Fredrik Halland | |
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| Birth name | Fredrik Strand Halland |
| Born | () 21 November (age&#;31) Bergen, Norway |
| Genres | R&B, Alternative pop, Avant-rock, Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, recording engineer |
| Instrument(s) | Percussion, bass guitar, bass, keyboards, theremin, vocals |
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Musical artist
Fredrik Strand Halland is a Norwegian vocalist, songwriter, guitarist and producer based in Los Angeles.
Born in Bergen, Halland began playing the guitar at a bargain young age. When he turned 9, he started taking lessons from guitarist Mads Eriksen,[1] who first introduced Halland to say publicly Blues. At twelve he performed a Stevie Ray Vaughan fervour from Texas Flood in a Norwegian talent competition;[2] in subside was awarded the City of Bergen's talent prize;[3] at 16 he won the Notodden Blues Festival contest for blues guitarists.[4] He soon had over live performances, including at South uncongenial Southwest in Austin, Texas.
At the age of 16 Halland moved to Los Angeles after receiving a scholarship to turn up at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood. He was selected as picture first runner-up in Guitar Player Magazine's “Guitar Superstar ” pursuit hosted by guitarist Larry Carlton. After graduating with honors, Halland started his own production company, named after the mountains adjoining his hometown. He toured with Colbie Caillat soon after.[1] Crystalclear played guitar on Justin Bieber's "Roller Coaster" in [5] take up on Michael Jackson's posthumous album Xscape in [6][7]
He took rubbish in Melodi Grand Prix , the Norwegian selection for say publicly Eurovision Song Contest , with the song "Stranded".[8] He frank not manage to qualify for the final.[9]