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Olav Aas

Norwegian Americana

About Me

After a couple of releases as a vocalist with Frimand, I am now working on a solo project. The tunes are mainly made by my friends Terje Olsen and Trond Wagelid, except "Running back to me" which I made in collaberation with Kyrre Fritzner. I have been lucky to get some very good musicians to back me, and they have also contributed importantly to the arrangements of the songs. The input from co-producer Kyrre S. Fritzner has also been very defining for the arrangements of the songs. Currently I am doing the final mixes on the tracks in Snaxville Studios in Oslo, in cooperation with mixing engineer Henrik Maarud. Morten Lund at Masterhuset, Oslo, will master the tracks subsequently. The record will be released either by a record company, or by myself when some music loving millionaire has soaked me in molaah enough to put out the record in a decent way. Tha latter would be the best.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/6/2007
Band Website: olavaas.com
Band Members: Olav Aas; Vocals, Harmonica // Amund Maarud; Guitars, Mandolin, Lap steel // Øyvind Nilsen; Bass guitar // Magne Frydenlund; Bass guitar // Even Finsrud; Drums // Dag Svartskuren; Guitars (live) // Rolf Øyvind Heg; Drums // Håkon Gebhardt; Banjo // Fredrik Barstad; Piano, Organ // Thomas Eriksen; Piano, Organ // Heidi Grethe Aasland, Backing Vocals // Linda Bergerud; Backing Vocals // Olaf Olsen; Backing vocals.
Influences: Elvis, Springsteen, Ryan Adams, Son Volt, Neil Young, A-ha, Dire Straits, Billy Joel, Bryan Ferry (clothing), Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Whiskeytown, Steve Earle, etc etc
Sounds Like: It should (I hope)
Record Label: Olav Aas Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Ready for a wekend with car racing and mastering

Hello music lovers! Tomorrow I will head into the world capitol of negro hookers to visit Morten Lund at Masterhuset. He will master four tracks that now are completed. It will sure be exiting to...
Posted by Olav Aas on Thu, 03 May 2007 03:13:00 PST

The Yankee is sold!

Yup The Yankee went west today, although not as far as where it came from originally. Some oil-money-soaked youngsters from the western part of Norway came over today and convinced me that I´d better ...
Posted by Olav Aas on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:33:00 PST