After participating in a songwriters' workshop, arranged by DAF (the Danish Artist's Union) and hosted by Brett Perkins in the spring of 2003, I happened to rediscover the joy and fulfillment of the creative process after many years of absence from this part of the business.
The following summer I attended "Listening Room International Songwriters Retreat" on Samsoe, after which I had to consider myself seriously hooked on composition and co-writing. In 2004 a similar event took me to Gotland, Sweden, for a week; and in 2005 I revisited both annual events.
These adventures - in connection with slight pressure from well meaning peers (thanks!) - somewhat transformed me from a dedicated sideman (who could be persuaded to sing a chorus line here and there) into a performing songwriter in my own right, only backed by my acoustic guitar. A great joy has been to experience other artists cover my songs. Among my inspirations it would be fair to mention John Hiatt, Joni Mitchell, Lowell George and Neil Young.
Through these songwriter retreats and networking within this field, I have been so priviledged to write with talented and well-reputed songwriters like: Annika Fehling, Tom Kimmel, Rex Foster, Dana Cooper, David "Geordie" Garriock, Mads Mouritz, Josefina Sanner, Christina Persson, Bosse Ahlbertz, Ida Bjoerg Leisin, Maria Blom, Eva Hillered, Ruediger Kebe and many more. Until now I've produced a number of demo productions in my studio, and more will follow with hopefully regular intervals.
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