Music

"Music is silence, amplified." (Me)

On this page you'll find an overview about the way music filters through me – and vice-versa. I've created a few categories, in which I'll be posting music-related content. Here you'll also be able to listen to some of the music I have recorded and "put out there", even though they aren't necessarily finished.

Courtesy of MySpace. I'll be putting better quality, uncompressed tracks on this page shortly... =)

I'm currently involved on a few projects:

• Solo - Wallace Sidhrée (Open, but leaning towards Progressive Rock). I play guitar, flutes, keyboard and arrange drums using virtual instruments.
• Band - Siddha (Alternative): Petter Nattas (various strings, vocals, keyboards), Giita Tanderø (various strings, vocals, keyboard), Tom André (kalimba, vocals, guitar, percussion) and Wallace Sidhrée (guitar, flutes, percussion).
• Band - Gærlik (Progressive Rock): Ulisses Mello (guitar, bass) and Wallace Sidhrée (guitar, flutes) — looking for other members!
• Duet - Wallace Sidhrée & Trine Talgø (Undefined): Trine Talgø (vocals, percussion) and Wallace Sidhrée (guitar, vocals).
• ...and of course I'm always open to new projects!

Professionaly I haven't done much as a musician, but have done a few live gigs. I have fiddlet with keyboards since I was tiny, played guitar since I was 16, and flute since 18. Life went by and music had to wait, remaining barely an unnatended hobby. However, since 2009 it has been growing so strong that it's threatening to take completely over — and I like to hope it will, one fine day.

Since late 2009 I have slowly acquired a lot of equipment, and one could say I have what it takes to make decent recordings. In 2010 I finally decided to take music as seriously as I can afford to take it. At that point I started recording some "drafts" of songs, that were pouring into my mind relentlessly. I simply had to take them out to keep from bursting. The result became a series of tracks I call for "exerpts", since they are but a fraction of the full songs still floating in my mind.

You can listen to these tracks in MySpace, soon on YouTube and preferably here on my own site: the least compressed samples. They illustrate my tendencies, but still fail to encompass the whole spectrum of my musicality. So... I just have to keep on recording, whenever time allows.

As I have already written on MySpace, I have played all the instruments on these tracks. But while I appreciate the process of discovering an instrument, I can't ignore my shortcomings when it comes to "playing everything". Besides, I appreciate the dynamics of a band much more than playing by myself. So, if you like what you hear, have an open mind and are willing to give a shot at creativity in company, do let me know. We might come up with something!