The Diary

Midsummer Party

Happy birthday to our star Sep. Thank you for an awesome midsummer party. This is your year baby ♥

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Qryptone @ Krusenbergs Herrgård

Last weekend, one of our songwriting friends rented this 16:th century castle for his birthday. He wanted us to give an acoustic concert with our songs. 50-60 guests, dimmed lights, candles everywhere, a grand piano and acoustic guitars playing to our voices in a medieval caste... It was amazing!

After the dinner, concert and afterparty we took our guitars down to the lake where we sat until sunrise playing songs and having a good time. The weather was amazing. Our friend set us up with rooms so we stayed the night and enjoyed the beautiful surroundings the following day. I love Qryptone.

 

 

 

 

 

Santorini snapshots, part 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santorini snapshots

The yacht

 
The roof

 
The mansion

 
The terrace

 
The conference area

 
The sunset

 
The backyard

The cliff
 

 
The happiness

All these photos are taken with our iPhones, we'll upload the pics from the "real camera" later on... they're amazing!

Business is good

Sorry for not blogging in a while. We have more than ever going on. Me and Damian are on a business trip (to paradise). So far, we've meet really cool people and seen amazing things... Joker, Albin, GameBoii, Sep, Kasro, Rob and Arezo are back in Stockholm working in the studio. 

We're in Santorini, Greece. This place is so amazing that we've decided to take the whole Qryptone family here, on an inspirational trip next year. Here's some crappy iPhone photos, enjoy! / Mick

 

Musikproducenterna @ Kista Galleria, Pt 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Musikproducenterna @ Kista Galleria, Pt 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Musikproducenterna @ Kista Galleria

One of our Qryptone-companies, Musikproducenterna had a marketing event in Sweden's most popular mall today. We have an awesome stand where we've built a mini studio where normal people can sing and hear how they sound with modern studio technology. The event continues tomorrow. We're taking it to a whole new level by building a stage and giving 5 acoustic concerts with SEP. So if you're near by, be sure to check us out!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sep will be performing at 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 by Åhléns in Kista Galleria on Saturday. 

Why won't you smile, Mick?

Damian tried to get Mick to smile on photo. He failed.

 

Damian did a Britney.... and shaved his head off!

It's been a great weekend...

What do you think we're doing?

 

 

Update

We've been real busy making hits. More updates coming soon!

Uncomfortable Qas?

Damian promised Qasro some studio time today... but some people (Arezo?) needed more time to finish their songs. So poor Qasro was left outside. A normal person would leave, but not Qasro. He just stepped into Damian's office, took his headphones, searched the closet for old equipment, and built his own studio - on Damian's sofa. Didn't look that comfortable, but very funny... 

 
Qasro's studio

 
Our talented intern Amilia working with Arezo

 
The Joker

 
The talented Mr Albin

 
Stop taking photos of me-Mick

 
Our baby Aquila

 
Damian recording

There's something magical about Qryptone...

Lookin fresh?

There's alot of activity at Qryptone right now. We have photoshoots booked, gigs, videos, interviews, a TV-show, a documentary and a whole lot of hits to make! 

This is the first opportunity to blog, at 05:07 in the morning. We started working at 10 am yesterday so it's been a long and hard day! Damian, Sep, Robert, Arezo, Jeff, Amilia, Albin, Mick, the styling agency and some friends were here during the day... and as always, new beautiful songs came to the world! 

Unfortunately we had no batteries on our camera but here's a photo Sep took with her computer this morning, followed by pics taken not so long ago. Ok, we need some sleep! Have to be up and running again in five hours... Stay humble!

This is how the duo looked this morning...

and this is how they're suppose to look...

Once upon a time-Sep

Once upon a time-Damian

(Don't worry, they still got it! Some sleep and sunshine can do wonders)

Crowded spaces, familiar faces

Believe it or not, Damian and Mick woke up early on monday to go out jogging. Arezo, Sep, GameBoii, Mick, Albin, Robert, Qasro, Amilia and Damian had sessions - at the same time. A crowded day on Qryptone with lots of sunshine and good music. 

