Carl Haakon Waadeland

About

Carl Haakon Waadeland (b.1952):

Drummer and percussion player; professor of music performance, with special focus on jazz and music technology; PhD in music with the thesis "Rhythmic Movements and Moveable Rhythms – Syntheses of Expressive Timing by Means of Rhythmic Frequency Modulation" (NTNU, 2000); Master´s degree in mathematics (University of Trondheim, 1977).

Head of the Programme in music technology, NTNU, 2003-2011; head of Section of jazz education, Department of music, NTNU, 2006-2007.

Teaches drum set, rhythm and music technology. Supervisor of PhD students and fellows in the Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowship Programme. Involved in several research projects related to empirical investigations of rhythm performance, with a special focus on relations between rhythm and movement and connections between timing and sound. Has also interest in models synthesizing rhythm performance. Is, moreover, engaged in an artistic research project based on music technology: T-EMP: Trondheim Electroacoustic Music Performance.

Has participated on a large variety of recordings and tours with artists and bands like T-EMP, Dadafon, Anne-Lise Berntsen, Trygve Brøske, Andreas Aase, Rasmus og Verdens Beste Band, Hulder Bulder, Siris Svale Band, Åge Aleksandersen & Sambandet, Halvdan Sivertsen, Terje Tysland, Warne Marsh, Kenny Wheeler, Gary Holton & Casino Steel, Annbjørg Lien, Henning Sommerro, Bjørn Alterhaug, John Pål Inderberg, Knutsen & Ludvigsen, Mikis Theodorakis and Arja Saijonmaa.

Published a book and CD where a unique and exciting Norwegian drum tradition, "trommeslåtter", is presented, with musical notation, and historical and pedagogical comments, "Trommeslåtter – en trommeslagers skattekiste" (Norsk Musikforlag AS). Released a CD, "Din råta tjuv – groovy interactions with trommeslåtter", where rhythmic and thematic material from trommeslåtter is used as basis for grooves and contemporary musical improvisation (Heilo/ Grappa).

Links:

Book and CD: "Trommeslåtter – en trommeslagers skattekiste":

http://www.musikkforlagene.no/Product/Details/210318

CD: Din råta tjuv - groovy interactions with trommeslåtter

CHW in Rockipedia

T-EMP: Trondheim Electroacoustic Music Performance:

https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/48123/48124

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/temptrondheimelectroacou

Publications

2026

Mistereggen, Birger; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2026) Norwegian Drum Tunes. Rudimental drumming in Norwegian folk music. Percussive Notes
Academic article

2025

Elvenes, Andreas; Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Hoemsnes, Rune; Ekle, Sigurd. (2025) Floating at Distance - Single by The Soundbyte.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Huke, Kirsti; Hoemsnes, Rune; Ekle, Sigurd; Elvenes, Andreas; Nilssen, Geir. (2025) Still Quiet.
Music

2024

Mistereggen, Birger; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2024) This Drum Is Not the Devil's Instrument: The Development and Performance of Drum Tunes in Norwegian Folk Music. Yearbook for Traditional Music
Academic article

2023

Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2023) So, let´s put things together.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2023) Dont Give Us That Face.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2023) Indeed, we think so.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2023) Or should we wait?.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2023) The time is now (don´t give us that face).
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Henriksen, Thomas; Elvemo, Johan-Magnus. (2023) Forskningskonsert Magnify The Sound.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Elvemo, Johan-Magnus; Henriksen, Thomas. (2023) Magnify The Sound Live Cinemateket.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Henriksen, Thomas; Elvemo, Johan-Magnus. (2023) Audio visual performance with Magnify The Sound at ARAK 2023.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2023) Sometimes Yesterday feels like tomorrow.
Music

2022

Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Henriksen, Thomas; Elvemo, Johan-Magnus; Wittner, Otto Jonassen. (2022) Magnify The Sound at Earth Day Art Model 2022.
Music
Elvemo, Johan-Magnus; Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Henriksen, Thomas. (2022) The Butterfly Lamentation.
Film

