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Me and my wife Aiky and possible name change

anderseriksson — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:20:46 +0000

I now have found what they all write songs and poems about – love. I got married recently with a wonderful woman called Aiky. It’s pretty late in life, but it has had a big impact on me. It’s something I am really happy about. Big news! Many of my friends and acquaintances were in fact really surprised.

I write a few words about it here on my blog since it is also related to my music making.

I have been a bit hesitant to change my name as an artist but my name is in fact very common in Sweden, and I think there are benefits in the promotion of my music with a different name.

So I tried to find a good combination from my surname and my wife’s surname but I could not find anything that sounded good. But at last I found a good one even though it’s just 3 letters from my name (RIK) and 2 letters from my wifes surname (OH).

Rikoh! Either only Rikoh or Anders Rikoh. Any thoughts among you dear blog readers? I am thankful for any input.

By the way, I just bought a new music software (Logic Express) and I have plans to create some instrumental music in the near future. Let’s see how it goes!

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To do list

anderseriksson — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:10:44 +0000

I always have a full to do list. I wonder how much of this situation has anything to do with internet. I mean there is so much interesting to read and do on the internet. I am always eager to learn new things to promote my music online.

Unfortunately I sometimes forget about playing and practicing on my instruments. I mean real good musicians don’t have time to sit by the computer. My greatest hero in rock music is Ry Cooder. He is one of very, very few artists that doesn’t have an official website. Says it all, right?

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Learning

anderseriksson — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:47:18 +0000

I have always been fascinated by learning new things. Maybe because I like to always have a change in my life, even in small things. So I read books. Not novels and stuff like that. But books that inspires you to be more creative in different areas. Of course I read a lot about music marketing. The problem is often that I just read it through and then I don’t take action. Anyway I am trying to improve that.

Besides, now when we have internet and all other new technology, there are so many possiblities to learn new stuff. You can listen to podcasts, audiobooks, watch tutorial videos etc. And since time is limited I often do several things simultanously.

After have been taking singing lessons during the autumn I think next step is to improve my guitar playing. I have a very nice Fender Stratocaster that lately has only been a nice decoration in my appartment. But I assume it’s longing for me to play it. And I will.

I’ll try for the first time in my life make a schedule of all the things I want to do. I think that will help me get more diligent. So let’s get started… Bye for now;)

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