With the wind in your back and the sun right above your head, try not to feel good while you're riding your bike between Venice and Santa Monica. Riding on the beach pretty close to the shoreline amongst yoggers, people on rollerblades, skateboards or other "vehicles", must be the perfect medicine for your soul. Hippies, hip-hoppers, tourists, teenagers, surfers, skaters, cops and God knows what, together with the smell of Mariujana, makes it a very "interresting" impression. Coming …

...mmm...hmm...psst...hello...are you still out there? It's been over three weeks since my latest blogpost and I've never had such a long break since I started this page. We're also in the middle of July and I guess some of you are on, or is just about to go on vacation, which has been the reason for me, not to be online that much. Except for some short updates on facebook, there's been nothing since the blog "Sweet", that was written almost while the cab was waiting to take us to the airport …

"Sweet" If you're happy, music can make you more happy. If you're sad, music can make you even more sad. That's how it works for me. Back when the kids were young, everytime at the last day in school before the summer break when they started to sing "Den blomstertid nu kommer", I started to cry. It was "happy tears", a strange combination of relief, happiness and of course I was proud over the two junior Fröbergs. If you're talking about strong emotions, this is the …

The summer is just around the corner, at least for us here in Sweden. Beside the fact that it's actually quite nice outside, the "World Cup 2010 in South Africa" is the perfect proof of that. This time Sweden didn't qualify (thanks to Denmark). Seriously, as soon as I saw that we had them in our qualification group (again), I said this time it's there turn. Sad for us I was right. On the other hand, earlier on we qualified on there behalf a couple of times, so I guess in the end some kind of …

Heard on the radio about a boy, who took his life because he wasn't allowed to play as much computer games as he would've liked. Heard on the radio, in Pakistan the Taliban bombed a school for girls. Heard on the radio, British Petrol is cleaning up the mess in the Mexican Gulf with an "antiseptic", that's almost as bad as the oil. Heard on the radio about yet another priest, who have molested a child. Heard on the radio, in Haiti they amputate without giving anaesthesia. Heard on the radio …

I know I shouldn't write this because of all the people and companies that has gotten into trouble because of the volcano (dust) from Iceland. For me the timing couldn't be better. That little bugger actually gave me some time off from Arlanda that has been very useful as we're putting the final touches to the mix. On the other hand I have to say I feel so sorry for J.L.Anton and co. Last week I called him to see how they were hanging, before their trip to The States. I was actually trying to get …

Since I started the recording of FuturePast, I'm afraid I belong to the above mentioned cathegory myself. Usually I have no problem to estimate time. I'm never late, I never miss a train, a buss or a flight. As I just said, I have no problem to estimate how much time I need for this or that (at least that's what I think myself, with FuturePast as the exception from the rule). Anyway, what's the reason for this? Was I born like this? Was I brought up and taught to be like this? I really don't know and I …

The funny thing is that the mixes gets better and better, at least that what it feels like. In this process you do small adjustments along the way, which constantly improves the sound. Because of this fact we had to go back and take a look at the early mixes and "tweak" up the sound a little here and there. Last night we (almost) finished the song "Only my blood", which means that we've now mixed the 4 "epics" on the album (even if they're not even close to "Garden of …

Got mail from a "young" man maybe a month ago. One thing strucked me. If I compare his life, his musicianship today, with back in the days when I was young. In my case, it's like we're talking ancient history. In the message he described his situation, starting a new band, trying to find some place to rehearse etc. To be honest, I didn't have much to tell him, especially since he lives somewhere in Stockholm. After the rehearsals I did together with the guys in Planet Marsh in a studio in …

  I don't know if they did it on purpose? The sandwiches, the hot chocolate and the oranges were packed. Mom and dad, my little sister and me were just about to go cross country skiing (when I was a kid). I'm not sure but I think those "picnics" and the fact that my mother didn't drive, has made it very natural for me to move (walking, running, skating, skiing or whatever). Later on from my schooldays up until I was 16 years old, I was very active playing soccer (I was doing allright, I …

 What happened that day in Seattle at the fast food restaurant, when Roine became "Groina"? What was the truth behind the "Dwayne incident" in New York. In Paris, at one of the public restrooms, all of a sudden "Aaaaah..., Monsieur Bodin!" became a fact and has lived with us ever since. Will those stories ever be told? Frankly, at the moment I don't know? What I do know is the fact that TFK still has a break or a time out. I'm speaking with all the guys on a regular …

Last week I finished the vocals and we're now lifting in the solos and the percussion and preparing for the mix. Since my voice will be the only one you'll hear on the album, it's been very important to me to use it in as many different ways as possible, so that it won't get "static". It's the same with the harmonies. I've been very keen to find the "right" expression and sound to those as well. Even though I've mostly made all the vocals in the morning, starting at 9.00 o clock and …

 We'd never met before, even though we’ve lived in the same city and we both played frequently on the citys ”live circuit”. I mean, back then I’d heard of him, strange enough we’d never met. Could it be the fact that he’s 5 years older than me (hahaha…) If you go back 25-30 years, those years made a hell of a difference and today they mean nothing. Anyway, of course I’m talking about the TFK keyboard player Tomas (Don Tomasso) Bodin. The first time …

 Sometimes I wish I was playing in a blues trio (especially during the soundchecks). Imagine a guitar, an amp and maybe a “Blues Breaker” effect pedal to “tweak” up the sound a little. Playing this music called “progrock or “symphonic rock” or whatever you’d like to call it, is a challenge. I mean, you’re gonna have maybe 20 minutes of music in your head, sometimes 30, or why not 45-50 minutes as in “Garden of Dreams”, which we did …

You can never tell anyone, what’s right, what’s wrong or what to think. When we released the latest TFK studio effort “The sum of no evil”, the critics were more divided than ever, from 10/10, to worst crap ever and that amazes me. Before the recording during the pre-production and the rehearsals, we were all very happy with the material Roine had written for the album. In fact so much that I did’nt even bother to present the song “It’s only my blood” …