John Kerr was born in England
on September 16th, 1948. At the age of seven he began studying music.
Pianoforte, church organ and later (when he was tall enough!) double-bass.
At the age of eighteen he decided
however, to put his music to one side and concentrate on a career in
Graphic Design and was accepted to study at Bath Academy of Art on a
degree course. Having successfully completed his studies, he worked in
London for various Advertising Agencies and Publishing Houses as a Graphic
Designer. He also lectured for five years at the famous Camberwell School
of Art in London.
Since October 1978, he has been
living in Amsterdam in The Netherlands. He bought his first synthesizer in
1980 and began composing music while still working - full-time - in the
advertising world.
In 1992 he was confronted with the
decision of either continuing
his work in the frantic world of
advertising or leaving it to concentrate on his music. This was because he
was awarded three major music prizes in that same year: 'Best Artist',
'Best Compact Disc' and 'Best Composition' of 1992, in the Electronic
Music Awards of the WDR Radio in Germany with his Compact Disc
'Norland'.
He choose music.....
Hymn of the Midnight Sun - Mono mp3 file - 247
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