2021

Engum, Trond; Henriksen, Thomas; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2021) Improvising Inside a House of Cards: New performance and music-making through a collective networked instrument. Organised Sound
Academic article

2020

Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2020) Magnify the Sound: Performance. Proceedings of the International Conference on Live Interfaces (Proceedings of ICLI)
Professional article
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Henriksen, Thomas; Elvemo, Johan-Magnus; Wittner, Otto Jonassen. (2020) Concert at NowNet Arts Conference 2020.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2020) Concert Rockheim Magnify The Sound.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Henriksen, Thomas. (2020) Magnify the sound concert at NowNet Arts series.
Music
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2020) Groovy Mathematics: Toward a Theoretical Model of Rhythm.
Academic chapter

2019

Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Gellein, Siri; Inderberg, John Pål; Alterhaug, Bjørn; Barros, Celio. (2019) Siri´s Svale Band_Aprilturné.
Music
Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Gellein, Siri; Inderberg, John Pål; Alterhaug, Bjørn; Barros, Celio. (2019) Siri´s Svale Band_Septemberturné.
Music
Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Sommerro, Henning. (2019) An-Magritt_Konsertversjon, Røros Kirke.
Music
Engum, Trond; Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Xambó, Anna; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Bergsland, Andreas. (2019) Trondheim EMP Repository processing.
Music

2018

Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Saue, Sigurd. (2018) Modulated swing: Dynamic rhythm synthesis by means of frequency Modulation.
Academic chapter
Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Gellein, Siri; Inderberg, John Pål; Alterhaug, Bjørn; Barros, Celio. (2018) Konsert på Trondheim Jazzfestival - Jazzfest 2018.
Music
Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Engum, Trond; Åse, Tone; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2018) Echo System.
Music
Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Engum, Trond; Ratkje, Maja Solveig Kjelstrup; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Åse, Tone; Duch, Michael Francis; Ortveit, Kim Henry; Hoel, Ada Mathea. (2018) Å gripe inn i en annens lyd.
Music

2017

Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2017) Synthesis of asymmetric movement trajectories in timed rhythmic behaviour by means of frequency modulation. Human Movement Science
Academic article
Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Saue, Sigurd. (2017) Swinging with FM: Synthesis of Swing by Means of Frequency Modulation.
Academic chapter
Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Åse, Tone. (2017) TEMP Crossadaptive at CMMR.
Music

2016

Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Åse, Tone. (2016) Konsert Raflost Icelandic Festival of Electronic Arts.
Music

2015

Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Hoemsnes, Rune. (2015) Hybridtrommesett - En trommeslagers sanntidsprossesering av eget trommespill. NTNU trykk
Master thesis
Danielsen, Anne; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Sundt, Henrik G.; Witek, Maria. (2015) Effects of instructed timing and tempo on snare drum sound in drum kit performance. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Academic article
Åse, Tone; Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Wærstad, Bernt Isak. (2015) Kunstnerisk presentasjon DafX 2016.
Music

2013

Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Saue, Sigurd; Engum, Trond; Wærstad, Bernt Isak; Åse, Tone; Bergsland, Andreas. (2013) T-EMP: Trondheim Electroacoustic Music Performance. Communication and interplay in an electronically based ensemble. NTNU
Research report
Sommerro, Henning; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Hemsing, Eldbjørg; Hemsing, Ragnhild; Rysstad, Kim Andre; Solli, Gro Kjelleberg. (2013) Kjærlighet er lysets kilde - Stangvik.
Music

