I have been learning the Swedish language for the past year. And recently I reached the B1 level of knowledge. Learning this new language was so much fun! Most of the times it was really like a fun game to me, and the reward to be able to speak fluently brings a lot of joy. ...

I would like to share with you about one of the most important elements of musicality, the phrasing. Simply, I refer to phrasing as both rhythmical and melodic distribution of musical sounds (let’s not limit ourselves just to the concept of notes). So phrasing refers to how we distribute musical sounds within a musical phrase. ...

So this is what my guitar practice looks like for the past few weeks! After having built in those sweet new pickups within the 12 string guitar, the next step is to now tune up that sound. Next I am making those passive electronics into active, with preamps for super sweet sound clarity. Besides from ...

Druyd blogs more than Druyd newses. That is to say, we have been much more active on our Blog sub page than we are on this front page. We will revise if we really do need the two separate categories, but for a little while longer, click away into the blogosphere, happiness is just a ...

Here’s a visual story about new pickups in the 12 string guitar. The photos are very nice to see, so not many words are needed 🙂 I would like to describe the wiring and the specs, but I will leave that for another post. Let us now enjoy the miracle of birth without many words… ...

There is something so incredibly attractive and desirable in being able to buy things – cheap. To find something for cheap, and than even more cheap, and cheaper even still, it is a special thrill and a high. And many times have I ultimately regreated buying things for cheap, things which would actually be very ...

Listen to the voice inside. First start with that which is always there; the silence. And let it permeate you Become this silence. Enter the silence, fully, thoroughly And see that there is nothing to enter. But you yourself are now changed. If you wish, if you are very curious, ask away a question. Then ...

It is winter time. Everything is sleeping. Except me. All the leaves are on the ground. Mary bought new headphones. She has really, really small ears. Mary bakes good cookies. Du is buying some nice musical things. They are very big and very nice. Danka also makes good cookies, but also some good lunch-time food. ...

The process of art is by a definition a progressive flowering of energy spontaneously led by the honesty of the artist, regardless weather exposing personal strength or weakness, weather resulting in a motion of elegance or repulsion, weather invoking a sense of connection or an appetite for destruction, and weather being a result of unsummable ...

A beautifully written article by musician Bryan Baker has captured my thoughts and full attention for the past 7 days. He writes a wonderful blog, and is a published author. In this particular article he talks about what lays in the core of musical performance, as opposed to what does not. After trying to write on ...