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David Myhr is a senior lecturer in ensemble and music production at LTU teaching music production and songwriting at the Department of Music, Dance and Theatre under Department of Arts, Communication and Learning (KKL) and divides his time between two campuses – The School of Music in Piteå and BoomTown in Borlänge. He's currently working half-time on a licentitate thesis with the working title "Pure pop magic – crucial moments in the songwriting and music productions process".

Myhr once studied himself at The School of Music in Piteå and was awarded the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Music Education in 1994. After university Myhr moved to Stockholm and took on a career as a freelancing musician and music business entrepeneur, starting his own music production company.

His main artistic output during the 90's was the internationally acclaimed power pop band The Merrymakers, which released the albums No Sleep 'til Famous (1995) and Bubblegun (1997).  With The Merrymakers he achieved international success, mainly in Japan where the albums sold over 100,000 copies, and put in several appearances in the U.S. where the records were also released.

Today David Myhr is a solo artist in his own name and his solo debut album, named Soundshine, was pre-released in Japan in December 2011. Following the release Myhr travelled over for a promotional tour of Japan including live performances in Osaka and Tokyo. The album was then released in Europe in March 2012 followed by performances in among other places Piteå, Stockholm, Madrid, London and New York. The album was mastered at Abbey Road Studios, London. The album was extremely well received in the power pop world and ended up at the very top of several "best album of 2012"-lists in the power pop blogosphere.   His songwriting abilities and extraordinary skill at melody has led to a long-term professional relationship with Sony Music Publishing Japan. This has led to writing and production opportunities for various Japanese artists such as Miku Kakoi and with PuffyAmiYumi.