Born outside Kristiansund, Norway and found my musical interest by "stealing" the cassettes from my older brothers. So instead of listening to all that music children normally listened to, I got my influences from bands like Rainbow, The Alarm, Nazareth, Slade, Frank Zappa, Mannfred Mann`s Earth Band, Pink Floyd, Big Country, Broken Home, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Doors and many, many more...
As a musician, I have been fortunate to tour around Europe, release music and play in band and with artists like Novocain99, Mike Peters, The Alarm, Kim Rune Hagen, Kristoffer Sørensen and tons of gigs as a session musician. With Novocaine we toured massively for a period, we were on the radio and had an amazing life on the road. We still do gigs , but not as much as before as family life sets in. As a cover musician I weekly play events of all sorts, plus sometimes working as a mentor for younger bands and artists in the area.
As an artist manager, I have worked with building artists from unknown to more established. I have worked close with artists like Michelle Ullestad, Angelo Reira, Alex Harry (UK), Mo Jamil (UK)(The Voice UK winner), Bellefolie, Kristoffer Sørensen, Revolt, Subshine to mention some of them... I have been a judge for several years to select candidates to win the Norwegian Grammy Awards ( Spellemannsprisen), I am a judge and mentor in the national competition "Hjerter I Sang" and I have built a big center in a mental care hospital, where I work with patients there giving them a meaningful life while being there. We have a record studio, events and concerts, cinema, gaming room and rehearsal rooms.
As a promotor/booking manager the list is too long to mention all, but I can mention artists I have toured with and/ or still work with: Mike Peters ( UK) and The Alarm ( for almost 20 years until Mike sadly passed away in April 2025). Evan Peters(UK), Joe Lynn Turner(US), Hayseed Dixie(US), Tony Carey(US), Graham Bonnet(UK), Big Country(UK), Nazareth(UK), Dave Hills SLADE(UK), Courtney Hadwin(UK), Kula Shaker(UK), Eagle-Eye Cherry(S), Sounds Of Boney M(UK), Peter Nordberg(S), Alex Harry(UK), Kristoffer Sørensen(The Voice Norway), Angelo Reira, Michelle Ullestad, Black Ingvars(S), William Hut, Pokal, Bon Giovi(UK), New Jovi (UK), Hungarian Rhapsody(HUN), Steinar Albrigtsen, Monica Nordli, The Boomtown Rats with Sir Bob Geldof, Bjørn Berge, Broken Home, Jeff Martin (CAN) , Wayne Sheehy (UK), Ritesh Das(CAN) and many many more ... As for festivals, I did run Vindmølle:Larm for 15 years, OmStock for 10 years & still running. I have set up artists for Bekkjarvik Fest for 6 years & still running. I deliver headliners globally, from the biggest artists in the world to smaller acts, more than 200+ artist every year. My goal in life is to enjoy every second. I only work with artists I like to listen to or artists who are fun to work with. So the artists in my roster are also good people! Last, my label is also a fun place to be. I have released artists like Kåre Audun & Kompaniet, Alex Harry, Dobbeltgjenger, Lomax and Broken Home, and with my colleague Patrick la Lau we have several editorial lists globally, we have acchieved New Music Friday UK and A-listings for radio in Belgium and Germany. Our artists have had pitchings globally on TV, radio and commercial, and also soundtrack on LOVE ISLAND. We have collaborated with globally acclaimed producers like Bryan Todd ( Miley Cyrus, Snoop Dogg and Rascal Flatts).
