Interview: Gunn-Hilde Erstad of Rendezvous Point on Musicianship, Physical Performance, and Navigating the Prog Scene

Hi there, my fellow basement-dwellers! We’ve had another interview, but this time, we’re aiming to educate you a bit, especially you, our musician demographic that needs to learn how to take care of your body since four energy drinks mixed with donuts are no healthy dinner. We’ve got Gunn-Hilde Erstad from Rendezvous Point, who happens to be a PhD candidate researching physical performance in musicians. But enough talking, let’s hear from her!

Rendezvous Point – Dream Chaser

If you’ve been living under a rock, you might not know that Norway is a low-key powerhouse for Prog bands, not just Black Metal from the basement. I ran into Rendezvous Point aeons ago when they opened for Leprous at a local concert. It was exciting! We had a fire emergency, the power went off, and we were thrown out into the winter cold, but it was all a false alarm (ha ha ha…). Either way, they gave us a memorable performance. Needless to say, I want to like Dream Chaser, but do we ever get what we want? Who knows… read on!