Wow – the three days we just spent recording were spectacular. We met in Gothenburg to record music for our fishing videos. We had had some mail correspondance where we decided what to play. No sheets – just moods: minimalistic stuff, drum grooves, bass grooves, dum and bass grooves, free jazz, old school jazz, lapland… Read more »
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Meeting in Sweden
It is time for our first film music-session. It will take place in Gothenburg tomorrow. Maybe there will be time to do some fishing also, lets see… We really need to record more background music to our short movies. We’re going to play lots of stuff, probably a lot af very weird sounds and grooves. Anyone who… Read more »
Cod Kiss Goodnight
Joona and Håvard had no idea what kind of kiss goodnight they were going to get on this beautiful July night in northern Norway when Fredrik and I stayed up for couple of casts. Music: All Lights On by Joona Toivanen / Jazz & Fly Fishing
Prague ahead
I’m soon off to Prague in Czech Republic, to have a few days of holiday with my family and relatives. A great opportunity to get away from this hectic everyday life of jazz and fly fishing. But look what I found: this weekend there is a big fly fishing competition/happening in the middle of Prague,… Read more »
Supermarket Madness
Blog from Eco-Rapids #6. (You can find all of the Eco-Rapids blogs here) Håvard Stubø and Fredrik Hamrå from Jazz & Fly Fishing take shopping groceries to the next level.
The battle in Arjeplog
Power plant – Do you like that word? How many beautiful rivers and landscapes have been destroyed because of the human hunt for money. More money. More, more and more. Or is it really about the money? Sometimes it feels like some people never get satisfied, they simply have to destroy something. In a world… Read more »
Salmon fishing in the Yemen
Here’s a novel that might be of interest to all you fishermen out there (and everyone who likes an entertaining book). Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, by Paul Torday, is a comedy about a project to plant salmon in the desert wadis (rain season streams) of the Yemen. The project, run by a rich Yemeni… Read more »
Road Trip to Eco Rapids part 2
Blog from Eco-Rapids #5. (You can find all of the Eco-Rapids blogs here) On this second episode of the Eco Rapids road trip: We woke to nearly perfect conditions and this time we were going for Syväjoki (Deep River), which was a small forest stream with both trout and grayling. Some reeeaaaallly nice fishing we… Read more »
Äänikkö
Äänikkö, which is an old finish tape recording machine with a nice and warm sound, is also a Copenhagen based band, which plays old Finnish songs with new more or less freeform arrangements. They were playing at Børnetheater in Christiania. I liked it. Check it out.
Learning Fly Casting
Can you learn fly casting in just 2 hours? Apparently you can. One of our missions at J&FF is to teach every jazz musician how to fly fish. In just two hours in separate occations, my friend Joel (who is also a great jazz bass player!) learned the basics. And as you can see in… Read more »
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