My duet with George Benson I was recording my very first CD ‘Blue Planet’. My producer had ties to George Benson and knew that George had a track in his closet he wasn’t using, So he talked him into reworking it into a duet with me, NILS. Nils , who? Exactly I was a total…
How I found the groove…. I remember growing up as a young teenager in the late 70’s in Munich, Germany. Like any young musician I dreamed of being a rock star, but the reality of actually one day landing a record deal seemed a million miles away. In those days German radio only played American…
I want to tell the story of my two Valley Arts guitars. Actually the story of my first one. I came to LA in the mid 80 and at that time Valley Arts was the premier music store in town. All the LA session musicians would hang out there, Steve Lukather, Abe Laboriel, Larry Carlton,…
Thank you for being a loyal part of my fan club. Here is an exclusive sneak preview for my new music video, which will be released in the next few weeks. The song is “WE GOT LOVE” from my PLAY album. The original version is by Babyface and this is my take on it. You’re…
So as I laid out in the first 2 installments of this series, there a lot of things to do and to take care of once the CD is finished. My latest tasks have been updating my website(s) Check it out nilsmusic.com got a total make-over, so did nilsmusicproductions.com. There is still more work to…
It’s been a few weeks since part one, mainly due to the Christmas and New Years holidays and I also had an out-of-town show in the first week of January. But here is what I have accomplished so far: The photo shoot and the album artwork are done. The CDs are being manufactured. We had…
I just returned from mastering my new CD and I am glad that this part of the process is finished. But there are many more steps for releasing a successful album. So for me this just means to switch gears and focus on the next steps. I made a list of all the things I…
Dear friends I am currently in the studio working on a new album. And I am also redesigning all my websites. I have therefore taken a short break from blogging. I will resume in a few weeks. in the meantime here is a link to my previous blog posts
