Member Since: 2/13/2005
Band Website: www.asarydman.com
Band Members: It is often me and the piano but I also perform with with my wonderful Swedeish band with whom I also recorded my latest CD. They live in both Gothenburg and Stockholm. Mattias Bylund is the chief and the coproducer and engineer of this record and also a wonderful piansist. While living in New York I played with some wonderful musicians who I miss so much. Patrick Carmichael, Eric Stiller, Alex Alexander etc....
Influences: ABBA, Agneta Fälrtskog, Baccara, Freestyle (Swedish 80's group) Duran Duran, Def Leppard, Pat Benetar, STING, Oliva Newton-Johh, Wilsson and Philips, Whitney Houston, Maria Carey, Debbie Gibsson, Peter Gabriel, Chet Baker, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Ella Fitzgerald, Ricke Lee-Jones, BJÖRK, Whitesnake, Scorpions, Kizz, Europe, Madonna, Barbara Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Gloria Gaynor, Betty Midler, Liza Minnelli, Stina Nordenstam, Edith Piaf, Natascha Atlas, Beatles, David Foster, Musical Theatre-Grease, Sound of Music, Fame, Porgy and Bess. Film- Moulin Rouge. Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi, Willhelm Petersson-Berger, Gluck, Take 6, Real Group, Swingle Singers, Cirque de Soleil, Lisa Ekdahl, Rebecca Törnquist, Svante Thuresson, Monica Dominique, John Rutter, Myrra Malmberg, Elaine Page, Julie Andrews, Sigur Ros, Emiliana Torrini, Cardigans, Jewel, Prefab Sprout etc...
Sounds Like: Dido, Jewel, Bjork, Sarah McLachlan, Norah Jones, Jem, The Cardigans
Record Label: Musicgarden Records