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Tor Talle-NORTHERN LIGHT

Tor Talle - NORTHERN LIGHT

About Me

Tor Talle is a Norwegian guitarplayer/songwriter who has written music for National Tv, commercials, webmovies and other artists. During the last years Tor has worked as a session guitarist . Tor started to play the guitar at age of 13 and his first big influences was Kiss and Gary Moore. Other influences are: Toto, Richard Marx, Whitesnake, Vandenberg, Strangeways, Giant, Mr.Mister, Streets, Journey, Fm, Heartland, Rush, Europe, Tnt, Van Halen and Dream Theater. When it comes to guitarplayers Tor found inspiration from Neal Schon, Steve Lukather, Michael Landau, Tim Pierce, Dan Huff, Michael Thompson, Brett Garsed, Michael Lee Firkins, Kee Marchello, Gary Moore, Edward Van Halen, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. Tor have been playing in many different bands and with his first rockband Wendell Gee he won a Norwegian talent contest. In 1999 Tor recorded his first cd a democd with 12 instrumentalsongs and five vocal songs. Jorn Lande (Masterplan) was one of the singers on this democd. In 2004 Tor signed a deal with MTM music under the name of NORTHERN LIGHT. Northern light featuring: Tor Talle with well known singers as Fergie Frederiksen (Toto, Mecca), Tony Mills (TNT, Shy), Peter Sundell (Grand illusion), Kimmo Blom (Urban Tale, Heartplay), Rob Moratti (Final Frontier), Mikael Erlandsson (Last Autumn..s Dream) and Persa (After Eight). Tor wrote some awesome songs in the melodic rock style for the Northern light album, some by his own and some together with Fredrik Bergh (Street Talk), Jorn Lande (Masterplan), Terje Eide (On the rise), Peter Sundell (Grand Illusion) and Kimmo Blom (Urban Tale/Heartplay.)In 2007 Tor, Joe Lynn Turner and Deanna Johnston wrote the song ”your love is life” and this amazing song can be heard on the new Joe Lynn Turner album - In 2008 Tor started writing and recording songs with a very talented femalesinger called Åshild Mundal (Dance with a stranger ).For the moment Tor is writing and recording songs for his new and upcoming album. Stay tuned for news and soundclips. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

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Member Since: 1/30/2006
Band Website: tortalle.com
Record Label: MTM 2005 - Escape music 2008
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Rob Moratti the new singer in SAGA

I just wanna let you all know that the new singer in SAGA is Rob Moratti. I..m so proud of you my friend - CONGRATULATIONS! Tor T
Posted by Tor Talle-NORTHERN LIGHT on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:07:00 PST

Åshild and Tor - Pictures from studiosession 1

I just uploaded some pics from our studiosession in January 2008.   TT
Posted by Tor Talle-NORTHERN LIGHT on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:00:00 PST

New songs

Hi ! I just uploaded two new demo songs. THE OPENING - A litte nice instrumental tune i wrote for a few days ago:-) SWEET SURRENDER - A catchy song i wrote with Fredrik Bergh (Street talk, Bloodbound)...
Posted by Tor Talle-NORTHERN LIGHT on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:36:00 PST

Merry Christmas and a happy new year

I like to wish all my friends, musicians, singers and fans a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 2008 gonna be a very exciting year for me with a new recordlabel, new record and a new project w...
Posted by Tor Talle-NORTHERN LIGHT on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:05:00 PST

New pictures in studio

Two new pictures uploaded from a studiosession in December 2007. Tor recording guitars for his new album. Stay tuned for more pics, news and soundclips.
Posted by Tor Talle-NORTHERN LIGHT on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:18:00 PST

Soundtrack by Tor Talle

Fjordsvideo Here you can watch videos from Fjord Norway . The music in the videos are special made by the "Fjord guitar player" and musician Tor Talle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4wo-CeZV1A ...
Posted by Tor Talle-NORTHERN LIGHT on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:59:00 PST

Åshild Mundal og Tor Talle

Åshild Mundal og Tor Talle Åshild og Tor er no i gang med eit nytt og spennande musikalsk prosjekt.Etter å ha funne "tonen" sammen denne veka i Oslo er dei i full gang med å skriva sangar.Sangar som a...
Posted by Tor Talle-NORTHERN LIGHT on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:58:00 PST

The SHINE studiosession

Check out www.myspace.com/shinemusikk Two new soundclips uploaded from the SHINE studiosession. " Turn back the time" and "Somewhere in between " ENJOY :-)...
Posted by Tor Talle-NORTHERN LIGHT on Mon, 28 May 2007 03:13:00 PST

Studio Report for "Second Hand Life"

Joe Lynn Turner shares some thoughts on his forthcoming CD, "Second Hand Life," in his latest "Studio Report." You can read about some of the songwriters who contributed, get some insight into th...
Posted by Tor Talle-NORTHERN LIGHT on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:10:00 PST

TOR TALLE AND JOE LYNN TURNER

Tor Talle and Joe Lynn Turner Tor Talle, Joe Lynn Turner and Deanna Johnston have written a song for the upcoming Joe Lynn Turner album.The song "Love is life" is a very melodic Hardrock/AOR song. Th...
Posted by Tor Talle-NORTHERN LIGHT on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:18:00 PST