Mats Olausson

Born in Gothenburg-Sweden 1961. At an early age I started to jingle around on the piano, in my family home. At the age of seven I began taking formal piano lessons. Starting with the basics, and later moving on to more complex studies. These were mostly classically oriented. As a teenager, I went thru the usual period of playing with different band-mates in someone's basement or garage. My influences back then were bands like ELP Genesis and Yes. So naturally we tried to sound like these bands, as much as possible. A few years later I hooked up with the band Motvind, and started touring and recording with them.Thru most of the 80's, I was living in Stockholm working as a session-musician, with lot's of different artists and bands. In 1986, I was touring with Jean Beauvoir in the US opening for Eurythmics. I also did one album with Jean B. titled "Jackknifed". I joined Yngwie Malmsteen late 1989 and became a member of his band for almost 12 years.Lately I have been residing in Thailand working with several artists.More info posted later.