Biography
Grydgaard is a project created by the Danish multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Uffe Grydgaard.
Uffe Grydgaard played the guitar for the first time when he has 14 years old. For many years he played guitar in different bands. In recent years this was in a Genesis tribute band, focusing on the first ten years of the band. The band played several concerts around the Copenhagen, Denmark area.
Some of the earliest influences was primarily hard rock and progressive rock bands like Deep Purple, Styx, Be-Bop Deluxe, Supertramp, Manfred Manns Earth Band, Saga, Thin Lizzy, Marillion, Genesis, Pink Floyd and Yes. In recent years bands like Ayreon, IQ and Arena were added to his playlist. The interest for the progressive genre is reflected on the first album “Secrets from the Castle”.
As Uffe always wanted to record his own tracks, he studied studio technique and equipment. In this process, he participated in training both online and part of his training took place in a studio in Germany with Alan Parsons as the master engineer and producer, this was a turning point in being able to record and mix his own music.
Some of the earliest influences was primarily hard rock and progressive rock bands like Deep Purple, Styx, Be-Bop Deluxe, Supertramp, Manfred Manns Earth Band, Saga, Thin Lizzy, Marillion, Genesis, Pink Floyd and Yes. In recent years bands like Ayreon, IQ and Arena were added to his playlist. The interest for the progressive genre is reflected on the first album “Secrets from the Castle”.
As Uffe always wanted to record his own tracks, he studied studio technique and equipment. In this process, he participated in training both online and part of his training took place in a studio in Germany with Alan Parsons as the master engineer and producer, this was a turning point in being able to record and mix his own music.
The album “Secrets from the Palace” took around three years to complete. Uffe decided to record and play all the instruments himself. During this process Uffe realized that he also needed to have vocals on the songs. Uffe recorded guide vocals to the songs and reached out to some of his favorite singers. Luckily, they accepted – these singers just added so much more to the songs: Damian Wilson (Arena, Rick Wakeman, Threshold, Ayreon, Solo), Micheal Mills (Toehider, Star One, Ayreon) and Eric Castiglia. Uffe decided to keep some of the songs on the album where he took care of the vocals.
In the process of making “Secrets from the Palace” Uffe had a lot of help from the co-producer Torben Enevoldsen (Pinnacle Point, Acacia Avenue, Section A, Fate, Solo), who is a musical mastermind, and have guided him in the right direction. Uffe also asked Torben to play a solo on the song “Time Lapse” - Torben did an excellent job.
In the process of making “Secrets from the Palace” Uffe had a lot of help from the co-producer Torben Enevoldsen (Pinnacle Point, Acacia Avenue, Section A, Fate, Solo), who is a musical mastermind, and have guided him in the right direction. Uffe also asked Torben to play a solo on the song “Time Lapse” - Torben did an excellent job.
Damian Wilson: http://www.damian-wilson.net/
Micheal Mills: https://toehider.bandcamp.com/
Eric Castiglia: https://www.ericcastiglia.com/
Torben Enevoldsen: https://torbenenevoldsen.com/
A chapter is closed with the release of “Secrets from the Palace”, looking forward to seeing what the next chapter will bring.