Niclas Johannesen

• Niclas Johannesen has made a name for himself as a songwriter and producer in his native Faroe Islands.

• Began his career in entertainment media as a new journalist on national Faroese Television.

• Composed the music for a musical called Skeyk, which became a nationwide success of the Faroe Islands in 1997, prompting him to pursue a full-time career in music.

• After meeting and writing with Faroese-Canadian singer and songwriter Lena Anderssen, he went on to produce her debut album Long Distance.

• Although working on several projects in the past as a musician and songwriter, it was working with Lena on Long Distance that Niclas became aware of the fact that he was producing an album.

• Since that debut album, Niclas has produced three on Anderssen’s albums earning him attention outside of the Faroe Islands when two of her album’s were released in Denmark.

• Songs from Anderssen’s projects produced by Johannesen also earned his work praise when they appeared on television series like Nikita, Scrubs and Felicity in the US.

• Niclas Johannesen says about his approach to producing, “I wrote my first song at the age of nine and I think that explains why I tend to approach production from a songwriter’s point of view. Producing music has little meaning to me if we’re not bringing a great song to the table. So I’ll put a lot of focus on that side of things. If a song works with just a guitar or piano and a vocal, we’re off to a good start. After that, the single most important thing for me in producing music is to make the marriage between the song and the singer a great one. If those two fundamentals are in place everything else will be a matter of what kind of musical trip we’re on. The ultimate job for a producer is to help the artist fulfill his or her vision of what they want to express.”

Creative and Dreams welcomes Niclas to our Network of Talented people.