The Diary of Sauli Hirvi

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New venture – Stems.cc

Posted on October 20th, 2011 by Sauli Hirvi

My new venture, Stems.cc, is taking its first humble steps. It is a site built around collaborative music making and remixing. A site that encourages openness in an industry plagued with protectiveness and copyrights. Because of the nature of Stems, all songs must be released under Creative Commons license. By the way, a stem, in musical [...]

New Song – The Woods

Posted on August 17th, 2011 by Sauli Hirvi

It’s been ages since the last update, but here’s a new song to make up for it. I was playing around in dropped-D tuning and the basic tune came out pretty painlessly. I also play an irish tin flute in the interludes. Semira sings beautifully as always and I’m really happy with the outcome.  

125 Magazine – Hill of Crosses

Posted on April 4th, 2011 by Sauli Hirvi

Photographer Nina Merikallio was featured in the latest issue of 125 Magazine and she also did a short film for them. She wanted to use one of my songs for the music and I was happy to make a special edit of the track. Check it out. Like our Läkerol film posted before, this was [...]

New Song – Closing Time

Posted on March 29th, 2011 by Sauli Hirvi

Semira and I managed to finish an old song of mine that had been lying in a drawer for several years. It sounds like a decarbonated beer at an empty pub, where the upholstery smells like cigarettes and Rohypnol.