He uses: Ibanez ‘Satriani’ guitar, Harlem V double neck guitar (12+6 string), Epiphone Les Paul, Marshall JVM 410h amp, Marshall 1936 cabinet, Nuendo 11, Line 6 Helix, Planet Waves cables, Midas m32r, Dynaudio Acoustics, Radial J48 DI, Electro Harmonix C9, E-bow, bottleneck, Jim Dunlop picks, Rotosound strings, Floyd Rose tremolo, Atomic ARC Junior Cup 165 Slalom skis, Geze ski bindings, Bauer skates, Phillips TV, Kenwood CD player, his head, Tascam porta two, Smirnoff Vodka, Captain Morgan Rum (with Coke – the drink, not the powder), Jobu and McCulloch 12″ chainsaws!!!
He extends warm gratitude to: Odalen, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sons of Apollo, Guiness Book of Records, Guitar Player Magazine, all heroes, Stardust Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, us in the band, and his CD collection!!!
Kristian uses: a guitar, an amplifier, strings, pickups, cables
He would like to thank: MusicMan Sabre & Cutlass, Fender Stratocaster, Aria Pro2, BluGuitar Amp1, Monster Cables, Ernie Ball M-steel Slinky, Angus and Malcolm Young, the Schenkers, Donald Duck & Co., Ekornes, Carlsberg, Coca Cola, The Man Behind the Cheese Slicer (and the Woman Behind Him), all his cats, his small but precious family, the other guys in the band, all the wannabe groupies he never met, and Jägermeister
Ah yes, the equipment list. This guy abuses 8, 10, -and 12” rototoms clad in Remo skins, a strictly selected cymbal inventory of Avedis Zildjian 6” bell and 13” Turkish crash, Sabian 10” splash, Paiste Stambul 20” ride and 15” hi-hat, and a Sound Vader 16” crash-ride (picky bastard); cabasa, maracas, tambourine, Tibetan Tingsha (finger cymbals), rice grains, drinking glass, casserole lid, and angle bracket (I kid you not!), plus various percussion from the Doctor, Desktop Drums NO.9008C-1,the Roland HD 1, Dr. Rhythm DR-570; Boss, too many earplugs, Bill’s Stinkbait, instruction manuals only in a pinch, and a Gibraltar double-kick doorknocker. 3M Nexcare tape (“I’ve got no blisters on my fingers!”). Oh, and sticks … made of wood.
He’d like to thank the Wright brothers, Tony Lama, Mr. Buttons for making this project possible, and whoever set the first coffe bean afire. Special thanks go to his three sons for enduring this midlife crisis, his bandmates for their generous acceptance of flexible timekeeping, and finally Mel and Neil for profound and lasting inspiration; your legacies live on!
Henrik uses: fingers (not pick!!!)
In addition, he would like to thank: Geddy Lee and Chris Squire for inspiring him the most and being the main reason he started playing bass way back when, his badass friend and roommate from the year at Musicians Institute in Hollyweird – Niek Heizenberg (with a Z) and Niek’s generous mentor and outstanding musician Dann Glenn, Diplomatico Rum distillery in Venezuela (the best there is!), good wines (fermented grape juice is just too good), friends and former colleagues in South Sudan and Sudan, his incredible son, Peace of mind – Oh, and his bandmates, of course – (“they’re OK, I guess…”, he says)
What does the future hold for
4the Money?
So, coming home after an evening doing vocals for song nr 3 in the studio, I sat down to process photo portraits I did of Erik and Øyvind. Erik thought he looked a bit old in the photos, so I started playing around with FaceApp, and as I often do – got carried away… Well, FaceApp is great but best at making you look even older – creating (even) older versions of the band members, inspired this post.
Fast forward 12-15 years: 4theMoney have still not made any money on our music, but we are back in Buttons Studio re-recording Version III of “Aqua Mortalis – When things get Fishy”! Øyvind has called us to join him in his expanded studio that now boasts Erik’s old acoustic drum set, a fridge for cold beers, a lift for the geriatric Henrik to get to the studio, and a basement (yes, with lift as well) with a wine cellar, 4K movie theatre, spa, and a chemist where Kristian can get supplies of medication for his arthritis, and all four band members get their technology breakthrough cure for hair loss – all now sporting long full hair again.
Musically, the new version of Little Fish Tom is even longer – new parts have been created and the 27min piece is now extended to 43min. Øyvind insisted on more space for guitar solos, and Henrik got competitive and wanted a bass solo in each song as well. Erik Felt left out, so we allowed him a 7min drum solo leading into the part “the Battle”. Kristian has taken up harmonica and added a new bluesy part to Ener’n and “A Farewell to Tom”. And our kids all play instruments now, so they were invited to add tracks playing guitar, keyboard, flute, bass and percussion on Little Fish Tom, and giving the chorus of Treer’n an angelic atmosphere with a choir backing the vocals by now rusty voiced Erik and Henrik. According to sound engineer, Øyvind, “Little Fish Tom version III” has a total of 137 tracks to be mixed!
The future looks so bright for 4theMoney that we should have worn shades, but our eye-sight is not that sharp anyway, anymore. Anyhoo! We’re excited about the possibilities we see for our band in the next decade or so!
“Parking on a moonbeam –
a snake is lost in space”