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Martin Olsson

Yeah!

About Me

Music has been a part of my life since I was born, 27 years ago. As multi-instrumentalist , I´ve had had the fortune to play anything from russian folklore and opera, to rock and jazz-fusion. My intruments are electric bass, some upright bass, acoustic and electric guitar, piano and vocals.

As a composer I like to use elements from country and bluegrass and use it a jazz-kind of way, but mainly I just compose whatever is on my mind. I don´t really care if it´s country, jazz or polka...

Been working a lot as a sideman, both in bands and on recordings, but my focus right now is on two of my own projects. One as a bassplayer and one as a guitarplayer.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/14/2006
Band Members: Molinder Band: Jonas Molinder -voc, git, Pär Eriksson - Electric and acoustic guitar, Martin Olsson -b, Martin Pettersson -dr. Gunnar Källström & Fridens Liljer: Gunnar Källström -voc, Livet Nord -vl, Marcus Ahlberg -trbn, Dan Viktor -voc, git, Martin Olsson -solo git, Petter Eriksson -b, Johan Hakansson -dr. David Linghammar Band: David Linghammar -git, Martin Pettersson -dr, Martin Olsson -b. Erena Rhöse & Earthbeat: Erena Rhöse -voc, Patrik Wingard -mandola, sax, cl, tinwhistle, Gustaf Karlöf(Fatsug Kalröf) -key, sampler, Martin Olsson -b, Johan Björklund -dr, perc, sampler. Anna Lundqvist/Martin Olsson Duo: Anna Lundqvist -voc, Martin Olsson - b, Confusion: Dan Linden -pi, Hans Johansson - git, Martin Olsson -b, Pontus Engborg -dr.
Influences: Jaco Pastorius, Marcus Miller, Allan Holdsworth, Joe Zawinul, Django Reinhardt, Coltrane, Miles Davis, Bill Frisell, Gary Willis, Tribal Tech, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, John Scofield, Herbie Hancock, AC/DC, Jerry Douglas, Chaka Kahn, Stevie Wonder, Linley Marthe, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Dvorak, J S Bach, Dennis Chambers, Nelson Faria, Ney Conceição, Kiko Freitas, Tom Jobim, Bob Mintzer, Lina Nyberg, Anders Jormin, Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Gunnar Lindgren, Tomas Jäderlund, Audun Kleive, James Jamerson, Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Anders Persson, Elvis Presley, Marc Johnson, Björk, Paul Jackson, Me‘shell Ndegeocello, Carl Jularbo, Owe Almgren, Homer Simpson, Aziz Habib, Ali G, Hipp Hipp
Sounds Like: Me and nothing but me! If you heare something that sounds similar, it´s probably coincidal..
Record Label: Old Horse Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

R.I.P Zawinul

Don´t have much to say, but I was really sad when I heard that Joe passed away. One of my biggest heros in music. Weather Reports "Heavy Weather" was the reason I got interessed in playing jazz, love ...
Posted by Martin Olsson on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:30:00 PST

Jag vann!

Martin Olsson - Göteborgs Spårvägar: 3-1Västtrafik pröjsar min bot. De erkänner att de hade fel. Konsumentombudsmannen i Göteborg tycker att jag har rätt. På BILJETTKONTROLL tycker de att jag har fel,...
Posted by Martin Olsson on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:37:00 PST

Spårvagnskontrollanter/Västtrafik/Göteborgs spårvägar

Idioter! Skulle hem efter jobbet som baslärare ikväll (måndag 19/3) och tog första bästa spårvagn som kom förbi. Gick på den och tog fram min mobil för att betala med sms-biljett men innan spårvagnen ...
Posted by Martin Olsson on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:49:00 PST

In the studio

This fall has been quite busy for me. I´m currently involved in many projects and I think it´s time to mention what´s going on and what to look out for. In september we started to record with Gunnar K...
Posted by Martin Olsson on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:31:00 PST

Joe Zawinul

I got a DVD today. A documentary about my hero, Joe Zawinul "A musical portrait". I saw his consert here in gothenburg a couple of weeks ago and it was the best consert I ever been to. Everything was ...
Posted by Martin Olsson on Thu, 04 May 2006 01:55:00 PST