Right now, Damian and his business team is having a meeting with top Swedish styling agency Kontrast Stockholm. They're going to help us out with the styling of our artists, aswell as photo- and video shoots. After the meeting, Rob, Sep & Damian is finishing a (-nother) track they started yesterday, and Albin & Arezo is finishing a track perfect for Jordin Sparks. Stay tuned, and Stay humble!

 
Arezo

 
Damian and parts of Albin...

 
Sep and Arezo working...

Qasro

 
A dead beat mascot?

 
Summer in on its way!

Yäy!

Busted!

Ok, some Qryptonian's whose names we won't mention (in this sentence) broke the diet. They decided to have their farewells with junk food one last "official" time. So on Saturday Damian, Joker, Sep and Mick had an "All You Can Eat" session. Not much music got produced, but alot of crap got eaten! Bad Qryptones, bad!

Joker

 
Mick making a very weird and equally delicious omelette with eggs, strawberries, bananas, cinnamon, sugar and hot chocolate.

 
Aquila looking funny...

Damian eating chips?!

A random day at Qryptone Music

We've had two very long sessions today plus a really fun jam session with friends. We're gonna video tape one of our jam sessions for you very soon, it must be seen! Tomorrow Sep and Rob is coming over to finish recording two songs with Damian. Mick has some business to attend to and Joker and Albin are going to start a new project. Britney, Pink, Kelly Clarksson? Who are we writing for right now? Stay tuned and you shall find out.

Our friend Gia helping out with some vocals...

 
Our cute intern Amilia!

 
Albin and Joker mixing...

A new, healthier beginning!

We could'nt post anything yesterday, too much work! Today Arezo, Albin, Qasro, Mick, Jocker, Damian and our new intern Amilia was in the studio... all day!

Due to the hard work and the lack of sleep lately we decided that a healthier lifestyle is needed. So when we were done with our sessions, we went to the gym and got ourselves a good workout. Then we all bought some sallads and went back to the studio where a stylist was waiting for Damian and Mick. 

Workout and low carb-diet all day everyday from now on. Have a good look at our physiques, in two months there WILL be a difference!

 
Albin

 
Arezo working...

and trying to figure out what everything means...

 
Arezo presenting her song... AMAZING talent

 
Damian nervous about the turnout...

 
Gorgeus Mick!

Monday @ Qryptone Music

GameBoii

 
Damian, Aquila & Arezo

 
Qasro

 
Joker

 
GameBoii & Arezo in session...

 
Arezo

 
GameBoii in action...

What kind of pose is this Rob?

Saturday @ Qryptone Music

We're to tired to write any comments on our day... it's been the longest day ever, and the greatest one so far... Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

Friday @ Qryptone Music

Today has been one of those days... GOOD DAYS! We took some time off this morning to sleep... then Damian, Mick, Joker, Albin and Qasro met up to have a cleaning session with some delivery pizza...

We also bought new furniture for the small studio. We'll publish some pics of it here shortly... At four, Rob and Sep came over to have a session with Damian. They wrote and produced an A W E S O M E track. Mick and Joker had a session in the small studio and Arezo and GameBoii dropped by for a minute to say hi. Then we all went to have a nice dinner with Indian fine dining. Luxury. I love Qryptone.

The teams are still working. Here some pictures (with a NEW camera) Enjoy!

 
Damian getting ready for some fine dining...

 
Joker (Casanova) sexy as always...

 
Romantic Mick... haha (hey, doesn't he kinda look like the lead singer in Coldplay?)

 
Damian chillin with his favorite beverage... WHISKEY!

and what's whiskey without BUSINESS! 

 
Beautiful beautiful Sep pretending to like Whiskey... 

 
Damian & Sep

 
Damian working the magic...

 
IRL-Damian

Aquila giving Damian some input on the track... 

Damian did not fully understand what she ment, so she had to show him...

Thursday @ Qryptone Music

Tonight Damian, Joker, Sep and Arezo had a session. They wrote an awesome song, and it was the first time we recorded Sep in the new studio. It sounds amazing. Sep is one of the most talented singers in the industry, there's no doubt about that. With the new recording system we can finally make music ready for release... prepared for the Billboard charts ;-) Stay tuned!

 

 

 
Art...

 
Trying out the lyrics...

 
Before Sep layed them down...

 
Sep trying to understand what Damian is talking about...

