Featured – Kai Strandskov Music

it’s a mashup!

Kai Strandskov — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 12:22:19 +0000

So, I guess I made a mashup. I was hanging out with Stereo Creeps, and we found ourselves cry-laughing for 30 mins about the concept. So I had to go and create it. We got lucky–both songs are in the same key. It almost arranged itself.

I think I have a system now, so I got my ears out for more.

Stereo Creeps – She Knows / It’s a secret

Kai Strandskov — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:34:46 +0000

I’m pretty darned proud to announce the official release of a live performance of two brand new songs from Stereo Creeps. “She Knows” and “It’s a Secret” were recorded live in a room full of friends at the recent Earwig Sessions at Earwig Studio, and we decided that’s just how we’re going to release these songs. We recorded an EP earlier in the year, but that’s the real studio deal so it takes a moment to get it all packaged up and ready for release. Technically that EP was my first recording on the drums with Stereo Creeps (I appeared on the previous release Suck on theremin), but this is my debut released performance with the band and so IT’S MY BIG DAY! Sean Moe, Robert Dollarsign, and Mark Wardell – it’s a huge honor to be teaming up with you on rocking the f out of everything! Don Farwell and Lance Hofstad – thanks for putting lipstick on this pig with your audio and video genius! And of course thank YOU for your continued support of local music. More important than ever. NOW GO WATCH THIS THING WHY ARE YOU WAITING!

Love and Fury at Slim’s

Kai Strandskov — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 08:03:19 +0000

Just recently Love and Fury performed outdoors at Slim’s here in Seattle. It was an amazing evening sharing the stage with Sky Cries Mary, and Virago. Here’s a playlist of the entire evening…

It was a great close to a chapter in our lives. We now move on to songwriting for the next album. Stay tuned!

Spasmo

Kai Strandskov — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 08:43:45 +0000

Spasmo played our first show the other day! We have another coming up on July 25th, and then our third is opening for Behold the Arctopus on August 3rd.

Good to be playing with Stuart Dahlquist again. Met him when I toured with Dama/Libra. Nathan Donnel is on vox. Marshall McLaughlin is on guitar. Stuart and Marshall were in Pink Muscles. Marshall’s written all the songs so far, but we’ll probably all contribute eventually.

CHAOS. Okay, here’s Adam Noble Bass’s video of us from our first night:

Stay tuned for a demo.

Stereo Creeps on the Spud Goodman Show

Kai Strandskov — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 07:55:37 +0000

We headed down to Tacoma and had a nice evening in the studio on the Spud Goodman Show. Really cool to see the operation from the inside, and everyone was super hospitable, and we had a blast!

The show also featured some folks you may have heard of, like C. Thomas Howell and Margaret Cho, and others. Pretty awesome!

The whole thing is streaming on the web, or just check out one of the songs we played right heeya:

Rock lottery, part 3

Kai Strandskov — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:16:37 +0000

Continued from part 2. This was our last song from that night. Enjoy.

Rock Lottery, Part 2

Kai Strandskov — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 17:11:38 +0000

Continued from part 1, this is the second song. As with the others, this took about 2 hours to write. It was rad to see us playing in such completely different styles.

Rock lottery, part 1

Kai Strandskov — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:52:35 +0000

On January 13, I drew 4 random names out of a hat and wrote 3 songs with them. We performed them that night at the Crocodile. In the hours between, I felt like we really came together like family. No egos, just music. It was an enlightening day! You can write a song in 2 hours, folks. Here’s the first song:

roboRt

Kai Strandskov — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 09:17:43 +0000

For the past few years, I’ve been going through a self discovery process of learning to use a bunch of music tools. That lead to a new solo project that I’m calling roboRt. I hope to release the first set of tracks very soon, upon finishing mixing/mastering. That has taken longer than writing the songs, so I’m pretty optimistic about what’s to come! Here’s a preview…

UPDATE: The video is released with the official track! Video updated…

Drum solo in 9

Kai Strandskov — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:19:48 +0000

I forgot to post this, but here’s a drum solo in 9/8 from earlier this year. I just got a go-pro as a gift, and it’s pretty awesome! I hope to be able to play around with it some more soon.