Episode 87 - Henrik Johnson - A Father of Invention
Music Talks
English - May 31, 2023 18:00 - 58 minutes - 80.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsMusic Arts Performing Arts music arts storytelling people experiences Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
My guest in this episode is Henrik Johnson, who is my first guest from Sweden.
Henrik was born and grew up in a small town called Karlskoga which is between Stockholm and Oslo. Whilst not ‘desperate to get out ‘he left Karlskoga at the first opportunity and has subsequently lived & worked on three continents including stints in Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Greece. For the past 20 years home has been Southern California where he lives today in Newport Beach with his wife Lisa and their 6-year-old daughter Sarah.
Henrik’s story is one of grabbing opportunities when they come up (even if it takes you to a war zone) , making what you enjoy your guiding light and recognising that necessity is the mother of invention. It also contains a brilliantly romantic story of him, very uncharacteristically, inviting Lisa his wife on a sailing holiday in the Caribbean after their first date!
Like many of my guests Henrik shares a twin passion for music and technology and you can see this running through his music choices. Not surprisingly though he starts with Abba and the delights of Eurovision, and because of the brilliant story above I made an exception and allowed Henrik to choose his first dance song at his wedding for the 2010’s
His song choices are:
70’s Waterloo Abba
80’s Just Can’t Get Enough Depeche Mode
90’s Friday I’m In Love The Cure
00’s Nothing But You (PvD Radio Mix) Paul Van Dyk
10’s What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
20’s You Are Gareth Emery
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