Hailing from Sandnes, Norway, Frank has lived and worked in Chicago since 1989. He studied at the Guitar Institute in California prior to moving to the Windy City. He has performed with top industry names across a wide range of music - from blues greats Son Seals and Otis Clay to the big band of Patti Page and Bob Hope.
Frank has been a professional guitar player since the age of 21, quickly adapting to every style imaginable from playing rock gigs, R&B, to his own jazz band. He played around the Chicago
circle at the age of 22 in Chicago blues clubs four nights a week, to five nights a week at a country dive. From the jewish, gypsies, latinos or the brothers on the south side of Chicago Frank made friends with em all.
Teaching
Frank teaches about 15-20 students a week at Schools in addition to private lessons.
In the Studio
Frank works at Rainbow studios www.rainbowstudio.no in Norway, where he has rig for editing, mixing, and a ton of software for sound-creation. With these tools at hand he has developed his own techniques for producing, editing and recording. The result is a unique blend of musical landscapes with much effort put into avoiding an artificial sound. So unique that Bowers & Wilkins Speaker Co. (B&W) uses his productions to showcase thier award winning speakers.
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