Ronnie Atkins - 'Picture Yourself' - Official Music Video

Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to have released Danish vocalist Ronnie Atkins' new solo album, "One Shot"!

"To be honest, I initially had no intention to do a solo album to begin with, but for various reasons and in particularly my own personal health situation I finally decided to have a crack at it," says Atkins.

"Around Easter 2020 and only some six weeks after I was told that everything seemingly looked very positive for my health, I was unfortunately diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and told it was incurable, which was devastating news for me. Needless to say, that was a total game changer and I went into kind of a panic situation for a while! But when the dust had settled. I realised there were two ways to approach the situation. I could sit down, accept the facts, and feel pity for myself or I could pull myself up, set some goals, pursue my dreams, and carry on living! And with fantastic back up from my family and true friends, I went for the latter!" continues Atkins.

Ronnie's next step was to connect with producer (and Pretty Maids bandmate) Chris Laney to begin the work of putting these ideas together into songs. Chris is overseeing production, Jacob Hansen will mix, and musicians appearing on the album include, in addition to Laney, Allan Sørensen, Morten Sandager, Pontus Egberg, Anders Ringman, Pontus Norgren, Kee Marcello, Olliver Hartmann, John Berg, Linnea Vikström Egg, and Björn Strid.

"Not being able to handle the recordings myself since I’m old school and a complete idiot when it comes to IT, Pro Tools, etc. I hooked up with my PM friend and firesoul Chris Laney, who literally cheered me up and convinced me to go ahead with it. So, I decided to get moving and literally recorded my ideas on either piano or guitar and with a mellotron click to keep the beat and the accompanying vocal. Then I would send these along to Chris, who did the instrumentation in Stockholm and would then send back demos to me. Then, I recorded the vocals first, which is totally the opposite of what you’d normally do, but based on the uncertainty of my health situation, I wanted to get them down. After that we did the basic tracks, drums, guitars, keys, backing vocals, etc. Odd way of doing it, for me at least, but it worked. And so, this procedure slowly moved on during the summer and finally turned into an album of 12 new songs," explains Atkins.

"I wouldn’t have been able to carry out this project without the enthusiasm of Chris, who has been my constant partner in this project from day one. On top of that, I had the pleasure of working with a variety of great musicians/singers such as Pontus Norgren, Kee Marcello, Olliver Hartmann, Pontus Egberg, Linnea Vickström Egg, Björn Strid, and at last, but not at least, my PM relatives Allan Sørensen and Morten Sandager," continues Atkins.

"Musically and lyrically this album has been a different process for me, considering everything going on. Musically, it could have gone in various directions. It’s always a question of what you want it to be. A good song is a good song, so it’s really a matter of how it is packaged. But I decided to make it appeal to the fans, the supporters who’ve been following me for almost 40 years, so this is basically a melodic rock album with a heavy twist. Lyrically, it also has a different approach. I found it hard to write about sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll, etc. due to the situation I’m wrapped up in, so I guess it turned out a bit more personal and maybe melancholic at times. But it reflects my thoughts at the given time these lyrics were written," concludes Atkins.

While the creation of "One Shot" is bittersweet for a variety of reasons, it's nonetheless another thoroughly wonderful melodic hard rock offering from one of the masters of the genre.

Tracklist:
1. Real
2. Scorpio
3. One Shot
4. Subjugated
5. Frequency Of Love
6. Before The Rise Of An Empire
7. Miles Away
8. Picture Yourself
9. I Prophesize
10. One By One
11. When Dreams Are Not Enough

Line-up:
Ronnie Atkins: Lead and backing vocals
Chris Laney: Rhythm guitars, keyboards and backing vocals
Allan Sørensen: Drums
Morten Sandager: Keyboards
Pontus Egberg: Bass
Acoustic guitars: Anders Ringman
Lead guitars/solos: Pontus Norgren, Kee Marcello, Olliver Hartmann, John Berg, Chris Laney
Additional backing vocals: Chris Laney, Linnea Vikström Egg, Olliver Hartmann, Bjørn Strid
Produced by: Chris Laney
Mixed by Jacob Hansen

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[Angelrat]

Keep fighting Ronnie. We need you and your music.

[ailasneck]

I found Pretty Maids on 2018. And I’ m so glad I did🤗 I’m 52😇
Nothing beautiful to be found isn’t never too late❤️

[Ghosttothepost]

Ronnie just gained another fan for life.

[maze]

great song I wish you all the best for your health. You are a great man.

[lessing]

I just meet him, and i wish him the best, the pain and everything will stop someday ❤

[undisputedattitude]

RONNIE you're one of best and greatests legends of Rock history🤘🖤

[thierrybreniere]

Ronnie is already a legend and his fight against the disease is just epic and heroic.Eventually, we do not need another hero because we already admire Ronnie Atkins...Thanks a lot to be our hero.

[robigarcia]

Superb If there was any justice in this world, this man would've been recognized the way he deserves. Great vocals as usual.

[thierryfavier]

I love when rock music brings a message of light

[christinafrch]

-må sgu lige høre den igen!! det lyder godt.<3<3<3

[Jupp]

In dieser Situation nicht aufzugeben. Musikalisch und auch menschlich ein großes Vorbild.

[mrpreityboykiller]

Ronnie ur awesome keep fighting on brave manners what a great singer he is

[rockrane]

What A talent ronnie is. Loving his music from the early 80' keep the force!! Cheers from tampere finland.

[jakobhoff]

Amazing song. Got all a song need to be damn good!

[christinafrch]

Wish him all the best, thinking about

[Moirchester]

Great song! This is the world we live in and we really need to build a new one with younger people \m/

[purpledragon]

His voice is pure velvet. Everything he sings is gold. Legend!

[davidturner]

That moment one of your musical heroes releases a new song with a message for the ages..

[thelordlangie]

Ronnie for president of Mother Earth! ♥ 🌎

[sofree]

I'm a simple man - I see Ronnie gave something new, I give a thumb up. And then I start to listen. I've never regretted this.