Introduction

The first day of 2007, and also premiere of this blog!

My name is Mathias and I'm 29 years old. I live in Stockholm, Sweden, and I make a living playing, writing, and teaching music. In the forthcoming months, I'll be composing a piece for large jazz orchestra (big band), to enter in a contest. This blog will be used as a day-to-day report on the process.

I have several reasons for doing this:

• So that people who might be interested in musical composition, and/or my work in particular, can follow the process
• As a way for me to document my working methods, and hopefully learn something from it in the end
• To put a little pressure on myself to actually finish the project
• It seemed like a fun thing to do, since it might not have been done before...?

I'm writing in English not to be pretentious, but simply so that more people can understand. If the technology allows it, you might also find some sheet music examples or even soundclips here in the future!