"Every
day, things happen in the world that our little human minds cannot explain
or understand. There are wars, acts of terror, natural disasters and other
tragedies that occur regardless of religion, nationality, colour of skin
or gender. Many of them involve totally innocent people and often children.
Every one of those things leaves its traces on us, making every one of
us often ask “why?”
"My name is Geir Rönning and I am a professional singer and
songwriter. I was born in Ålesund, Norway November 05 1962, but
I have not been living there for a long time. I moved to Oslo at the end
of the 80s, but I didn't like that town that much. However that may have
been because I went trough a tough time in my life. I do love Oslo now,
I always have a great time there when I do gigs downtown."
"I later moved to Stockholm and that's when my music life got the
big kick! Stockholm is and will always have a big piece of my heart. The
first couple of friends I got in Stockholm was Bernt Söderberg and
Raymond Borgfeldt. We started recording the songs that Bernt and I wrote.
The project was called Miracle, and at the end we ended up in Buffalo
New York and Los Angeles."
Raymond is the reason why I meat Rory Kapland which was the keyboard player
of Michael Jackson and Janet at the time. Raymond did some studio work
for Rory, and he asked him to try to work with me some time. We had a
great time and it ended up with Rory fixing me some tickets to a Toto
gig at the Globe in Stockholm the year after .
That's when I met one of my best friends in life, John "JJ"
Jessel, the magic "right hand" of another dear friend, David
Paich. I will never forget that night, cause it ended up with me singing
Georgia together with my favorite band in the world Toto, and with Jeff
Porcaro on the magical drums. The gig was an after party gig at Cafe Opera
down town in Stockholm. I started working in different studios in Stockholm,
and my dear friend "Gurra" Gustafsson asked me: "Why don't
you pick up a guitar and start to do live gigs, there's a lot of places
you can play". It sounds easy, and it was. It has been my living
since then
As a songwriter I didn't get started until I got a song in the Norwegian
final of "Eurovision song contest" in 1994. Jahn Teigen, who
is a big star in Norway, sang the song although I have to admit that I
wanted to sing it myself. But NRK (the Norwegian TV Company) wouldn't
allow me to do it. However Jahn did a great job and my passion for that
festival was born. During the beginning of 2000 I put my own band together
in Finland with Vesa Kääpä from Leningrad Cowboys on guitar,
Harri Seppälä Drums, Ako Sinivalo on bas and Tuomo Borman on
guitar. What a great Rock'n Roll band! We did a few gigs around in Finland
but unfortunately it all died out mostly because I had to go on tour in
other countries. This was a shame because we were great friends and had
a lot of fun. I've had a blast in Finland, there is a lot of very good
players in this beautiful country
In 2002 and 2003 I met the guys who still are in my band. I have given
my heart to these guys, Dennis and Rolli. We started as a trio up in Jakobstad
in northern Finland during the summer of 2002. And it has been a lot of
fun since then. It doesn't matter what the occasion is, together with
my band I can put together any kind of cool night for you with my band.
We play rock' n roll, reggae, dance music etc., everything we're asked
to. It has taken me a lot of years to grow up as an artist, but now I
feel like all the work is paying off and I am getting closer to my goals! |