Inforty Review of Zombie Lover by Tom Haugen

“Solveig Whittle and Stevie Adamek aren’t your average songwriting team. Covering a range from pop to rock to hip-hop and just about everywhere in between, while they spend much time wading in a pool of electronic, adventurous indie-rock, there’s a whole lot of nostalgia here in the form of ’70s rock and ’80s guitar pop. Female-led vocals with instantly lovable harmonies, this is a unique band deserving of much more attention.” Tom Haugen at Inforty

7 Ways To Use Music To Transform Pain, Isolation and Grief

Solveig’s post on using music to transform grief was featured on the blog, Jungle of Life:

I have lis­tened to, com­posed and per­formed music my entire adult life. In past 18 months, how­ever, music has become even more impor­tant to me. I lost two peo­ple to whom I was close, peo­ple who meant a lot to me. Music has helped me chan­nel my feel­ings of loss into some­thing pos­i­tive and productive.

In the field of Music Ther­apy, cre­den­tialed pro­fes­sional ther­a­pists use music to help patients alle­vi­ate pain, man­age stress, pro­mote heal­ing or moti­vate par­tic­i­pa­tion in phys­i­cal ther­apy. In addi­tion to these clin­i­cal appli­ca­tions, though, music is being used every day to help peo­ple like you and me to cope with loss and grief due to ill­ness and death.

Here are seven ways I have directly expe­ri­enced the pos­i­tive power of music: [more…]

ToneFreqs Interview With Stevie Adamek

“Their debut album, Zombie Lover, Solveig and Stevie are bursting at the seams with musical creativity. With elements of pop, folk, rock, electronic, and a variety of other flavors, Solveig & Stevie capture something that will keep you on your musical toes.” Andy Kunz, Tone Freqs

In order to have a career in the music industry, you need to be able to adapt to any given situation. In other words, you need to be able to wear a multitude of hats, something Stevie Adamek learned early on.

Stevie is a renowned producer, engineer, instrumentalist, songwriter, teacher, and so much more. With a career spanning over 4 decades, he’s worked on productions with the likes of Bighorn, Boston, VanHalen, Journey, The Allies, The Believers, as well as, T.V. commercials for some of the most recognizable brands. [more…]