Peter Bursch is not only a successful rock musician, guitar book author, and Germany's "guitar teacher of the nation," but also a developer and inventor of various projects. Euro Rock is also one of the creative ideas that sprang from his bubbling pool of ideas. Peter is a real doer with a certain drive that easily infects others. Not only did he significantly shape the Krautrock scene with his band "Bröselmaschine," but he also taught entire generations and many stars to play the guitar in a very easy way with his guitar books. Over the years, he has performed with countless musicians on stage and leads the entire project with a lot of passion. Peter is also the one who carefully takes care of the selection of the teaching staff every year.
Daniel Jung For many years, the main organizer and networker has been Daniel Jung, who is responsible for coordinating the free art and culture scene in Duisburg's cultural office. Daniel is not only well connected through this position, but he is also very active in the scene himself. As a rock DJ, he provides music for the city's events, has his own disco series called "Melodic Rock Night," which now has international regular guests, has his own radio show dedicated to his favorite music, and enjoys singing in his own band in the rehearsal room. The jack-of-all-trades is currently writing his first novel and discussing the film medium in his other radio format, "The Cinematic Quartet." As a longtime editor of the Rock-It! magazine and the publications of "Duisburg intern," he uses writing as well as music to express himself.
Andreas Klees has been part of the team since 2012. He got to know the project as a two-time participant with two of his bands (The Bonny Situation, Thalamus) in 2004 and 2009 and was immediately hired by Peter and Daniel for the project to make the immediate experiences as a participant productive and to be able to pass them on. The multi-instrumentalist has played the most diverse musical styles with various formations in recent years (from singer-songwriter-soft to full-on metal), works with young people in songwriting workshops and was able to expand his own network very positively through Euro Rock and travel to Russia several times for small tours. In the rhythm workshop, he plays bass and otherwise serves as a contact person for all instrument groups and for the compositions of new songs during the project.
Micki Meuser komponiert hochwertige Filmmusik. Er schrieb die Musik zu zahlreichen Filmen, darunter für internationale Kinofilme, zum Beispiel mit Daniel Craig (Obsession), Kirstin Dunst (Deeply) oder Lynn Redgrave und für viele Spielfilme für ZDF und ARD. Er komponierte ausserdem für mehrere TV Serien in Deutschland (Was nicht passt…) und in den USA (MythQuest)
Als Produzent und Songwriter erarbeitete Micki Meuser Alben und schrieb Songs für Künstler wie Ideal, Die Ärzte (Im Schatten der Ärzte, Ist das alles?), Ina Deter (Neue Männer braucht das Land), Silly (Bataillon d’Amour), Rodgau Monotones, Die Lassie Singers und viele andere.
Seine musikalische Karriere begann Micki Meuser als Bassist bei Charlie Mariano. Das Instrument spielte er auch bei Ina Deter und bis heute in seiner eigenen Band „Nervous Germans“ und in diversen Studios.
Micki Meuser ist Vorsitzender der Deutschen Filmkomponistenunion – DEFKOM, im Vorstand des Deutschen Komponistenverbandes und der Initiative Urheberrecht. Er ist ausserdem gewähltes Mitglied des GEMA Aufsichtsrats.
Manni von Bohr, Deutschland´s »Pope of Drumming«, wie ihn das US-Drummer-Magazin »Modern Drummer« im Interview betitelte, ist eine bekannte und hoch geschätzte Persönlichkeit der deutschen Musikszene. Als Chefredakteur der Schlagzeugfachzeitschrift »drums&percussion« ist er nicht nur mit einem der größten Fachmagazine inhaltlich und thematisch verbunden, sondern verfügt als Drummer, Lehrer und Autor von Lehr-DVDs und -Büchern ein fundamentales Wissen und reichen Erfahrungsschatz über das Instrument Schlagzeug, über Drummer, Drumsounds, Stimmtechniken, Mikrofonierung und Recording-Techniken. Er spielt auf über 250 CD- und DVD-Produktionen und besitzt sein eigenes Tonstudio, in dem er unter anderem die Playalong-CD für das »drums&percussion«-Fachmagazin produziert und sämtliche Drums selbst eintrommelt.
SYLKIE MONOFF Singer, songwriter, producer SYLKIE MONOFF may have been born in Germany, but her heart and soul have always had a strong connection to the USA. As a teen, influenced by performers such as Emmylou Harris, James Taylor and Neil Young, SYLKIE performed throughout Germany with regional country-rock bands. She recorded and released her first record for Teldec before she even turned 20. After marginal success, she decided to sharpen her writing skills and therefore focused on producing songs in her studio. Shortly thereafter, she was accepted to attend the Pop Music Program at the prestigious Hamburg Academy of Music and Theater.
After completing her studies in Hamburg, SYLKIE single-handedly landed a recording contract with BMG Ariola Munich (Sony BMG). Her debut EP consisted of 3 original compositions. This was followed by the recording of her album HARBOR IN THE NIGHT (1993). She not only composed 10 of the 11 tracks, but also co-produced the album. The first single DON’T landed in the German airplay charts and became a radio hit and two more singles followed. In the late 1990s, SYLKIE’s composition ALL THE PLACES, recorded by the British duo BND, charted in the German Top 100 sales charts. It was released world-wide and went gold before its release date. SYLKIE has toured throughout Europe and parts of the US, playing support to artists such as Ian Matthews (Plainsong) and Supercharge. She has performed with Grammy winner Albert Lee, Rock’n’Roll legend Spencer Davis, Melissa Etheridge, Julian Dawson, Peter Bursch, Jürgen Drews and more. For about 10 years, she spent part of the year in Nashville performing, recording and co-writing with various renowned staff writers, such as Curtis Lance (Don’t happen twice, Kenny Chesney), Gilles Godard (Patty Loveless, Tracy Byrd, Ricky Skaggs, Blackhawk), Grammy winner Don Rollins (It’s 5 o’clock somewhere/Alan Jackson + Jimmy Buffett), Charley Stefl (The Fool, LeeAnn Womack), Alex Call (Huey Lewis), Brent Baxter (Alan Jackson, Lady Antebellum) and more. Some of her songs have been added to the Warner Brothers and Universal Music Nashville publishing catalogs.
