Santa’s Fantasy. 2008.
Merry Christmas everyone. It’s been a while since I last presented a song here. I wrote the original version of “Santa’s Fantasy” in Sydney, Australia, in December 2007 as “theme song” for the christmas party I attended.
read onSo art can still be subversive…
This is probably the coolest copyright non-infringement performance anyone has come up with yet. Disabling bureaucracies by DOS-style, yet form-based requests is probably not entirely new as a concept, but…
read onSuzanne Vega, measure for measure
I simply love Suzanne Vega’s writing about song writing. I think it’s amazing how she can lay out the complex creative process leading up to a lyrically and musically finished and polished song.
read on“Fight For You” written for U. & N.’s wedding
I wrote “Fight For You” as a gift for one of my closest friends’ wedding.
read onSuzanne Vega writes about songwriting
I just discovered that the NY Times has a songwriter blog called “Measure for Measure“. In one of the last entries, Suzanne Vega explains how her writing style and method have changed with time and that she has a non-standard relationship with melodies.
read onAustralia will be next – ‘Tokio Hotel’ in New York.
When I had a drink with friends in Sydney’s Darling Harbour quarter, no one native to the red continent understood why I had to chuckle when I read the bar’s name – Tokio Hotel. Well, they may soon, as Kelefa Sanneh, writing in the NY Times about Tokio Hotel’s first concert in New York City [...]
read on
Guardian Angel
I’m in Amsterdam this weekend, to celebrate the wedding of two friends. And while they were clever enough to avoid unwanted and unneeded presents by sending a list, I decided that I’ll add something more personal, sat down at the piano, and wrote a song.
read onNot on MTV (yet…) – “Still Changed” Videoclip
As a bonus feature for the “Pilù – the other life” DVD Sebastian Linke shot a videoclip of me performing the song I wrote for his film.
read on
Mehr Mond über Mainz
Die “SpringtOifel” (Wikipedia.de) Version von Sebastians und meinem Song “Mond über Mainz” ist fertig!
read on
New Song: “Sometimes I can’t believe”
This one is about those moments when we feel that love is nothing but a strange illusion we cling to despite knowing it better, because we instictively feel that this denial is what makes our lives bearable.
read on
Under The Bridge
Attending two friends’ beautiful wedding yesterday, I realised that the Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ “Under The Bridge” isn’t really the most appropriate song to be played right after the rings have been exchanged…
read onRichter und Realität
Ein Richter am Amtsgericht in Meschede stellte ein strafrechtliches Urheberrechtsverfahren angesichts verbleibender zivilrechtlicher Ansprüche gegen den Angeklagten gegen Zahlung von 2300 Euro Geldbuße ein. Laut heise online soll sich der Richter folgendermaßen zum Thema geäußert haben: [E]s [gebe] beim Thema “Raubkopie” ein nicht besonders großes Unrechtsbewusstsein in der Bevölkerung. “Wenn man wahllos eine Durchsuchung machen [...]
read onMond über Mainz
Ein deutscher Song diesmal, allerdings ist der Text nicht von mir, sondern von meinem Freund Sebastian Linke, der nicht nur Filmemacher, sondern auch Schlagzeuger der Mainzer Oi!-Punk Formation “SpringtOifel” ist.
read onStill – Titelsong für Pilù oder das andere Leben
Meine Version des Titelsong für den Abschlußfilm meines Freundes Sebastian Linke – “Still Changed” – heißt einfach nur “Still”.
read on
B612 Songwriter Meeting
It’s been an awful long time since the last entry in this blog. But that is, fortunately, much rather a consquence of being too busy than of a lack of activity – and, just as a reminder – you can always listen to some of the songs I’ve written this year on my profile page [...]
read onZweiter Korb der Urheberrechtsnovelle
Wie sich ja schon während der vergangenen zweieinhalb Jahre im Laufe der Ausarbeitung des zweiten Korbes zur Änderung des deutschen Urheberrechts abgezeichnete, hat die Bundesregierung mit dem heute vom Bundeskabinett beschlossenen Gesetzentwurf verpaßt, ein der Gesamtproblematik angemessenes Gesetz zu verabschieden. Die Bundesregierung sich zumindest in einem ersten Schritt der von der “Inhalteindustrie” vertretenen Sichtweise angeschlossen, [...]
read onThe Day The Music Died.
Ok, vielleicht nicht gleich die ganze Musik. Aber wenn sich irgendwann in der nicht mehr ganz so fernen Zukunft Plattenfirmen mal fragen sollten, was da am Ende des 20. und zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts so falsch gelaufen ist und warum eigentlich, dann werden sie sich vielleicht an “das nächste große Ding” erinnnern, die Episode [...]
read onDeutschland suchte den Superfreak.
Und hat einen gefunden. Sogar schon zum dritten Mal. Das denkt zumindest Wiebke Brauer, die für Spiegel online über die letzte Folge der dritten Staffel von “Deutschland sucht den Superstar” schreibt. Die von ihr gewählte Überschrift “Keiner kann gewinnen” ist allerdings ein wenig irreführend: Das Format hat nicht umsonst schon mal den Bertelsmann Synergiepreis gewonnen. [...]
read onI’ve been saying *THAT* since 1999…
I’ve been saying this for years – the most likely explanation for the ongoing copyright war is the socialised concept of (intellectual) property in most politicians’ minds – it will take another generation and, liekely, as Volker Grassmuck argues below, a copyright induced knowledge-lock-up disaster until people will realise what has been done. The occasional [...]
read on
quarterLife
It’s done. Well, it’s a little done. Just before Christmas 2005 I’d finally compiled 20 of my more recent songs on a single CD. As a nice, hand made christmas present, and, of course, for future presentation purposes. I called the album “quarterLife”, because I think that’s what it’s about. Some of the songs are [...]
read on
25.
Paul McCartney never really recovered musically from his divorce from John. I’m not saying John could not have benefitted from Paul after the Beatles split, but still, I think his solo music was more mature than McCartney’s, probably to this day. My favorite is “Woman” – Woman I know you understand The little child inside [...]
read on
Dick Cheney’s a surfer!
Dick Cheney is probably a much cooler guy than you thought he is. After a hard day’s work of conspiring with his freshly indicted former Chief of Staff Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the man still has time and energy for a jam session with the legendary surf music band “The Surfaris”.
read onOne equals, ahm, not quite one.
From O2music Germany’s portal FAQs – question: “what’s CD quality?” Answer: “CD quality implies that the sound quality of music bought [through this service] is almost identical to the quality of a CD bought in a record store”. No kidding. Musik auf dem PC abspielen Was versteht man unter CD-Qualität? Unter CD-Qualität versteht man, dass [...]
read onHome.
Finally! The Corrs have released a new real Corrs album. This may sound label blurb, but it’s true – 12 traditional Irish songs from their late mother’s songbook wonderfully, subtly modernized. My current favorite is “Black is the Colour” (link to amazon.de sample). Definitely the best album the Corrs have recorded since “Forgiven, not forgotten“!
read on