 
Damian loves to use weird elements in his productions... Here's a GONG with a really cool sound ;-)

 
Our mascot Aquila was bummed out tonight... don't think she liked the song

Arezo tried to cheer her up though!

(We need to invest in a new camera, the one on iPhone sucks!)

Wednesday @ Qryptone Music

Allright, it's 4:12 AM and we are all VERY tired. Three sessions, three songs... and we start working again at 11 AM. GameBoii and Arezo finished a really hot Rihanna-type song. Mick, Albin and Joker wrote a Britney-hit and Damian and Rob made something One Republicish... 

As most of you probably know Qryptone now has 10 resident songwriters and producers that work here every day. We're going to add them to the website soon, but for now the names are as follows; Damian Pars, Sep, Arezo, Qasro, Mick, Joker, Albin, GameBoii, Rob and one more who's name we will make public shortly... We're co-workers, we're close friends, we're the Qryptone family. Here's the photos from today. Stay humble!

Albin working on a hot HOT beat...

Damian's lovely mother came over to listen to her son...

Mick writing another masterpiece...

Some Indian fine dining...

With a very tierd Damian...

Back to the studio where the teams were getting ready for their 7-03 (AM) sessions...

 
Rob in session with Damian

Tuesday night @ Qryptone Music

It's been a productive day so far. We have written and recorded three (!) awesome tracks today. I'm sitting in the Grand Suite studio with Micke R and planning a show we're hosting in three weeks, All of our artists and musicians are going to perform! More about this soon...

Three teams of songwriters and producers, three sessions, three great tracks with hit potential. I'm satisfied with today. As always, our Top Chef Producers (Micke R #1, Albin N #2 and Joker #3) made an awesome HEALTHY meal. Here's some photos.  Stay Humble! / Damian

YumYum!

 
Green sallad with tuna, avacado, boiled eggs, unions, fried mushrooms, tomatos, cottage cheese, feta, newly baked bread and MORE. Amazing huh?

Matilda was here laying down some vocals...

Damian, Arezo, GameBoii & Micke says hi!

It's very late, 2:43 AM - We just got done with our sessions, and wanted to say hi. So here's Damian with three of our latest songwriters and producers - Arezo, GameBoii and Micke. Stay tuned!

Monday night @ Qryptone Music

It's been a long day today, and it's not over yet! I gathered all our 10 songwriters and producers for a full day of planning. We have a lot of songs to pitch, and a lot of people that are expecting hits from us, so we have to deliver! We sat about 8 hours with that, then the guys made some food and we split into three teams... It's soon 1 am and we're still working, and having a BLAST! Here's some live pics. / Damian

Joker studying the Billboard top 100...

Joker making a hot beat on his laptop...

Here's our calender for this week. Double, and triple booked. Thank god we have access to more than two studios!

The entrance to The Grand Suite (Studio)

The Grand Suite waiting for me...

Our top chef producers making a delicious chili shrimp pasta meal...

 Top Chef #1

Top Chef #2

Stay Humble

The entrance to The Suite (the smaller studio)

Some percussion on the floor...

GameBoii making a new hit!

and getting amazing sounds out of the Korg M3, killer synth!

Arezo - Amazing multi talented songwriter on Qryptone finding melodies.

The Suite Workstation

Our mascot - Aquila

The yet unfurnished lobby...

Buddha is an inspiration to us all!

(Sorry for the crappy pictures, iPhones camera sucks!)

Mike (Qasro) says hello!

Qasro is one of our greatest, and goofiest team mates.

Red Wine and Lavender in the studio!

This week we've been working on a big project that was finished today. We delivered four tracks that our client was very pleased with! So now me and Rob are chillin out in the big studio while the others are having a writing session in the other studio. We're making HITS!

Ladies and Gents: Meet Rob Choler, a top of the line Rock producer

and bassist, pianist, guitarist, songwriter... the list goes on and on! We have some amazing multi talents over here. Are you in Sweden and want to work with us? Check out Musikproducenterna.se or mail us info@qryptone.com

More info about Rob coming soon!

Sneak peaks of the Qryptone studio!

Our latest addition to the team!

