Why scandinavians?

[funxus]

I can only speak for Sweden, but here there are a lot of allowances for people who want to play music. Most kids go to a "Music school" to try different instruments when they're 9 years old, and many then pick an instrument that they are educated in for a couple of years. I played the piano for two years, but hated it so I quit as soon as my parents allowed me to. My friends, playing the guitar, kept playing. Today they have a band of 4 people. Everytime they rehearse they get money from some organisation (which probably gets its money from the state). They have made two CDs with three songs on each cd and most of that money lso came from this organisation. There are also many "concerts" where they get a chance to play in front of an audience, who likes listening to them, the newspaper usually covers what's happening in the "underground" music world. My sister and a few friends of hers are apparently starting a band, and I don't think any of them are very good, but they still get their chance. The point is that it's pretty easy to get money for playing music and it's encouraged, I don't know how it is in other countries however.
Broadband also increases the intake of music that isn't found on the radio or TV, legal or not
As already said, I think most people in Scandinavia know that we are small and don't expect other people to speak our language, so learning English as a second language is priority.

 

[insurgent]

Homie, strangely, I hadn't put two and two together... You're Danish!

I keep getting surprised that we are so numerous... I thought you were American the first time I encountered you...

 

[vonork]

You can start a studycircle("studiecirkel") ln almost any subject/type, like gaming, music, horses and more and get money from the state to be able to do it.

 

[Eivind IV]

Originally posted by insurgent
Homie...You're Danish!

Nope, he's a Norwegian

 

[insurgent]

Ahh, I thought he was saying "we" in the context of Danes, but it was actually in the context of Scandinavians. Sorry about the confusion.

Norwegian, Danish, we're almost the same... Not like those bloody Swedes! ...

 

[animepornstar]

i take that as a compliment

 

[Cimbri]

Scandinavia comes from the word “Scandia” the Roman word for “Skaane” they called it the “Scandia Insulae” or something. Skaane was apparently the old name for Zealand and parts of Sweden. Nowadays Skaane is just a part of Sweden. But then the population of Zealand are also closer related to the Swedes than the Jutes. Nevermind, I consider Denmark and Finland a part of Scandinavia, and so apparently did my Great Grandfather who went to war to fight the Soviets in Finland in 1939.

Edit: Forgot the point of all of this… Why Scandinavians? We have $ Che-Ching $ and we like to interact with other people. Or perhaps we just have too much time on our hands.

Cimbri

 

[Eivind IV]

Originally posted by insurgent ]
Norwegian, Danish, we're almost the same... Not like those bloody Swedes! ... [/B]

Yeah!

 

[sabo]

we are everywhere bilfrost

<---- look there.

we even live in the USA, there are so many Scandiavians in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area that we even named our pro football team the "minnesota vikings"

Lillehammer Norway is my ancestrial roots

 

[Bifrost]

And what about me then?
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[Smaasnekje]

Well, I am an (almost) fullblooded Norwegian.

Almost means that on one side in my family there are some brazilian and spain ancestors (this is 300 year old ancestors)..

Back on Topic: I dont recall who said it, but a person said that Norway was the most interresting new music country (he didnt say the best:\)

 

[Talar]

We scandinavians are just too lazy to set our own forum up or maybe we just have a good taste for games, anyone know if there is a similar ratio of scandinavians on other game forums?

 

[gugalpm]

brazilians-norwegians here... cool...
about the italian guy... my grandfather is italian...

 

[Håkan Eriksson]

Originally posted by Cimbri
Scandinavia comes from the word “Scandia” the Roman word for “Skaane” they called it the “Scandia Insulae” or something. Skaane was apparently the old name for Zealand and parts of Sweden. Nowadays Skaane is just a part of Sweden. But then the population of Zealand are also closer related to the Swedes than the Jutes. Nevermind, I consider Denmark and Finland a part of Scandinavia, and so apparently did my Great Grandfather who went to war to fight the Soviets in Finland in 1939.

I thought the name Scandinavia (or the Swedish version "Skandinavien) come from the mountain chain on the border between Sweden and Norweigh. In Swedish it's kald "Skanderna".

And the reason Denmark got part of it was that some years ago Denmark and Norweigh was the same country!

 

[Smaasnekje]

err... It wasnt the same country, but the Danes controlled Norway(since almost all the norwegians died during 1342-45 (black death), and the King had no heir) , Its like saying that Sweden and Norway Was the same country in the 1800's.

 

[Yndy]

When I saw the question i knew the answers immediately. But i had to read the thread to see if you figured them out too. An you did.

The Nordic countries have the highest penetration of internet, computers, mobile telephony and new technology in the world. They have a long tradition of speaking English.
Given those main reasons there are some others that I might ignore like the will of their Governments to support the music.

 

[Smaasnekje]

pay no attention to this post

 

[Homie]

by CurtSibling
Western European?

Like the UK, pehaps?

Like France, the Benelux countries and Germany. (Although I understand that Germany can be considered central-Europe if you want to get technical)

by Demetrias
I just wanted to say that the Swedish exchange student at my school speaks almost flawless English. its ten times better then the three french and two german exchange students we have. Everyone comments on the fact that he has no accent what so ever.

Thank you. See what I am talking about Curt?

by funuxus
My friends, playing the guitar, kept playing. Today they have a band of 4 people. Everytime they rehearse they get money from some organisation (which probably gets its money from the state).

What a terrible waste of public funds. Seems like something my government would do. Who knows, maybe they are.

 

[funxus]

What a terrible waste of public funds. Seems like something my government would do. Who knows, maybe they are.

Maybe I put it bad, but of course they don't get "paid" to play music, the money is used to pay for the place where they rehearse for example. It's their hobby and they have to pay a lot of money for instruments, cables, amplifiers...
Music is also one of our largest export industries, so they probably count on getting all the money back in the end.

Well, I'm going to see them right now...they're making their third CD

 

[vonork]

What a terrible waste of public funds. Seems like something my government would do. Who knows, maybe they are.

My friends got money to play games(Dungons&Dragons, starwars and more), well they get money to be able to buy the games - and to fund the hobby. You never tried to do a stuycircle.