Milestone Award - to honour the efforts of Loefgren towards a guitar goal

[Richard_close2u]

original Forum topic here

Awarded December 31, 2019

December 31, 2019

Milestone Award - to honour the efforts of Loefgren towards a guitar goal

We (Justin, Lieven and Richard) wish to mark, celebrate and recognise the achievements and efforts of Loefgren.

He set himself the immense task of learning and recording one song every week. From January to December 2019 he reached #44 on this mammoth project. And he continues towards the magical #52.

Well done and best wishes Johan.

[Richard_close2u]

Below are links to the songs in his song-a-week project

Cover #1 - För Dig (Lars Winnerbäck) 2019 cover #1

Cover #2 - It’s A Shame About Ray (Lemonheads) 2019 cover #2 (It's A Shame About Ray)

Cover #3 - House Of The Rising Sun (The Animals) 2019 Cover #3 (House Of The Rising Sun)

Cover #4 - The River (Bruce Springsteen) 2019 Cover #4 (The River)

Cover #5 - Live Forever (Oasis) 2019 Cover #5 (Live Forever)

Cover #6 - Runaway Train (Soul Asylum) 2019 Cover #6 (Runaway Train)

Cover #7 - Closing Time (Semisonic) 2019 Cover #7 (Closing Time)

Cover #8 - Söndermarken (Lars Winnerbäck) 2019 Cover #8 (Söndermarken)

Cover #9 – Mellow Doubt (Teenage Fanclub) 2019 Cover #9 (Mellow Doubt)

Cover #10 – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan) 2019 Cover #10 (Knockin' On Heavens Door)

Cover #11 – Don’t Look Back In Anger (Oasis) 2019 Cover #11 (Don't Look Back In Anger)

Cover #12 – Hey Jude (The Beatles) 2019 Cover #12 (Hey Jude)

Cover #13 – Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Green Day) 2019 Cover #13 (Boulevard Of Broken Dreams)

Cover #14 – Kräm (Kent) 2019 Cover #14 (Kräm)

Cover #15 - Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Bob Dylan) 2019 Cover #15 (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)

Cover #16 – Wonderwall (Oasis) 2019 Cover #16 (Wonderwall)

Cover #17 – Tender (Blur) 2019 Cover #17 (Tender)

Cover #18 – Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison) 2019 Cover #18 (Brown Eyed Girl)

Cover #19 – Basket Case (Green Day) 2019 Cover #19 (Basket Case)

Cover #20 – Torch Singer (Buffallo Tom) 2019 Cover #20 (Torch Singer)

Cover #21 – Die Mauer (Ebba Grön) 2019 Cover #21 (Die Mauer)

Cover #22 – Learning To Fly (Tom Petty) 2019 Cover #22 (Learning To Fly)

Cover #23 – Sverige (Kent) 2019 Cover #23 (Sverige)

Cover #24 – Hotel California (The Eagles) 2019 Cover #24 (Hotel California)

Cover #25 – Stand By Me (Ben E King) 2019 Cover #25 (Stand By Me)

Cover #26 - Kom Ihåg Mig (Lars Winnerbäck) 2019 Cover #26 (Kom Ihåg Mig)

Cover #27 – Supersonic (Oasis) 2019 Cover #27 (Supersonic)

Cover #28 End Of A Century (Blur) 2019 Cover #28 (End Of A Century)

Cover #29 Into Your Arms (The Lemonheads) 2019 Cover #29 (Into Your Arms)

Cover #30 – Working Class Hero – John Lennon 2019 Cover #30 (Working Class Hero)

Cover #31 - Mental Istid (Ebba Grön) 002 2019 Mental Istid by Ebba Grön (2019 Cover # 31)

Cover #32 – Stand By Me (Oasis) 2019 Cover #32 (Oasis - Stand By Me)

Cover #33 – Half The World Away (Oasis) 2019 Cover #33 (Half The World Away)

Cover #34 – Once (Liam Gallagher) 2019 Cover #34 (Once)

Cover #35 - Granit Och Morän (Lars Winnerbäck) 2019 Cover #35 (Granit och morän)

Cover #36 – Polly (Nirvana) 2019 Cover #36 (Polly)

Cover #37 – I Wanna Go Home (Sator) 2019 Cover #37 (I Wanna Go Home)

Cover #38 - Utan Dina Andetag (Kent) 2019 Cover #38 (Utan Dina Andetag)

Cover #39 – Let It Be (The Beatles) 2019 Cover #39 (Let It Be)

Cover #40 – Last Christmas (Wham) 2019 Cover #40 (Last Christmas)

Cover #41 - Mer Jul (Adolphson & Falk) 2019 Cover #41 (Mer Jul)

Cover #42 – Jingle Bells (Trad.) 2019 Cover #42 (Jingle Bells)

Cover #43 Happy Xmas (John Lennon) 2019 Cover #43 (Happy Xmas)

