Her songs have been used by MTV, Nike, Miller Lite, Virgin Mobile, Subaru, Juicy Couture, Suave, Vodafone, Chips Ahoy, Subaru, Quiznos, Ford Models, Bank of America and heard in Big Brother Australia, One Tree Hill, Veronica Mars, Laguna Beach, The Real Orange County, The Hills, Ice Age 3, Kourt & Khloe Take Miami, Bad Girls and House of Jazmin. so if you find yourself buying a product, shakin’ your booty, this diva may be to thank for the grooves!
Salme takes us inside her world…in her own words ~
The Acid Cowgirl Audio Trade is a high-energy pop/electronica album filled with funky guitars, rocking break beats and cherry flavored pop hooks. It’s meant to entertain and energize. I produced and recorded the album myself in my own studio, called The Pink Penthouse. I have since then moved the studio to Brooklyn, but at the time my studio was a tiny space, about 50 sqf located in the penthouse of my apartment. It was hot as hell in the summer and freezing cold in winter, but it was very inspiring and I had the best view of the Manhattan skyline at night.
Making TACAT, I set out to make a high energy, super hooky album. I always loved albums by artists such as Fatboy Slim who had these really hard hitting, in your face productions mixed in with all these corky, tongue in cheek hooks, and I wanted to do something in that vein. I am not a DJ so instead of searching for other songs to sample, I set out to make my own. I played most of the instruments on that album as well. But to keep with the electronic feel, I would record some guitar riffs, then cut them up, throw them in the sampler and tweak the crap out of them. But it was always important to me to have real songs in there. I come from a traditional songwriter background – you know, you sit down with a guitar or at the piano and work out melody and lyrics. A lot of times the songs where written that way and only later dressed up in all the funkyness and tweaked out fashion.
I started playing classical piano at age 5. When I was 12 I moved on to guitar and that’s when I really started writing songs and playing in bands. I also played drums for a while; my parent’s were always really supportive of my music and they let me keep the drum set in the living room. I also got into midi programming early on, my first computer was an Atari running Logic Notator. I still use Logic to this day. I was always the lead singer in all the bands I was in. Singing didin’t come easy for me though, I took voice lessons for years. My parents listened mostly to classical music so I had to turn to the radio to find my pop and rock and roll. There were a couple of radio shows in Sweden (where I grew up) that played the popular bands from the US and the UK. I used to tape these shows on my little tape recorder and listen to them over and over. I remember hearing Cher (disco-era), Kiss, Barbara Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Prince and Journey. Nowadays I listen to a lot of electronic music (I like the energy) but to offset that I keep my Bob Dylan and Kiss records handy. I’m a sucker for a great chorus so anything that has a memorable hook, I listen to, whether it’s dance, rock, pop or country music.
I am currently working on a new studio album, which is going to be a little closer to the dance floor. The first single, “So Delicious”, is coming out in November followed by a full-length album in 2011. I’ve got remixes done by Junior Vasquez (big hero of mine), Massi & Deleon and David Knapp, it’s going to be a hot release. I am also producing a break beat EP, working title is “Pop Piller”, containing songs I’ve written for the new album that are better suited for that type of production.
Check out my website www.salmedahlstrom.com for all the latest Salme news. There you’ll also find links to hook up with me on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and more. Hope to see you out there!
Salme says~ “Stay true to yourself, don’t lose sight of your goal and work hard.”
You Go Girl!!!
Thanks for the info
Love her, songs are so good!
Salme is the best, her songs are so powerful.