Me

I was born in Fredrikstad, Norway, in 1953, allways lived in my hometown, and I have managed to get 3 wonderful children (1 boy and 2 girls) and 3 grandchildren. 

1974 - 1978 I Was a factory worker at Jackon AS, Fredrikstad. In 1978 I was a student at University of Oslo, Norway. I was studying there for 5 years and was reading Math, Music and History. I graduated in 1982.

Today I am retired, but I was a teacher in upper secondary school (St.Olav vgs, Sarpsborg) until 2015, where I was lectuering in math, history and social science, educated at the University of Oslo. 

I was playing soccer football for ØIL, Fredrikstad from 1972-1986.

Music activities:

Besides a lot of singing in Norway, I've had some gigs in South Africa (Korluren),  Sweden, Germany and England (Foghorn) and in Denmark (Glomma Swingers & Harpen). Member of:

1. Fredrikstad sangkor (Harpen) 1982-1994
2. Glomma Swingers 1984 - 2021
3. Fredrikstad FolkemusikkForum - FFF 1991 -
4. Citadell Musica 1994 - 2004 (I was one of the founding members in 1994)
5. Korluren 1996 - 2020, Pause,  2022 -
6. Foghorn 1998 -

Home Studio:

1. Cubase Pro 12 DAW (user since 1996, before VST technology appeared)
2. WaveLab Pro 11 Audio editor and mastering
3. Dorico 4 - Score writing and printing
4. Melodyne Studio 5 - Audio editing on note basis
5. MDrummer 16 - VSTi Drumplayer 
6. IK-amplitube 5 - Guitar amp-rack and guitar sequenser
7. SpectraLayer Pro 9
8. Noteperformer 3
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10. Casio Privia PXZ320 - Digital Piano, Midi and USB connections
11. MidiPLUS - Midi keyboard controller
12. UR44 Steinberg USB-audio/Midi interface
13. Genelec 8020 - audio monitors, active
14. H4n-Zoom - field recorder

And more

Jon