Cover #44 – Whatever (Oasis) 2019 Cover #44 (Whatever)

Cover #45 - Creep (Radiohead) 2019/20 cover #45 (Creep)

Cover #46 - Masters Of War (Bob Dylan) 2019/20 Cover #46 (Masters Of War)

Cover #47 - Not Forever (Popsicle) 2019/20 Cover #47 (Not Forever)

Cover #48 - The Apartment Song (Tom Petty) 2019/20 cover #48 (The Apartment Song)

Cover #49 - Dead In The Water (Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds) 2019/20 cover #49 (Dead in The Water)

Cover #50 - Coffee and TV (Blur)

https://justinguitarcommunity.com/index.php?topic=46554.0

Cover #51 - Mmm Mmm Mmm (Crash Test Dummies)

https://justinguitarcommunity.com/index.php?topic=46581.0

Cover #52 - Blackbird (The Beatles)

https://justinguitarcommunity.com/index.php?topic=46661.0

Take a bow.

[Richard_close2u]

Original responses as transferred from the original Forum thread.

@glpguitar

Johan, this challenge of yours can and should be motivation for all of us! Congrats and to many more in 2020!

@DarrellW

Well done, a mammoth task but you’ve taken the bull by the horns and done it… RESPECT!!!

@DavidP

Bravo, Johan, inspirational and it’s been a pleasure to enjoy your performances, watch you grow through the year.

@hilts17

You said it. RESPECT Incredible dedication displayed by Johan in 2019. A true inspiration to every member of this forum. Johan, I have enjoyed watching all your videos and I’m incredibly impressed by your library of videos. I think my Swedish has improved too. ;D

Hejar min vän!

@batwoman

What an impressive effort Johan. I admire and celebrate your self-discipline and progress.

@mari

Wow Johan that’s an incredible guitar year, good on you! I wish you another amazing year in 2020

@TheMadman_tobyjenner

Fantastic work, dedication and discipline Johan. Keep rocking 8)

@LievenDV

I bow for this massive achievement! Great job and keep on jamming!

(Even for @Richard_close2u ; who had a big job just making that post :D)

@Kasper

Congrats man, that’s very impressive! Must have been great learning so many cool songs within just one year!

@Rossco01

Congrats Johan definitely warrants the recognition.

@Sweed

Way to go Johan, that’s quite an achievement. Cheers.

@oldhead49

Johan, you are an inspiration to us all, and well deserving of this special acknowledgement.

@brianlarsen

Like a locomotive: The train it won’t stop going- No way to slow down! Way to go Johan 8)

@PilgrimPod

It’s been a fantastic journey for us to all witness. You should be super proud of yourself Johan. Happy new year mate! Looking forward to following your continued journey into 2020. Thanks Richard for taking the time and effort to put this list together, must have taken some time.

@schlaffenwagen

Hey Johan, that’s quite impressive. I should learn from you the skill of setting objectives and reaching them Great job and great progress on playing and singing. Don’t stop mate Cheers, Roman

@balamuthiahv

Okay I’m not sure if I should express my astonishment for the feat or my disappointment for not meeting my goals. But I will start with the much deserved appreciation. Congratulations Johan! Not only did you stick to your amazing goal but gave all that amazing music to listen to! Truly inspiring! And keep the music coming!

@Garfield

Kudos to you Johan a song a week must be a real bring. I’d have given up after a couple of months and I’m pretty stubborn. Well done for getting this far … not done yet though.

@digger72

Wow - just wow. That’s probably 40 more than I’ve ever learned and you’ve done it in 12 months. Instantly made me think of Roy Castle - for those of a certain age from the UK. You’re a record breaker! All the best. Digger

@pkboo3

What an honor, Johan. So proud for you. Congrats!

@brianlarsen

Hey Johan, congratulations! Well deserved for perseverance in your marathon task No way of backing out now!

[Richard_close2u]

[quote=loefgren]

Wow thanks Richard for the acknowledgement. Cool to see the list of all songs in one post. Some of the earlier songs may have been set to private in youtube, so some links may not be working anymore. I have saved all videos though, so it is possible to put them up again if the demand is high

And a big thanks to all of you who have listened to and commented on my covers during the year. That’s what have kept me going on.

The project is not finished, I fell eight songs short. I plan to record the remaining songs during the first months of 2020. #45 will turn up soon I hope. [/quote]

I am not sure now what will be my next project after this, but I think I am gonna work more in depth with a few songs and build a small repertoire of songs that I can play if someone asks for it. Maybe also an open mic some day, feels terrifying though…

Also work more on technique in 2020 compared to 2019, most of the time in 2019 has been devoted to learn songs. I have started to work with the folk fingerstyle module and I plan to take a look at some more of the intermediate modules.

Thanks again to all of you who have listen and provided feedback to my videos in 2019!

Addendum: #47 is now up on AVOYP, only 5 songs to go. [/quote]

[batwoman]

Thankyou very much for this Richard.