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Staffan Österlind playing at KEY Club with LA Velvet

Meet the man behind the music

Staffan Österlind

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. 

About

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.

 Staffan Österlind reflects

Staffan is touring Spain with Moon World a 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 2024In January 2025 he will perform with Symphonic Rhapsody of Queen in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, a Moon World production. More shows in Spain next year TBA soon.

There are also ongoing tours in Europe and Asia featuring Arrival From Sweden - The Music Of ABBA, as well as shows with Wrethov's Brian Adams Tribute and A Tribute To Led Zeppelin across Scandinavia. See schedule for upcoming shows.

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 Kulick and Cleopatra records. He also played guitar, Mellotron and Theremin on the Kashmir recording.  Staffan has also mixed, mastered, and/or produced Stormen, Palth, Close Quarters, Erika, Marina Ammouri, and Ralf Gyllenhammar  Mustasch, as well as Filippa Nässil ThunderMotherand Soul Exchange, among others. 

He recorded and mixed his own band From The Sky in collaboration with Lennart Östlund, Polar studios (known for recording ABBA and 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 and Ian Haugland of the iconic band Europe, 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 with Paul DiAnno. During this period, he also hit the roads in the US with Los Angeles-based rock band Black Robot and Willie Basse together with Adler's Appetite. Simultaneously, he explored the USA and Canada with LA Velvet and Tuff (under the alias S'ÖLIN), and even featured with Beck in his acclaimed video "Sound And Vision." Additionally, he performed at prestigious events such as The Emmy Awards in Las Vegas and the Hollywood Music Awards as well as performing in the TV-show California'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 for Def Jam artist Smokey (Sara Mancuso), played with famed hitmaker Stacy Barthe and recorded for hip hop/r´n´b producers Father MC, Tony DeNiro and various artists, for example Run DMC, Taryn Manning and Macy Gray. He also played guitars on Evan 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 band Supercharger, 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 example Johnny 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. 

Links & PODCASTS

Music and Social Media

Staffan Österlind on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/user/StaffanOsterlind

Produced by Staffan on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/ProducedByStaffanOsterlind

Mastered by Staffan on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/MasteredByStaffanOsterlind

Guitars by Staffan on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/GuitarsByStaffanOsterlind

Produced&Mixed by Staffan on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/ProducedAndMixedByStaffanOsterlind

Mixed by Staffan on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/MixedByStaffanOsterlind

Staffan Österlind on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/StaffanOsterlind

Staffan Österlind Music on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/StaffanOsterlindMusic

Staffan Österlind on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/StaffanOsterlind

Staffan Österlind on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/StaffanOsterlind/

Bands and productions

Staffan Österlind on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/

From The Sky https://www.facebook.com/FromTheSkyBand

Sycamore-73 on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/Sycamore73

Sycamore-73 on YouTube https://youtube.com/playlistSycamore73

A Tribute To Led Zeppelin https://www.facebook.com/aTributeToLedZeppelin/

Wrethov's Brian Adams Tribute https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082321286971

Arrival From Sweden The Music Of ABBA https://www.themusicofabba.com/

ROAD to HELL a SHOW based on the songs of AC/DC, a Moon World production https://www.moonwrecords.com/portfolio/road-to-hell/

Staffan Österind på Discogs https://www.discogs.com/artist/15229557-Staffan-%C3%96sterlind

Staffan Österlind med Paul DiAnno på Discogs https://www.discogs.com/release/3546582-Paul-DiAnno-The-Classics-The-Maiden-Years

Staffan Österlind produced the cover of Led Zeppelin's song Kashmir with Paul DiAnno (Iron Maiden), on WhoSampled.com

https://www.whosampled.com/Paul-Di%27Anno/Kashmir/

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

https://musicbrainz.org/recording/a7188a06-f533-4cc5-bf7d-8ce85a978220

Podcasts and news articles (in Swedish)

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.  

https://open.spotify.com/episode

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.  

https://open.spotify.com/episode/


"På turné med hårdrockslegend", article in Helsingborgs Dagblad

https://www.hd.se/artikel/pa-turne-med-hardrockslegend/