2012

Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Wærstad, Bernt Isak; Åse, Tone; Lode, Ingrid; McGlynn, Patrick; Quigley, Bryan. (2012) Konsert, Rockheim August 2012.
Music
Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Wærstad, Bernt Isak; Åse, Tone; Lode, Ingrid; McGlynn, Patrick; Quigley, Bryan. (2012) Konsert med T-EMP.
Music
Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Wærstad, Bernt Isak; Åse, Tone; Lode, Ingrid; McGlynn, Patrick; Quigley, Bryan. (2012) Konsert, Notam Aug 2012.
Music
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2012) Erkebispegårdens rytmiske historie.
Music

2011

Holter, Kenneth Øvrid; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2011) Eth Eonel - Drawing Lines (1989). NTNU
Master thesis
Martinez, Marc Casanovas i; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2011) Music production at the RDAM Projects complitaion (2010-11). NTNU
Master thesis
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2011) Rhythm Performance from a Spectral Point of View. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
Academic article
Kaldestad, Gyrid Nordal; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2011) Broken Body. NTNU
Master thesis
Petrini, Karin; Pollick, Frank E; Dahl, S; McAleer, P; McKay, L; Rocchesso, Davide; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Love, Scott; Avanzini, Federico; Puce, Aina. (2011) Action expertise reduces brain activity for audiovisual matching actions: An fMRI study with expert drummers. NeuroImage
Academic article

2010

Sommerro, Henning; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2010) Rex Olavus, Olavsfestdagene.
Music

2009

Petrini, Karin; Dahl, S; Rocchesso, Davide; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Avanzini, Federico; Puce, Aina; Pollick, Frank E. (2009) Multisensory integration of drumming actions: musical expertise affects perceived audiovisual asynchrony. Experimental Brain Research
Academic article

2008

Danielsen, Anne; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Sundt, Henrik G.. (2008) Identifying Timing by Sound: Timbral Qualities of Micro-Rhythm.
Academic chapter
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2008) Trommeslåtter - en trommeslagers skattekiste, m/CD. Norsk Musikforlag A/S
Non-fiction monograph

2006

Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Lode, Ingrid. (2006) Konsert : musikk og matematikk.
Visual arts
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2006) The influence of tempo on movement and timing in rhythm performance.
Academic chapter
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2006) Strategies in empirical studies of swing groove. Studia Musicologica Norvegica
Academic article

2005

Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2005) "Just give that rhythm ev'ry thing you got". Om swingende avvik og bevegelige rytmer i musikk.
Academic chapter

2002

Toussaint, Gerthory; Pedersen, Atle; Oterhals, Geir; Fiskvik, Anne Margrete; Ettema, Gerardus Johannes C; Bongaardt, Robert; Bakka, Egil; Audsen, Kjetil; Vereijken, Beatrix; Hokland, Jørn. (2002) La det swinge! Om kropp og bevegelse.
Academic chapter
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2002) Movements in rhythmic performance of swing in jazz: report from an empirical investigation.
Academic chapter

2001

Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2001) It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing: Simulating expressive timing by modulated movements. Journal of New Music Research
Academic article

2000

Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2000) Rhythmic movements and moveable rhythms : syntheses of expressive timing by means of rhythmic frequency modulation. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis

1991

Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (1991) Trommeslåtter: en trommeslagers skattekiste. Tima forlag, Pb.1725, 7416 Trondheim
Textbook

