GUNNAR GREVE PETTERSEN, ALSO KNOWN AS WALKER #1, IS A NORWEGIAN TALENT MANAGER, PRODUCER AND SONGWRITER. HE WAS BORN ON MARCH 9, 1982 IN BERGEN, NORWAY. HE IS WELL-KNOWN IN THE NORWEGIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY, ESPECIALLY FOR BEING THE FOUNDER AND CURRENT MANAGING PARTNER OF NORWEGIAN FULL-SERVICE MUSIC COMPANY MER.

TASKS & ROLE

THE ARTISTS REPRESENTED BY MER INCLUDE, AMONG OTHERS, ALAN WALKER AKA #0 - KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC AS A FAMOUS AND SUCCESSFUL MUSIC PRODUCER AND DJ, WHILE ALSO BEING THE LEADER OF HIS SECRET UNDERGROUND NETWORK CALLED MODERN WALKERS. TO THESE WALKERS GREVE IS KNOWN AS #1, THIS SPECIAL WALKER ID WAS ASSIGNED TO HIM FOR BEING ALAN WALKER'S VERY FIRST SUPPORTER. NOT ONLY WAS HE THE ONE WHO SIGNED HIM IN 2015 AND THEN BECAME HIS MANAGER, BUT HE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN HIS SECRET WORK FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, HELPING HIM TO BUILD A HUGE NETWORK OF WALKERS ACROSS THE GLOBE, ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATE. IN PUBLIC, FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD, #1 ACTS AS #0'S MANAGER WHO HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIM AS AN ARTIST, AND ALSO SUPPORTS HIM AS A SONGWRITER, CO-WRITING SONGS SUCH AS FADED, SING ME TO SLEEP AND MORE.

OWN CAREER

GREVE BEGAN HIS OWN CAREER IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IN THE MID 1990S, WHEN HE ESTABLISHED THE NORWEGIAN HIP HOP GROUP SPETAKKEL, WHICH REACHED THEIR END AFTER RELEASING TWO FULL-LENGTH STUDIO ALBUMS AND TWO EP'S. HE THEN CONTINUED HIS CAREER AS A SOLO ARTIST UNDER THE MONIKER GEST, RELEASING HIS SOLO-DEBUT GREVENS TID IN 2007.HE ALSO SERVED AS A JUDGE ON THE NORWEGIAN IDOL FOR FIVE SEASONS, AND REPRESENTED NUMEROUS OTHER NORWEGIAN AND SWEDISH ARTISTS, MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR SPELLEMANNPRISEN, THE NORWEGIAN GRAMMY AWARD, OR MULTIPLE TIMES EVEN WON.

WALKER ACTIVITY

IN THE MODERN WALKERS ASSOCIATION, #1 MOSTLY STAYS IN THE BACKGROUND AND MAKES SURE EVERYTHING IS RUNNING WELL - TAKING CARE AND WATCHING OUT, BEING AWARE OF THE WALKERS' FEEDBACK, ALWAYS ENDEAVORING TO ENSURE THE BEST POSSIBLE EXPERIENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.