The first weeks of janurary are usually quiet for me, there are not many concerts and events right after christmas, people want to stay home, work on their new-year resolutions and save money. Last wednesday I started the concert-season with Bjørvika Business Band, …
Tidligere skrev jeg at det burde være flere faste stillinger for oss som jobber med konserter og arrangementer. Men nå som jeg har vært ansatt i 6 måneder i et vikariat ser jeg at dette ikke alltid er like lett: …
Last year I worked 7 months for the Norwegian Music Academy NMH. Apart from lending out equipment to students, looking after projectors and wireless microphones, I also got to work on some interesting concerts with the promising music-students. In an earlier …
Tidligere i sommer hadde Rhiannon Edwards et innlegg i Dagbladet hvor hun etterspør flere kvinner i de “usynlige” stillingene i musikkbransjen: teknikere, bookingagenter osv. Jeg er glad for at denne debatten kommer, fordi det er åpenbart at det er bra for …
I sommer har det rast en debatt om hvorfor det er så få kvinner i musikkbransjen. En av årsakene som blir gitt av både Monica Heldal og Frida Ånnevik, er at de som kvinnelige frontfigurer i band har blitt stigmatisert av …
I’ve bought some new analog stereo-compressors, so I wanted to carry out some tests to see if they will really make a difference when I work as a concert-sound engineer. The truth is, working in this digital world I …
Working with live-sound, I mostly work in places that have all the equipment that is required, so there is no need for me to bring my own gear. But in the past I have felt the urge to pimp up …
Last year I was lucky to be involved with many interesting projects and musicians. Here are some highlights: Musikkbaren, NMH This is a concert-series that repeats every second tuesday at the cafeteria in the music-academy NMH. Its an informal setting …
This summer I have had the chance to record some interesting “serious” music. For the past year or so Ive been working as a live-sound engineer for the music-academy in Oslo (nmh), and lately the students and teachers have also …
I like watching Tour De France in the summer. Last year was dominated by the diesel-train of Team Sky leading the peleton, with guys like Edvald Boasson Hagen and Michael Rogers keeping a steady, high pace up the mountains. With Bradley Wiggins already …
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