Øystein Wika

My name is Øystein. I'm a guitarist, guitar teacher, songwriter/composer, and music producer. I've also been dabbling a little in digital media development. I'm 54 years old, and I live in Mosjøen, a small town up in the northern parts of Norway.

I'm currently off producing and recording my first solo album, comprising of unreleased instrumental guitar music written between 1985 and 1995. The recording process is more or less a weekend project, but I'm hoping to have it released early next year.

CV/Resume

Passionate musician/digital media entrepreneur. Founder of Wika Media AS and Wika Music (music publishing agency). Currently developing a personal production music library service, as well as recording and producing my first solo album.

Experience

1993 - present

Founder/Owner, Wika Music

Record Label & Music Publishing Company. Composing, recording, mixing, mastering as a solo artist, and in collaboration with other songwriters, bands/artists.

2005 - present

Founder/Owner, Wika Media AS

Interactive application development mainly in the EdTech space. Recently, the company has moved towards digital strategy and development within online music distribution and publishing.

Notable projects:

National Tests In Mathematics: Application design and development. Contracted by the Dept. of Education in Norway.
Alle teller!: Developed a proprietary solution for running placement tests in Mathematics in K-12 education.

Notable clients:

InterMedia/The University in Oslo (UiO)
University Center for Information Technology (USIT/UiO)
Norwegian Centre for Mathematics Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
SINTEF/Byggforsk
Education Agency of Oslo Municipality
VG.NO

Current projects:

Soundlib.io (internal development) - a boutique production music library for video creators.
Guitar Universe - Online learning resource for guitar.

2004 - 2005

Senior Engineer, InterMedia/The University in Oslo

Lead technical developer for The National Tests In Mathematics project in Norway.

1997 - 2004

Multimedia Developer / Graphic Designer, Freelance

Projects: CD-ROM development projects. Album-cover and poster designs. Brand Identity designs. Catalog designs. Website development and design.

1992 - 1995

Guitar Teacher, Music, dept. at Mosjøen Senior High School

1988 - 2003

Guitar Teacher, Freelance

Private guitar lessons and music theory courses. 150+ students in total.

Education

Jan/2001 - June/2003

BA in Media Science - Department of Media and Communication, University in Oslo (UiO)

Aug/1995 - Dec/1995

Musikk Storfag (Music Pedagogical Semester) - Department of Musicology, University in Oslo (UiO)

Jan/1995 - June/1995

Ex.phil/Ex.fac, Norwegian University Science and Technology (NTNU)

Aug/1990 - Dec/1994

BA in Musicology, Norwegian University Science and Technology (NTNU)

Activities and Interests

In 2007, I co-founded the official Adobe User Group in Norway with Jens Christian Brynildsen (aka Jensa) and Paulo Fierro. I also served as the user group manager for two years.
From 1982-1995 I played in several rock bands. One of them were called Meanstreet.

Øystein Wika

Born: April 26, 1968 in Oslo

Location: Mosjøen, Norway

Social Media Profiles:

Skills & Services

Music Production:

Composition/Songwriting/Arranging
Remote Guitar Sessions (Pop/Rock/Alternative/Hard Rock/Metal)
Mixing, Re-Mixing & Mastering

Tools: Logic Pro X, UAD LUNA, Avid Pro Tools, Ableton Live

Digital Media:

Web Frontend/Backend Development
Mobile/Desktop Application Development

Expertise: Flash Platform Technologies (AS3/AIR).

Code: JS, TypeScript, AS3, PHP, Swift.

Graphic Design / 3D & Motion Graphics:

Adobe CS, ZBrush, Maya, ++.

Languages:

Norwegian Bokmål/Nynorsk (fluent)
English (fluent)
German (basic)