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Zero To Travel Podcast

Reflections On Rock And Roll Life with Øystein Greni

Zero To Travel Podcast

Jason Moore

Society & Culture, Business, Entrepreneurship, Places & Travel

4.6866 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

I got the chance to sit down with one of Norway's biggest rock legends, Øystein Greni from the band Big Bang, and record today's awesome podcast (pre-COVID of course). We get into songwriting, where creativity comes from, how expectations can screw things up, and the touring lifestyle plus how skateboarding in his youth was a catalyst to his rock n roll future. All of this and more in today's episode so buckle up, strap in and listen to the pearls of wisdom from this rock icon. Do you have a passion for music? How have your expectations actually screwed things up? Where does your creativity come from? Send me an audio message or shoot me an email over at Jason@ZeroToTravel.com. Check out the full show notes with all the links here!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Several months back before the pandemic, I had the pleasure of sitting down in person at an iconic

0:05.7

restaurant in Oslo, Norway, with one of Norway's biggest rock legends, Oistain Grenny from the band

0:12.6

Big Bang, joins us in the interview segment of this show. We talk about a lot of things,

0:17.2

including songwriting, where he thinks creativity comes from.

0:22.2

You might be surprised to hear his answer to that question, how expectations can sort

0:27.1

of screw things up and touring, of course.

0:30.7

This is a travel podcast.

0:31.8

We are going to talk about the touring lifestyle and a ton more.

0:36.2

And one of the things that we also touch on is his experience growing up skateboarding

0:42.4

and how that fed into his music career and helped him become successful there.

0:48.2

And this got me thinking about why there really is no such thing as wasting your time

0:53.6

if you are following your curiosity.

0:56.1

So I want to share some thoughts about that at the end of this interview on the backside.

1:01.0

So all of that's coming today and so much more.

1:03.7

It's happening right now.

1:05.9

So buckle up, strap in.

1:07.3

Thanks for being here.

1:08.0

And welcome to the Zero to Travel podcast, my friend.

1:17.1

You're listening to the Zero to Travel podcast where we explore exciting travel-based work,

1:22.1

lifestyle and business opportunities, helping you to achieve your wildest travel dreams.

1:27.4

And now your host, World Wanderer and Travel Junkie, Jason Moore.

1:34.5

Hey there, it's Jason with Zero to Travel.com.

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