Skilled guitar player, producer, and audio engineer with expertise in mixing and mastering albums. He has extensive experience as a touring and session guitarist, collaborating with various productions and artists.
Staffan has had the privilege of being a guitarist with Paul DiAnno, the vocalist of Iron Maiden, across South America, Europe, and Asia. He has also performed with notable artists like Tuff and Stacy Barthe, and worked as a session guitarist for various artists in Los Angeles.
Currently, Staffan plays the guitar with various bands in Sweden and internationally, creating and releasing instrumental ambient synth music and chill out tracks as Sycamore-73.
Staffan Österlind is a Swedish guitarist and producer who resides in both Stockholm, Sweden, and Almuñécar, Spain. He was born in 1973 in Finspång, Sweden.
Under the alias Sycamore-73, Staffan is producing guitar infused chill music and compositions for games in collaboration with renowned producer Niclas Lundqvist (also known as 08 Pulse and LUNIQ). Additionally, he is working on music with the talented English singer/songwriter ALNA, with an album set to debut in 2024. The Sycamore-73 project made its mark in 2023, when Staffan unveiled his self-produced ambient guitar synth album, aptly titled Sycamore-73.
Growing up listening to Marillion and being mesmerized by Jimmy Page's soundtrack for Death Wish II, I have long been fascinated of guitar synthesizers. This led me to create an instrumental album in which every instrument is performed using my various guitar synths, with the exception of the drums.
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Staffan is touring Spain withMoon Worlda top-tier entertainment company, delivering electrifying performances throughout the country. The shows include the highly anticipated ROAD to HELL, inspired by the legendary songs of AC/DC,which started in September 2024. In January 2025 he will perform withSymphonic Rhapsody of Queenin Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, a Moon World production. More shows in Spain next year TBA soon.
Performing with ARRIVAL worldwide is truly an amazing experience! I have the opportunity to play my favorite childhood songs for 15,000 fans live or reach five million viewers on television shows, all while exploring countries I never dreamed I would visit in my lifetime.
Staffan has mixed, mastered, and/or produced various bands and artists, including the live DVD's and CD's for Sweden Rock Festival, and the cover of the Led Zeppelin song Kashmir with Paul DiAnno (Iron Maiden) released by Bob Kulickand Cleopatra records.He also played guitar, Mellotron and Theremin on the Kashmir recording.Staffan has also mixed, mastered, and/or producedStormen, Palth, Close Quarters, Erika, Marina Ammouri, and Ralf Gyllenhammar Mustasch, as well as Filippa Nässil ThunderMother, and Soul Exchange, among others.
He recorded and mixed his own band From The Sky in collaboration with Lennart Östlund,Polar studios(known for recordingABBAand Led Zeppelin), which was released in 2020. In 2015, Staffan established Fassberg & Osterlind Music Inc, a management and music production company, through which he has worked with the renowned band Close Quarters andIan Hauglandof the iconic bandEurope, among others.
It was a dream come true producing my version of Led Zeppelin's Kashmir with Paul DiAnno on vocals! In the studio Paul got a bit nervous and asked me to coach him in the vocal booth and I was thinking like, shit, I'm in the studio vocal coaching the singer from Iron Maiden!
2005 – 2013 was a very active time for Staffan, as he had the opportunity to tour in South America, Europe, and Asia as the guitarist withPaul DiAnno. During this period, he also hit the roads in the US with Los Angeles-based rock band Black RobotandWillie Bassetogether withAdler's Appetite. Simultaneously, he explored the USA and Canada with LA Velvet andTuff(under the alias S'ÖLIN), and even featured withBeck in his acclaimed video "Sound And Vision." Additionally, he performed at prestigious events such asThe Emmy Awardsin Las Vegas and the Hollywood Music Awards as well as performing in the TV-showCalifornia's Gold.
This guy that I met at Guitar Center asked me if I wanted to perform one song with him at an event in Las Vegas. I said maybe, it depends. What's the gig? -The Emmy Awards! I said "sure".
Same period he also tracked guitars forDef Jamartist Smokey (Sara Mancuso), played with famed hitmakerStacy Bartheand recorded for hip hop/r´n´b producersFather MC, Tony DeNiro and various artists, for exampleRun DMC,Taryn ManningandMacy Gray. He also played guitars onEvan Ross' debut album.
So I'm tracking guitars for this incredibly talented young singer named Evan Ross. One evening, he asked me if I knew his mother. - I hope not..., I replied - What's her name? - Diana, Evan said...
He has toured eight countries in Europe and Sweden with the Danish rock bandSupercharger, that year 2014, he also toured in Sweden with Paul DiAnno again. In the following years, he continued to perform with various bands, including Forever And Ever - The Music Of David Bowie, From The Sky, and Soul Exchange, to name a few.
Staffan worked at the Guitar Center in Hollywood in 2011, selling guitars and other music equipment to various customers and celebrities, for exampleJohnny Depp, Wayne Kramer(MC5) and Seal. Lots of stories from that time! In 2011 he also worked as an engineer and producer in Stage Red Studios, Los Angeles, and worked with famed music producer Joe Solo.
One day I got Steven Tyler on the phone while working at Guitar Center; - Guitar Center, this is Staffan speaking. -SAFFAN!? THIS IS STEVEN! WE HAVE THE SAME NAME BUT YOU HAVE THE EUROPEAN VERSION! -That's right Steven, what can I do for you, Mr Tyler? -I need a new harmonica!
Staffan Österlind is an experienced licensed music teacher and has between 1997 - 2024 taught the guitar at Kulturskolan in Stockholm, music and English at Petersvenskolan in Helsingborg and at Höjaskolan in Malmö. He taught guitar, sound engineering, ensemble, music theory and rock history at music oriented senior high schools, Nicolaiskolan, Helsingborg and Rytmus in Malmö, Sweden.
Staffan has a Masters degree in Fine Arts (music), from the Academy of Music - Malmö, Sweden. He also has an Associates degree in Guitar Performance and Audio Engineering from the Musicians Institute - Hollywood, CA, USA.
Staffan Österlind produced the cover of Led Zeppelin's song Kashmir with Paul DiAnno (Iron Maiden) He also.played guitar, Mellotron and Theremin on the recording. MusicBrainz.com
Guitar Geeks: Staffan Österlind talks about his career as a session guitarist in Hollywood and working at The Guitar Center on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, with famed customers such as Johnny Depp, Steven Tyler and Seal.
Staffan Österlind, the artist, guitar teacher and "Jimmy Page fanatic", talks about Jimmy Page, open tunings, LA, Seymour Duncan, shaved necks on 59's, the importance of "sloppyness" and much more.