Music

It all began when I was conducting classical music with a piece of spaghetti in front of my mother's radio, and beating up my dog toy animal on a miniature toy piano, when I was four. I then started playing the piano when I was seven years old. But it was not until I was 18 years old that I attained any form of training, so most of my technical abilities are self-taught. Then I began to pursue a career in the music-business, and began to study this art. The rest is history, so to speak (see below)...

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• My current involvements are the three projects Aeroplain and Vand Over Bord and Dynamoe [MySpace | Facebook | Last.fm]. The first is my one man electronica band, the second is a jazz trio. The third, a nu-jazz/electronica/rock band. Read below for the complete curriculum vitae.

Discography

• Dynamoe: "In the Wake of Time", Additional keyboards. Released 2007
  This album is available as donationware.
• Murena Records: Various artists, "Clubbinhagen", track 08: Dynamoe's "Mistress of Spices" [Additional keyboards] Released 2003
• Kriztal Entertainment: Various artists, "Bedroom Communities 02. Relounge", track 12: Dynamoe's "Clowns & Prophets, Bitches & Backers" [Additional keyboards] Released 2003
• Murena Records / Playground: Dynamoe, "Coming Home", Additional keyboards.
• Murena Records / Playground: Dynamoe, "In Your Own Time" (single), Additional keyboards.
• April Records: Alex Puddu & the Butterfly Collectors, "Chasing the Scorpion's Tail", Rhodes, Hammond & piano, arranger (together with the rest of the band). Album also released in Japan.
• Aeroplain: "The Wind-up Bird Chronicle", Composer, arrranger, producer (the works).
  This album is available as a free download
• Mushi: "Unbelonging", Accordion on tracks 2,7,14.
• Mole Listening Pearls: "Pearl Diver_presented by Monophonic" (various artists), Track 4, Dynamoe's "In Your Own Time".
• And I appear as the second half of the duo “The Guevara” with the remix “NeoTek52 Renaissance Jazz remix” on the remix re-release of the album “Brain over Muscle” by Neotek.
• Edel: "In A Jazzymental Mood-Part Two" (various artists), CD 2, Track 12, Dynamoe's "In Your Own Time".
• April Records: Alex Puddu & the Butterfly Collectors, "Tuesday Afternoon" (EP), Rhodes, Hammond & piano, arranger (together with the rest of the band).
• April Records: Alex Puddu & the Butterfly Collectors, "The Silence of the Sun and the Rhythm of the Rain", Rhodes, Piano on track 5, 6, 8.
• Mushi, "Unfairytales", Accordion on tracks 1: "Unfairytale" & 2: "Pieces of Nothing".

Musical curriculum vitae

Education

• Graduated from HF (Danish equivalent to High School) 1992 with grade 11 (US: A-) in music.

Professional Courses

• Different preparatory courses for entering the Danish Rhythmic Music Conservatory 1993-1995
• Diploma in the computer program Steinberg Cubase, the Rhythmic school (Rytmiske Aftenskole), 1994

Musical Experience

• Playing the piano (self-taught) 1980-
• Composing 1980- (More seriously from 1994)
• Playing solo, various small local gigs, school comedy throughout 1980-1990
• Composing all tunes, band-leading & performance in a school musical 1991
• Zuboklup Band + Close-up (Rock/pop) keyboards, composer 1991
• 12 piece pop/funk orchestra keyboards first, drummer later 1990-1992
• Professional courses (as seen above) 1993-1995
• Teacher in Steinberg Cubase 1994-1995
• Moose Project (Jazz/Rock Fusion), keyboards, composer 1994-1997
• Important Pierce (Jazz/Funk Copy band á lá Herbie Hancock & Bentzon Brotherhood) keyboards 2003-2004
• Epifani (Epiphany in Danish) (Jazz/Rock Fusion), keyboards, composer 2001-2003
• Mushi (Alternative Pop/Rock), keyboards, accordion 2003-2004 [Web site]
• Alex Puddu & the Butterfly Collectors (70s Ennio Morricone inspired smooth & groovy tunes - a new project by half of the now non-exsisting duo, Puddu Varano) keyboards 2003-2006 [Web site]

Current Projects

• Aeroplain (one man electronica band) composer, programmer etc. 2001- [Web site]
• Dynamoe (electronica) Assisting keyboards (both recordings & live gigs) 2001- [Web site]
• Vand Over Bord (Jazz/Jazz-funk trio), piano, composer 2003- [Web site]