Swedelife!

Songbird 0.3

Songbird 0.3 is out. An excellent release. They've been working hard to create the best media player in the world. Please support them, download Songbird today!

BTW: look for Swedelife to incorporate the Songbird web page API soon. We're working on our first album release among other things... new stuff coming out shortly.

Swedelife Albums

We've been thinking about this since the beginning. It always felt odd to just post a song at a time. We know that's the acceptable practice with mp3 blogs. A song a day... but...

But the album as an art form is still important to us. Swedelife was born from a record label that produced and marketed albums. Full-length albums. That label was responsible for the first albums to be distributed online. So it's a natural thing for us to consider.

The original idea for this site was to release a full album from a band with supplemental material and content every month. We want to give that a try. We'll explore various methods for how they will be packaged, and perhaps we'll find a new format for the album as art. Maybe we can breathe new life and bring back significance to the album... in our own small way.

So the next post, in whatever form it takes, will be the first venture into this idea. Look for it very soon.

And thank you for your support. If you have questions please feel free to email: swedelife [at] gmail dot com.

Camper Van Beethoven - Live in Santa Cruz 2007

Download: Camper Van Beethoven - Live in Santa Cruz, 2007

We don't normally do this, but I thought that since I tried out my new M-Audio Microtrack recorder last week at the CVB show, I'd go ahead and post what I got. It's about 30 minutes or so of the show they put on at the Attic in Santa Cruz. It was fucking great! It's strange to realize that one of your favorite bands, no matter what, happens to be from your home town and you saw them at house parties and shit clubs as they were just starting out.

I'm still trying to figure out the recorder so the sound is a tad distorted. I need a better stereo mic and need to play with the levels. But I think it came out okay. And what do you care??

(photo by wertzateria)

MySpace & Swedelife

Hey, for some stupid reason we never had a MySpace page. Well we do now. So I want you to add us. Add or Die. That's the new Swedelife campaign.

ADD OR DIE!

(actually we really would appreciate it)

We are working on a new site for Swedelife. Better than ever! Bigger faster stronger. Bionic Swedelife. We'll never run out of bandwidth and we'll be able to do quite a bit more. Thanks to "Anon" for the tip. Stay tuned. And remember MySpace is a place for friends. Especially if those friends are porn stars, former abused children from broken families, band managers, kids who don't give a fuck, marketing people, spammers, scammers, lurkers, creeps, priests, the bored, and YOU! Yip!

Over 200 GB Per Month!

Hey all,

We're serving over 200 GB of song data per month! Thanks so much for supporting Swedelife... but we've maxed out our monthly bandwidth allocation.  So we're going to have to figure out a better way of getting the music to you. Otherwise, a song a day (like we've been able to keep that up) is only a distant dream.

The first thing we'll probably do is serve fewer tracks per page. We'll still have a ton of music, just not all on one page. When songbird slurps up all the tracks listed, that can eat up the bandwidth.

So thanks again everyone for grabbing our music. We really appreciate it! Come by our MySpace and add us if you like us!

Welcome Songbirders

Hey there Songbird people... This is just a note saying howdy and welcome to Swedelife!

What is Swedelife?
Swedelife is a collective of musicians and producers primarily from the San Francisco Bay Area, though many members live world wide. We have thousands of songs from dozens of bands and artists in the collective available to download. These songs have been recorded over the past 10 to 15 years, with new stuff being added all the time.

The Swedelife Sound:
It's indie, eclectic, raw, hard, soft, blues, rock, alt.country, pop, weird, noisy, quiet, innovative shit. All recorded in living 360 stereo sound!

Is Swedelife Swedish?
As far as I know, no one in Swedelife has any nordic blood streaming through them, though Mouse may be a bit Icelandic, but that hardly counts. I have no idea why it is called Swedelife. It's a mystery.

Visit Often:
We're posting tracks all the time. They will always be free, as it should be.

Contact Swedelife:
We welcome comments and feedback... If you have any questions write to us: swedelife [at] gmail.com

Thanks!

New Editor For Swedelife

Hey gang. I'm happy to let you know that Swedelife will have an additional editor to help keep up the pace of a song a day (which I know is sorely lacking). Patrick Goddard will now be posting tracks from the collective as well as many from the friends of the collective. As we grow, I think it's important for Swedelife to support other artists and bands beyond the core group.

So please join me in welcoming Pat... and stay tuned for tons of more stuff coming from Swedelife!

Quick Words About Swedelife

Download the file: Patcast 004 with David Beach

I just recorded a quick podcast with Pat Goddard about Swedelife He has an Odeo podcast called "Patcast" that's pretty cool. Pat is the new media director at Rhino Records.

Anyway check it out.
Odeo: Patcast
Download the file: Patcast 004 with David Beach