NEW TRACK: “Winter Night”
A brand new track recorded on my Nigel Thornbory guitar.
Acoustic fingerstyle guitar
A brand new track recorded on my Nigel Thornbory guitar.
My acoustic version of the theme song from the most famous Danish tv-series “Matador”. The tune is written by Danish composer Bent Fabricius-Bjerre and is one of the most well-known melodies in Denmark. Originally written for the piano I have arranged it for acoustic guitar and plays it on my Lowden S-25 with some overdubs in the end on my Thornbory guitar.
This is a tune I wrote long ago for a magical act. I was performing with a small comedy group and one of the sketches was a small magic routine. I was told to play some “classical music” and since I couldn’t find the right piece to play (and needed something that could med play for a quite long time) I wrote this little number with a couple of classical sounding riffs put together. Some twenty years later I have finally recorded it properly and here it is with its own silly music video. I hope you like it.
A short instrumental tracks inspired by classical music. Recorded on my old trusty Lowden F22 in standard tuning.
“Cold War” is the first piece I have written and recorded in DADGAD tuning. I first encountered that tuning when listening to Pierre Bensusan and some of Bert Jansch’s recordings from the 70’s. Took some time to get comfortable with it – but “Cold War” is a tune I’m really proud of!
It’s a piece in three parts: first there is a melancholic melody played on my old Lowden F22 and repeated once with a mellotron whistle part and finally with both whistle and cello. The second part is more optimistic and full of hope. Again its my old Lowden but with banjo and more mellotron and some real pennywhistle at the end. The whole thing ends with a short solo guitar piece during the credits.
I really hope you like it and please share it with everyone you know!
I’ve given an interview to Martin Yam Møllers cool gear and music blog. You can read it here:
https://martinyammoller.com/…/marcus-hagsten-under-manen/
This is a jazzy tune heavily based on The Pentangles “I’ve got a Feeling” (1968) but that one was of course based on Miles Davis’ “All Blues” (1959). The video is a tribute to another Miles. Reid Miles designed all those cool covers for Blue Notes releases in the 50’es and early 60’s and I’ve tried to recreate some of the best ones. Can you spot all six?
A little tribute to the main character in the amazing western video game “Red Dead Redemption 2”. Trying to catch the mood and look of the game and especially the sound of the cool soundtrack by Daniel Lanois. Mainly played on my Leon Ballard banjo with some electric guitar and omnichord overdubs.
My debut record “Wordless” is out now. After almost two years of work, the record is finally done and available for streaming everywhere. You can listen to it here on my website or where you usually stream music. I hope you like it. More music on its way soon.
A short two-part piece. First half features acoustic guitar (Lowden F22), whistle (Whorfin Woods), electric guitar (Gibson Les Paul) and Omnichord. The second half is an improvised tune with acoustic guitar, synth and samples.