We are the EardrumsPop-team:
My first real musical awakening came when I got to pick a free tape with my newly bought tape-recorder as a kid. I picked a new wave-compilation, and I listened and listened and listened. I’ve always listened to a lot of different music, and never been a fan of only one genre. I’ve played in several bands (a long time ago), and our biggest achievement was to ALMOST get a contract with 4AD… I’ve got one wife, two kids and two cats. I live on a tiny island in the North of Norway. I prefer the quiet life, and I’m not a frequent concert- or club-visitor. I like illustration and art, I try to be a better photographer, I like reading and have several writing-projects that I never seem to finish. I like nature, history, technology and so many other things… I am addicted to music, but love silence.
I started the Eardrums music blog in 2005, and made the first Eardrums compilation in 2008.
It may have started some day in the late 1980s during an ordinary primary school week. With the permission of my parents I could stay up a bit longer to watch a documentary about this band from Liverpool. I was thrilled by their tunes and the “mania” they caused among their fans. The following day I tried to find their records and since then I haven’t stopped looking for new music that I want to be the soundtrack of my life. Some years later I came across the amazing Scandinavian music scene. I made the good decision to spend an exchange year in one of the Nordic countries and combined it with going to great concerts and festivals. Nowadays I run a little web radio (http://www.laut.fm/popadelica ) with my friends and write tweets (http://twitter.com/stevefan) about music I like. Let’s share good music and see you around!
I guess my great love to music was found out by my mother when I was still a tiny kiddo. I went to music kinder garden and had one day insisted getting a “pling pling”. It took a while before my mom realized that “pling pling” means triangle and that I wasn’t going to give up. I was about four years old. And I got a triangle. And I still have it.
There’s not a day in my life passing by without music. Besides being an active concert goer and music listener, I write reviews and interviews a bit here and there. I have also just started working in a Norwegian music promotion company This Is Management & Promotion.
See you in the front row!
Music was part of my everyday life from an early age- it may sound cheesy now but I think it began with Sesame Street and grew from there. My parents had a wonderful LP collection and there were so many genres that it was always great to have any record playing…I ruined quite a few by overplaying them which is something they will never let me forget. I have always been into eclectic music and I really enjoy hearing new tunes that defy boundaries and open up your ears in a way that hasn’t been done before.
I am originally from Maryland in the US but have been living in Dublin, Ireland for the last 17 years. The gig scene in Dublin is excellent and when I get the chance I try to see my favourite bands- it’s thrilling to hear to the tunes that I love up close and personal. Unfortunately the live experience has led to my tinnitus which sometimes makes it difficult to hear the subtleness that I use to enjoy. I still listen to a lot of new music and when I have a chance I blog at http://tenacioustimothy.wordpress.com/.
The profile picture is a collaboration between me and my niece- I sat and she drew. I’m still not sure if all my limbs are represented or if that is my ear sticking out!