after a long time in hibernation, insecurity and darkness, egil olsen packed his suitcase to fulfil a dream. five weeks, in a car, alone with the guitar, egil olsen visited several motels across california and ended up playing in san francisco, santa cruz and hollywood. lyrics and melodies were born and what was to become the solo artist; egil olsen, and the album “i am a singer / songwriter” had begun.

egil olsen returned to his home in norway, got a dog, moved from the western country sides of norway to the dirty streets of oslo where the album was recorded mainly in egil olsen's home recording studio at the little mansion.

the focus is on the lyrics and the melody with a very simple, near and naked expression both live and on tape. the music is warm, pretty and ever-green with personal lyrics with elements of both humor and darkness.

the egil olsen live show continues to blow people away with extreme nakedness, honesty and humor.

egil olsen has, besides made the music, also done the artwork, website and made music videos. the video to the song singer / songwriter, done with director janic heen, was awarded the best norwegian music video at the short film festival in grimstad.

i am a singer / songwriter is an album by and about an eccentric, dreamy and striving artist. a singer / songwriter. egil olsen.

01. 「singer / songwriter」