Journal publications

Mistereggen, Birger; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2026) Norwegian Drum Tunes. Rudimental drumming in Norwegian folk music. Percussive Notes
Academic article
Danielsen, Anne; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Sundt, Henrik G.; Witek, Maria. (2015) Effects of instructed timing and tempo on snare drum sound in drum kit performance. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Academic article
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2017) Synthesis of asymmetric movement trajectories in timed rhythmic behaviour by means of frequency modulation. Human Movement Science
Academic article
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2020) Magnify the Sound: Performance. Proceedings of the International Conference on Live Interfaces (Proceedings of ICLI)
Professional article
Engum, Trond; Henriksen, Thomas; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2021) Improvising Inside a House of Cards: New performance and music-making through a collective networked instrument. Organised Sound
Academic article
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2011) Rhythm Performance from a Spectral Point of View. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
Academic article
Petrini, Karin; Dahl, S; Rocchesso, Davide; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Avanzini, Federico; Puce, Aina; Pollick, Frank E. (2009) Multisensory integration of drumming actions: musical expertise affects perceived audiovisual asynchrony. Experimental Brain Research
Academic article
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2006) Strategies in empirical studies of swing groove. Studia Musicologica Norvegica
Academic article
Mistereggen, Birger; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2024) This Drum Is Not the Devil's Instrument: The Development and Performance of Drum Tunes in Norwegian Folk Music. Yearbook for Traditional Music
Academic article
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2001) It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing: Simulating expressive timing by modulated movements. Journal of New Music Research
Academic article
Petrini, Karin; Pollick, Frank E; Dahl, S; McAleer, P; McKay, L; Rocchesso, Davide; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Love, Scott; Avanzini, Federico; Puce, Aina. (2011) Action expertise reduces brain activity for audiovisual matching actions: An fMRI study with expert drummers. NeuroImage
Academic article

Artistic productions

Elvenes, Andreas; Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Hoemsnes, Rune; Ekle, Sigurd. (2025) Floating at Distance - Single by The Soundbyte.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Huke, Kirsti; Hoemsnes, Rune; Ekle, Sigurd; Elvenes, Andreas; Nilssen, Geir. (2025) Still Quiet.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Henriksen, Thomas; Elvemo, Johan-Magnus; Wittner, Otto Jonassen. (2022) Magnify The Sound at Earth Day Art Model 2022.
Music
Elvemo, Johan-Magnus; Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Henriksen, Thomas. (2022) The Butterfly Lamentation.
Film
Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Gellein, Siri; Inderberg, John Pål; Alterhaug, Bjørn; Barros, Celio. (2019) Siri´s Svale Band_Aprilturné.
Music
Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Gellein, Siri; Inderberg, John Pål; Alterhaug, Bjørn; Barros, Celio. (2019) Siri´s Svale Band_Septemberturné.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2023) So, let´s put things together.
Music
Sommerro, Henning; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2010) Rex Olavus, Olavsfestdagene.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2023) Dont Give Us That Face.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2023) Indeed, we think so.
Music
Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Sommerro, Henning. (2019) An-Magritt_Konsertversjon, Røros Kirke.
Music
Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Wærstad, Bernt Isak; Åse, Tone; Lode, Ingrid; McGlynn, Patrick; Quigley, Bryan. (2012) Konsert, Rockheim August 2012.
Music
Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Wærstad, Bernt Isak; Åse, Tone; Lode, Ingrid; McGlynn, Patrick; Quigley, Bryan. (2012) Konsert med T-EMP.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2023) Or should we wait?.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2023) The time is now (don´t give us that face).
Music
Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Wærstad, Bernt Isak; Åse, Tone; Lode, Ingrid; McGlynn, Patrick; Quigley, Bryan. (2012) Konsert, Notam Aug 2012.
Music
Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Lode, Ingrid. (2006) Konsert : musikk og matematikk.
Visual arts
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Henriksen, Thomas; Elvemo, Johan-Magnus. (2023) Forskningskonsert Magnify The Sound.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Elvemo, Johan-Magnus; Henriksen, Thomas. (2023) Magnify The Sound Live Cinemateket.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Henriksen, Thomas; Elvemo, Johan-Magnus. (2023) Audio visual performance with Magnify The Sound at ARAK 2023.
Music
Engum, Trond; Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Xambó, Anna; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Bergsland, Andreas. (2019) Trondheim EMP Repository processing.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Henriksen, Thomas; Elvemo, Johan-Magnus; Wittner, Otto Jonassen. (2020) Concert at NowNet Arts Conference 2020.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2020) Concert Rockheim Magnify The Sound.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Henriksen, Thomas. (2020) Magnify the sound concert at NowNet Arts series.
Music
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2012) Erkebispegårdens rytmiske historie.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2023) Sometimes Yesterday feels like tomorrow.
Music
Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Åse, Tone. (2017) TEMP Crossadaptive at CMMR.
Music
Åse, Tone; Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Wærstad, Bernt Isak. (2015) Kunstnerisk presentasjon DafX 2016.
Music
Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Åse, Tone. (2016) Konsert Raflost Icelandic Festival of Electronic Arts.
Music
Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Gellein, Siri; Inderberg, John Pål; Alterhaug, Bjørn; Barros, Celio. (2018) Konsert på Trondheim Jazzfestival - Jazzfest 2018.
Music
Sommerro, Henning; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Hemsing, Eldbjørg; Hemsing, Ragnhild; Rysstad, Kim Andre; Solli, Gro Kjelleberg. (2013) Kjærlighet er lysets kilde - Stangvik.
Music
Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Engum, Trond; Åse, Tone; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2018) Echo System.
Music
Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Engum, Trond; Ratkje, Maja Solveig Kjelstrup; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Åse, Tone; Duch, Michael Francis; Ortveit, Kim Henry; Hoel, Ada Mathea. (2018) Å gripe inn i en annens lyd.
Music

