Strayplay

Eskilstuna.
Mark Shellhas was born and raised in South Africa. Now he lives in Sweden and the will to Eskilstuna to occur during the stage name Stray Play at Springfield Pride Festival.
- Now I live in Sweden and then I might as well occur here, he says.

Just over three months ago, Mark Shellhas to Sweden to settle here.

- Here in Stockholm, I have my girlfriend Linn. I also have my father and a brother here so it feels good to get closer to them, says Mark who actually was born and raised in South Africa. But the closest he comes from London where he lived for a time.

In Sweden, he has only been once before and then mostly at sea.

- We sailed up here and saw the country's great coastal cities. But then it was summer. Now in January when I was here it was like a shock to me. I have never seen so much snow and cold it was, too. There is a vast difference of weather in this country, he says, laughing.

But he thinks he will enjoy working with the alternating seasons.

- Sweden is a very beautiful country and it was very nice with all the snow.

From London

Closest he comes from London where he is attached to a production company.

Music was Mark main interest since he was little. When he was nine he learned to play piano and began composing his own songs in rock and popgenren. Somewhat later came the guitar into his life.

- In the 20s it became more club music. Electronic music with dance and house.

Since then, he had time for much of the music and entertainment industry. For example, he co-founded the company I Love Music Entertainment in 2007 with artist arranging and music production as some parts of the business.

Mark still plays piano, both acoustic and electric bass. Piano and keyboard are other instruments he regales. At times, he has worked with other artists (such as Lily Allen), both as musicians and as a producer. He has also started several bands he toured with, but now he is betting on his own solo career where he does everything from start to finish.

- It's a long process but very interesting to do absolutely everything. Compose, record, mix, ... yes, to manage the entire production chain itself.

And on Friday 27 May, he will thus come to Eskilstuna to occur along with some guest musicians, with new and fresh material.

- It's about a 20-25 minute show with newly composed songs, songs from my new album released in early or mid-June.

He has actually been in Eskilstuna once before, privately, when he was visiting friends.

- When I was at Pubquiz and it was really nice - marianne.jansson@folket.se

Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Strayplay (Mark Schellhas and Devin Jones) is a dance music live act whose performances are as exhilarating to watch live as their music is to listen to.
Strayplay released one single in June 2010, called "Vuvuzela Anthem" - a song inspired by a return to Cape Town during the World Cup 2010 games in their home country. Soon after its release, "Vuvuzela Anthem" flew up the mobile charts in Israel (reached #3 on Orange and #16 on Pelephone) and was licensed to the Rock Band Network in the USA, resulting in the video game release of "Vuvuzela Anthem" on Rock Band 3 for XBox 360.
To Download "Vuvuzela Anthem" for XBox, Click here! (http://www.rockband.com/songs/UGC_5004666)

Check out Strayplay's video that's a finalist in the Musician's Friend John Lennon Songwriting Video Contest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0SYZDB6zng

"Musician's Friend presents The John Lennon Songwriting Contest Video Challenge"! Voters can vote for up to 5 bands, once per day all January long. Bands are vying for a chance at over $21k in prizes including a 1-day recording session on The Lennon Bus, several Lennon-inspired guitars, their music on over 17,000 movie screens around the country, courtesy of Sonicbids & more! The Top 25 finalists will be judged by our panel of celebrity judges who will select our Grand Prize winner as well as our 2nd and 3rd place runners-up. Visit the "VIDEO CONTEST" tab on the Musician's Friend Facebook page to vote, use the "Share" button to tell your friends to vote and be sure to come back every day in January to help your favorites WIN!

VOTE TODAY for South African band, Strayplay's video -"Vuvuzela Anthem" (their tribute to the 2010 World Cup Soccer Games) Let's help them make it to the top 25!!

For more info on Strayplay:
Strayplay / Rockband Network / Musician's Friend
- Terrill J. Hanna The Urban Music Scene

Grandstands will creak and shudder. Supposedly invented to scare baboons away from remote African villages, the mass-produced vuvuzela makes the kind of noise you’d expect to hear if you had a hippo in a headlock.
You can’t have enough vuvuzela songs or anthems right? right. Well, StrayPlay decided to get in the vuvu action and have a nice little treat for you in the form of Vuvuzela Anthem.The video shows various clips of South Africans and their vuvzelas. Some of it’s funny, some of it is cute and some of it just plain unique. You can even hear real vuvzelas being blown in the background. I could have been hearing real vuvuzelas since Portugal annihilated North Korea today. Or it could have a part of the song. Who knows? All I know is the loud, incessant sound of the vuvuzela isn’t going away anytime soon. Get used to it!

xx
yours in musical madness
- Gabi Goldberg Musical Mover & Shaker

The single peaked at Number 3 on the Orange Network while sitting snugly at Number 16 on Pelephone network (1 position below David Guetta feat. Fergie!).

And for all of you who are loving the soccer (or football) at the moment, Vuvuzela Anthem is the 2nd most popular song on the Cellcom network ;)

If you're in Israel, download the song here:
Orange Network
Cellcom
Pelephone
- Strayplayer