In 2010, SYLKIE released her CD “GENUINE”. She composed all 13 songs and also produced the album, which features some of Nashville’s top session players, such as drummer legend Eddie Bayers and first-call guitarist Brent Mason. The critically acclaimed album climbed to the top positions of various European Country Radio Charts (#1 in Austria, #2 in Norway and Top 20 in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Italy, Sweden and more). „GENUINE“ as well jumped into the Top10 of the True Country + Roots Country categories of the Roots Music Report USA, the number one independent music chart for roots music in the world, which is based merely on radio playlists and actual airplay.
In 2012, with her first US radio single „STEAL YOUR CROWN“ at #1 in the IMN Country Charts for an entire 13 weeks, SYLKIE received the IMN Country Award as „Best International Artist“ with nominations in 4 categories. In 2015, SYLKIE finally made her permanent move to Nashville. Since then, she has had several releases, such as the singles „Like Rain“ and „The Puzzle“ (produced by Mark Schulman, drummer of Pink, Cher, Billy Idol and more) as well as the digital re-release of her Sony album „HARBOR IN THE NIGHT“, which ranked in the Top 50 of the Apple Music Charts for Country Music in Germany in 2022. SYLKIE continues working on new music, cowriting, writing, producing and pitching songs and instrumental music for film and TV. One of her compositional collaborations for a TV commercial resulted in an Emmy nomination in 2018. Her most recent single „Still Believe In You“ has been successfully impacting US and European Country + Adult Contemporary radio. It was listed on the Grammy Nomination Ballots in 2022/23 in the two categories „Best Country Song“ and „Best Country Solo Performance“. Monoff wrote and produced the track. It was released on her own label SYWA Nashville.
Apart from her diverse musical work, SYLKIE conducts music business workshops and is a well-respected vocal coach (Musiker Akademie Düsseldorf, Drummers Institute, Eurorock Duisburg and others). She is currently working on a new album to be released in 2024.
The international team
Das weitere Team der DozentInnen setzt sich zusammen aus den
mitreisenden Verantwortlichen der Bands sowie aus eigens gewählten
Persönlichkeiten aus der Musikszene.
Das Team ändert sich teilweise leicht mit den Jahren, aber es gibt auch feste
Ansprechpartner und viele „Wiederholungstäter“. Das Euro Rock stößt eben
auch in den Reihen von Profimusikern auf große Resonanz und wird gerne
unterstützt.
So zeichnet seit vielen Jahren der berühmte Produzent und Filmkomponist
Micki Meuser für die Aufnahmen der Euro Rock Songs verantwortlich. Micki
hat nicht nur Ina Deta und Die Ärzte schon in ihren frühen Tagen begleitet,
sondern hat sich langfristig einen großen Namen erarbeitet und komponiert
mittlerweile viele Musiken für TV-Produktionen. Als Gesangsdozenten waren
in den letzten Jahren unter anderem David Readman (u. a. Pink Cream 69),
Sylkie Monoff (aus der Szene aus Nashville) und Jaqueline Stürmer (Voice of
Germany) zu Gast.
Für Gitarrenworkshops haben uns unter anderem die beiden Flitzefinger
Victor Smolski und Elene Seagalova besucht.
Die Drumworkshops wurden in den letzten Jahren von Jan Rohlfing (Gründer
Drummer’s Institute und Band-House) sowie Manni von Bohr (auch als
deutscher„Drumpapst“ einschlägig bekannt) geleitet.
In Portsmouth, der Duisburger Partnerstadt in England, wird schon lange mit
Vicky Halliday zusammen gearbeitet. Sie kennt nicht nur die Szene vor Ort
sehr gut, sondern bereichert das Team desweiteren mit ihren Kenntnissen zu
europäischen Fördermöglichkeiten und administrativer Knowledge.
Die Partner in Frankreich sind das Relief Asso, eine Vereinigung, die sich der
Förderung und Organisation von Kunst- und Kulturprojekten mit viel
Leidenschaft und einem tollen Netzwerk aus Örtlichkeiten, Studios und
Kulturschaffenden widmet. Angélique Lyleire gehört zu Asso und ist dort
nicht nur verantwortlich für die Social Media Pflege, sondern ist auch
professionelle Fotografin und begleitet das gesamte Projekt, und besonders
die Konzerte mit ihrer Kamera. Loic ist selbst Clubbesitzer in der Region
Nord-pas-de-Calais und ist zudem tontechnisch versiert.
Aus Vilnius in Litauen begleitet Egle Gedminaite die Bands, sie ist Bookerin
und kann so besonders viele Tips zur Selbstvermarktung und zum Bewerben
in Konzertlocations geben. In Russland blicken wir auf eine lange
Zusammenarbeit mit Elena Novoselova zurück, die in der Duisburger
Partnerstadt Perm ein großes Rockfestival namens Rock-Line organisiert,
wozu nicht selten Euro Rock Bands eingeladen wurden.
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