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<p>My name is &Oslash;yvind tangerud. I am a sonwriter and musician from Norway. They say that I was singing in tune before I could walk. If this was my parents dream or the truth, is difficult to say. One thing is certain ; music has always been a dominating part in my life. My first musical instrument was a harmonica. Every Sunday, I played with my father. The first guitar came in to the house the year I was ren years old. From that moment the guitar was my main instrument. I tried the trumpet in the school days, and &nbsp;I was lucky enough to play solo with my school band in N.R. K `s Radio Studio.Later in the teens I stopped playing the trumpet, but my guitar was still a dear friend.</p><p>The Beatles, Eric Clapton, BBking and Jeff Beck was the reason for that. As the time went on I joined a garage band. In the highschool I came in contact with a band that been on the road for a while. They were young guys and had started when they were 12 years old. They were Norway`s youngest band at the time. I joined the band when I was 16 years old. We were traveling around and played at youth centers in Oslo. In the summer we traveled round in the south of Norway and played in dance halls and so on. My musical tastees have changed over the years. Now I like Swing Jazz, Bebop, Django Reinhardt, Barny Kessel,Joe Pass, and after some time, new guys came along. George Benson, Robbin Ford and Larry Carlton.All of them were important to me. I have been playing in two bigbands in Ski, my hometown. It was a great lerning experiance for me. I have been writing music for many years now and hope to get known.</p>