NIELS WILHELM KNUDSEN

I began my musical journey playing electric bass in a Rock band as a teenager around 1990. Moving to Copenhagen, I started gigging with a Metal band and various wedding bands playing Pop, Soul, Funk and Salsa. By the late 90’s I stumbled across a beautiful old doublebass in a recording studio. I fell in Love with the instrument immidiately! I sold my CD collection to raise money for a doublebass, and began playing Jazz. In the early 00’s I enrolled in Musicology studies at the University of Copenhagen, earning a Bachelor degree. This led to teaching positions at various music schools and a lot a private bass students. Around the same time I started playing with a cover band doing Black Sabbath songs, we played a lot of shows around Denmark. I Love a challenge and this has led me into a wide range of bands and projects over the years: Theater work, read more...