten with all kinds of listening pleasures. It's a bit weird though, I can usually trace a pattern in the stuff that I listen to during a period of time.  ...
Posted by Tony Lind on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:55:00 PST

Back in the saddle!

I'm pleased to say that my partners in crime, Viktor Buck and Charlie Arvstrand, and I have started to write new material together again for the first time in a while. Everyone's been busy with other ...
Posted by Tony Lind on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:15:00 PST

Devin. Storm. Vocals.

I just listened to "Storm" by Devin Townsend and I am yet again amazed by the sheer power of this man's vocals! If you are into power and haven't heard this guy, you are seriously missing out. The las...
Posted by Tony Lind on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 05:47:00 PST

Steaming!

I just got out of a steaming hot bath, and I'm feeling all relaxed and nice. I made myself a cool drink, placed the iPod next to the tub, the surface filled with thick foam and smelling of scented oil...
Posted by Tony Lind on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:36:00 PST