Books

Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2008) Trommeslåtter - en trommeslagers skattekiste, m/CD. Norsk Musikforlag A/S
Non-fiction monograph
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (1991) Trommeslåtter: en trommeslagers skattekiste. Tima forlag, Pb.1725, 7416 Trondheim
Textbook

Part of book/report

Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2005) "Just give that rhythm ev'ry thing you got". Om swingende avvik og bevegelige rytmer i musikk.
Academic chapter
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2006) The influence of tempo on movement and timing in rhythm performance.
Academic chapter
Danielsen, Anne; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Sundt, Henrik G.. (2008) Identifying Timing by Sound: Timbral Qualities of Micro-Rhythm.
Academic chapter
Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Saue, Sigurd. (2017) Swinging with FM: Synthesis of Swing by Means of Frequency Modulation.
Academic chapter
Toussaint, Gerthory; Pedersen, Atle; Oterhals, Geir; Fiskvik, Anne Margrete; Ettema, Gerardus Johannes C; Bongaardt, Robert; Bakka, Egil; Audsen, Kjetil; Vereijken, Beatrix; Hokland, Jørn. (2002) La det swinge! Om kropp og bevegelse.
Academic chapter
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2002) Movements in rhythmic performance of swing in jazz: report from an empirical investigation.
Academic chapter
Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Saue, Sigurd. (2018) Modulated swing: Dynamic rhythm synthesis by means of frequency Modulation.
Academic chapter
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2020) Groovy Mathematics: Toward a Theoretical Model of Rhythm.
Academic chapter

Report

Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Saue, Sigurd; Engum, Trond; Wærstad, Bernt Isak; Åse, Tone; Bergsland, Andreas. (2013) T-EMP: Trondheim Electroacoustic Music Performance. Communication and interplay in an electronically based ensemble. NTNU
Research report

Student thesis or dissertation

Engum, Trond; Waadeland, Carl Haakon; Hoemsnes, Rune. (2015) Hybridtrommesett - En trommeslagers sanntidsprossesering av eget trommespill. NTNU trykk
Master thesis
Holter, Kenneth Øvrid; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2011) Eth Eonel - Drawing Lines (1989). NTNU
Master thesis
Martinez, Marc Casanovas i; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2011) Music production at the RDAM Projects complitaion (2010-11). NTNU
Master thesis
Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2000) Rhythmic movements and moveable rhythms : syntheses of expressive timing by means of rhythmic frequency modulation. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Kaldestad, Gyrid Nordal; Waadeland, Carl Haakon. (2011) Broken Body. NTNU
Master thesis

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