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Roar Amundsen

About Me


Danish singer/songwriter. In 2006 I released my first EP "Forløs Din Drøm" on my own label. As a songwriter I focus on danish lyrics right now but I write a few english songs as well to try that out. I work with a lowkey intimate atmosphere in my songs.
Live I am playing sologigs at the moment, but I am planning on putting together a small band when I have finished recording my debut album in 2009.
Buy the EP as download here
Apart from writing and playing music I have got my own company, Mayday Music, that I use for freelance work in the music business, arranging festivals, seminars, workshops and working as tourmanager for different acts. I am in charge of an acoustic stage at the annual SPOT Festival in Aarhus, DK, and I am continuing my work with Nordic Cowriters, which is an annual three day workshop for songwriters from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland.
In May 2007 I started the indie record label Songcrafter Music with fellow songwriter Martin Hoybye. We have released five records so far, and our aim is to focus on the craft of writing great songs and lyrics.
Finally I am teaching cultural business and songwriting to a bunch of young students at the beautiful castle of Engelsholm.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/22/2006
Band Website: www.roaramundsen.dk
Band Members: Roar Amundsen - tel. +45 31199500
Influences: Teitur, Turin Brakes, Simon Lynge, Tina Dickow, Ane Brun, Anna Ternheim, José Gonzalez, Tim Christensen, Coldplay, John Mayer, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Tomatito, Carsten Dahl, Lars Jansson, Carl Nielsen, Bernhard Lewcovitz, Niels LaCour, Søren Kragh Jacobsen, Sebastian, Alberte Winding, CV Jørgensen, The Beatles, Josh Rouse, CS Nielsen, Martin Høybye, Amalie Riis, Tobias Stenkjær, Lena Anderssen, Morten Bennet, Rene Schmidt, Frank Jæger, Henrik Nordbrandt, Piet Hein, Benny Andersen, Nis Petersen, Johannes V. Jensen....and many more!
Sounds Like: music ;-)
Record Label: Mayday Music - my own label

My Blog

new songs!!

Finally... I managed to get some of my new songs recorded. My good friend and very talented songwriter/producer Tobias Stenkjaer brought his little mobile studio to Viborg (Jutland) and we sat in his ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:19:00 GMT

Nordic Cowriters 2008

We have just finished handpicking the 12 participants for this years workshop Nordic Cowriters 2008. It is going to be a great lineup again this year, and Christian Ulf-Hansen (manager for Teitur and ...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:08:00 GMT

Live shows with CS Nielsen and Munck//Johnson

A short update from here.... On November 11th and 13th I´m playing two house concerts sharing the stage with the very talented danish americana act CS Nielsen and the low-key Berlin bas...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:52:00 GMT

Songcrafter Music - new record label

Introducing Songcrafter Music! Songcrafter Music is a label concentrating on singer/songwriters. The aim is to focus on the craft of writing songs, solid stories and strong lyrics. Songcrafter Music'...
Posted by on Sun, 06 May 2007 13:05:00 GMT

Nordic Cowriters 2007

After last years great succes with my Nordic Cowriters project, I´ve decided to do it again this year. ROSA (The danish rock counsil) is a partner in the project, and we´re being financially supported...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:50:00 GMT

Songwriters Open Mic 21. januar på Lades

Til alle I storbysangskrivere.... Jeg snupper en vikartjans mere for Brett Perkins på søndag og inviterer derfor alle med en god sang gemt under hovedpuden til at kigge forbi Lades sønd...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:59:00 GMT

Open Mic at Lades in Copenhagen

On december 10th. I´ll be hosting The Songwriters Open Mic at Lades as a stand in for Brett Perkins. On these evening everybody who writes their own songs are more than welcome to drop by an...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:42:00 GMT

Music for an estonian dance performance

I´m just in the middle of doing a little co-production with an estonian ballet dancer, Maria Goltsmann. Two weeks ago she gave me a very interesting assignment, writing the sountrack to a 12 minu...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:18:00 GMT

New songs

I´ve just recorded some sketches on three of my newest songs. I´ve got about ten more lying around just waiting for a recording session, so I´ll record some more soon. Listen to the new song...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:24:00 GMT

Nordic Cowriters

Nordic Cowriters Onsdag den 31. maj kl. 20 Vestbirk Højskole - Teatersalen   Billetter: Forsalg:        &nbs p;       &n...
Posted by on Fri, 05 May 2006 09:19:00 GMT