Hi there, my name is Peter Erlandsson and I’m a Swedish guy who’s had a love affair with playing music for almost 40 years. My first contact with a musical instrument was the flute, in second grade during music class. All my friends hated it, but I was immediately hooked, and practiced every opportunity I had. My parents, who got really tired of listening to their son’s relentless flute playing, suggested I take piano lessons instead, which I happily did. 

In my teens I got involved with my first band, as a keyboard player, and I must say I had never felt so thrilled about anything in my life! Being in a band was the best thing EVER and I eventually ended up as a drummer, and continued to play drums in several other bands.

So what about guitar? Yeah, ironically enough that was the one instrument I always had my eyes on, but never really got into, for various reasons. I often talked about it with my wife, who eventually got so fed up with listening to me that in 2006 she bought me an accoustic guitar for Christmas and basically said: “Stop talking, start playing”.

I know, my wife is awesome! I finally got acquainted with the instrument I loved, and set off on my guitar journey. 17 years later and I can honestly say I’m more passionate about it than ever. Never became a rockstar though, but hey, sometimes gigging in front of friends and family can still make you feel like one.

Playing guitar is absolutely awesome, and is a never ending adventure with many ups and downs, and a ton of gear, lessons and techniques to navigate through, which can be quite overwhelming at times. Especially when you start out.