The ROLAND FANTOM G8 - aint it beautiful? ;-)

 

True talent

Introducing GameBoii

We're gonna make a big thing out of this soon. Cause it is... We have a new awesome producer in our core team. His name is GameBoii, and his sound is off the hook! Here's the grammy nominated video for the song "Follow me" by Swedish rap stars Pato Pooh and Adam Tensta - produced by Gameboii.

We're currently working on tracks for some of the greatest stars in the world... and building two studios in central Stockholm. We've already moved in, but the studios aren't finished yet... It's an amazing process how they build this stuff. Just yesterday, a giant truck delivered over a ton of material (yes, ONE TON) for ONE room.

We wanted the best studio in the world. We're we can scream, play drums and be creative without anyone hearing us, without echoes and with perfect acoustics and the best sound quality available. We wanted the best, and Studiobyggarna is delivering it to us. Can't wait! /D

On my way back to Stockholm!

I'm sitting on the train, all by my self... the others are partying and watching the show back in Sandviken (small small town in Sweden) but I had to get back cause we're moving in to our new studio tomorrow. I haven't even started packing, but me and boy Mike is doing that tonight!

We're also gonna decorate the place tomorrow and we have some AMAZING ideas involving paint, wall-size photographs and more. So stay tuned!

The event in Sandviken went great, it's actually one day left but Anna Göransson from Kontrast Stockholm (the best styling agency I've ever worked with) has everything in control. They're gonna be our groups main partner in our events, video- and photoshoots etc. Our event was such a success. Our client became the center of attention during the whole thing. That was the goal, and we made it! /D

Oh yeah, did I mention we rock? Here's more photos (taken with my phone)

There's nothing Qryptone Music Group/Starcase PR can't do, specially when we have Sweden's best styling agency by our side - Kontrast Stockholm. We provide the ideas, they make them come true.
 

Here's another angle!

More suprises to come! Read more about our client SMSGuld here. They have an awesome business idea, be shure to check it out! 

Starcase PR is our next business venture. It's not officially launched (yet), but we already have a lot of work!

Starcase works with media production and PR - helping companies build strong brands with PR-events (like this one), interactive media (web sites, commercials etc) and a whole lot of INNOVATION. That's kind of our thing... 

Look at what we created today!

A living statue, made entirely of gold. I pitched the idea, they liked it - we fixed it! Creativity has no boundaries! More suprises coming soon... theres actually two of them / Damian
 

Look what I found!

An awesome treasure box! Filled with gold! Well, actually it's chocolate covered in gold! It's like a ton of chocolate, that I'll probably end up eating =) This little area took us over five hours to build and we just got finished with the entire stage setup. Tomorrow we're having two gorgeous models covered in gold. They're gonna be "living statues"... I love being creative!

We're currently at the Eurovision song contest in Sandviken, Sweden arranging two PR-events together with styling agency Kontrast Stockholm.

So much building!

Allright people, this is what's happening right now:

• We're in the middle of building our headquarters in the middle of Stockholm. Over 1 500 square feet in the capital of Scandinavia
• The renovation is finished tomorrow and we're moving in this weekend
• We've employed five new producers and songwriters for Qryptone Music Sweden and our business venture Musikproducenterna. We'll introduce you to them shortly.
• We're going to release new media production services for companies (radio advertising, post production, web production and more) under Starcase PR by the end of this month.

Starcase is our new production company that specialises in corporate/B2B-services, mainly for the Swedish market. This is a natural step for us, since we've been asked to produce these kinds of services in the last couple of months, which we have - with great results.

In other words, we have a lot going on! After moving in, we're building two pro-equipped studios. We're starting with the first one on monday, and the second "big" one in two weeks. With the new technology we'll be able to deliver the kind of quality only the top studios in the world can... We're looking forward to doing so aswell.

In the midst of all this, we're writing and producing songs like never before. We're involved in great artist projects that we have to keep secret at the moment. But soon we will reveal it all. So stay tuned my friends. The music industry has no idea of what is about to hit it! But I promise you that it'll be welcomed with open arms.

Until later... Stay Humble! / Damian
 

Welcome to our new blog!

And ofcourse, our new website! What do you think of it so far? We will upload tons of video clips, photos and music for your entertainment. So be sure to check back on a regular basis.

This is no ordinary blog. This is the official blog of Qryptone Music, our artists, our production and management team - everyone that works here! So prepare for a whole lot of blogging :-) / Damian