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Hans Erik

About Me

Hans Erik lives in New York City. He has lead two bands, HanZsolo and Hanz Erik and the Hims to moderate success in the Midwest. He has released two CD's: Closet Pop and Copay of which he is quite proud. He apologizes for all the alternate spellings of his name over the years.

Hans Erik is tired of writing about himself in the third person. There is no shadowy omniscient narrator telling this story. It's just me in a chair alone in my bedroom. I write and work at improving my voice daily, all with the aim of performing more music for you. I guarantee that I will continue both of these pursuits for years to come as their execution gives me great joy and seem to be yoked very closely to my inner purpose. Thank you for your visit and enjoy my music! And by all means, say hello, I don't know what all this is good for if not for meeting new people!

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Member Since: 28/10/2007
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Sounds Like: Hans Erik trying to sound like: Rufus Wainwright, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Jeremy Gordon, Chet Baker, Stephen Bishop, Bill Withers, Todd Rundgren, Sarah McLachlan, Ben Folds, Lauren Hill, Paul Simon, Musiq Soulchild, Nick Pichet, Corey Palmer, Sarah Vaughn, James Mercer, Van Hunt, Thom York, John Legend, David Byrne, Andrew Bird and whoever else he seems to be listening to at any given moment.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Mining Your Metaphors: Writing Lyrics in Veins

http://hanserik.net/2009/12/16/mining-your-metapho...With the jungle cats, lions and tigers, leopards and cheetahs For gazelle you get chased like a zebra, they blaze cheeba-cheeba And dominate the w...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:09:00 GMT

Potential Energy Remade

http://hanserik.net/2009/12/11/potential-energy-re...Check out this new unreleased version of Potential Energy.  Here is the old version that appeared on both my second album, Copay, and in the movie ...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:43:00 GMT

ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC: Understanding Performance Rights Organizations

http://hanserik.net/2009/12/09/ascap-bmi-and-sesac...The purpose of a Performance Rights Organization is to figure out whos music is getting played and then paying that artist, writer and publisher f...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:46:00 GMT

Better Metaphors: Two Questions To Help You Create Better Lyrics

http://hanserik.net/2009/12/07/better-metaphors-tw...Last week I talked about the essence of metaphor creation, that they are essential the collisions of ideas or things that dont belong together.  W...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:55:00 GMT

Creative Writing Exercise: Object Writing for Better Lyrics

http://hanserik.net/2009/11/30/creative-writing-ex...Have you ever looked at clouds in the sky with a friend and been completely amazed that they couldnt see the turtle floating by?  I mean, there...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:07:00 GMT

Making Metaphors: Word Collisions

http://hanserik.net/2009/12/02/making-metaphors-wo...Agains t the canvas of the night, Appears a curious celestial phenomenon& -Mos Def,  Astronomy (8th Light) Is the night sky really canvas?
Posted by on Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:05:00 GMT

Getting Music Onto College Radio: How to Run Your Own Radio Campaign

http://hanserik.net/2009/12/04/getting-music-onto-...Statist ically, college-aged people are more open to new things and actually seek novel experiences.  This makes college campuses a great place to p...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:59:00 GMT