Joon Wolfsberg
Joon Wolfsberg (* March 8, 1992 in Cologne) is a German singer- songwriter from Erfurt.
Life
Training
Joon Wolfsberg attended since the age of 6 the State Music School in Erfurt, received piano, drums and singing lessons. Her father Joseph Wolfsberg showed her at the age of 14 years, the first guitar chords. The Guitar Learning to play Joon Wolfsberg autodidact. After high school, 2010, Joon Wolfsberg devoted entirely to the musical career and founded 18 years with her father, the indie label Cow Universe Records. She has appeared at this time with their own songs.
Professional Development
At 15, she wrote the first song. A year later composed Joon Wolfsberg, then under her stage name " Joon W. ", a song for a project of the singer Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas and attracted attention for the first time.
In July 2010 they recorded the demo album " Green Boots", which appeared in August 2010 in a limited edition of 1000 copies and was sold within two months. All instruments were played on this album by itself. In October 2010, her father recognized in the TV series " Pop Stars" the guitarist and songwriter Zach Allen, the " Pop Stars" acted as an employee of the Tracking Room Studios in Nashville in the show. My father sent Allen then demo recordings to keep an eye out for the debut album of a musical collaboration interested in Musicians in the U.S. music scene. Zach Allen then offered to produce the album. Musicians such as Dave Roe (last bassist for Johnny Cash), Buddy Hyatt ( pianist with Toto ), Shawn Fichter ( Drummer of Peter Frampton ) and other U.S. music greats promised to take up the debut album (Made in USA) together with Joon Wolfsberg. The recordings were made in January and February 2011 in the tracking room studio. In April 2011, first a digital version of their debut album on download portals such as iTunes or Amazon was offered for sale. Due to the demand and the physical copy for sale was published on May 14, 2011.
Especially the song " Please" reached mainly in Switzerland and has since achieved cult status ( SRF) played regularly by the Swiss Radio and Television at Radio Swiss Pop. The album " Made in USA" was later distributed in the United States in the mainstream music scene in Los Angeles. This led to contact with the band members of the U.S. band Blind Melon.
Joon Wolfsberg liked the music of Blind Melon. Therefore, you with them from Januar until April 2012 recorded her second album "Wonderland". Because except Brad Smith ( bass) and Christopher Thorn ( guitar ) were not the other two band members for the recordings available, Brad Smith then suggested Dave Krusen (founding member of Pearl Jam ) drummer before, as he with this already in the band Unified Theory had played together. Joon Wolfsberg brought his friend, U.S. musician Frank Ortegel with ( acoustic guitar ) to complete the band.
Even on the night of publication on 1 June 2012, the album "Wonderland" was due to the great demand of stock on amazon.de.
Unlike the debut album could Joon Wolfsberg and her father, first a physical copy publish. Executive Producer Joe was Wolfsberg. Since 2010, Joon Wolfsberg writes her songs with her father. The work is divided, she writes lyrics, composes vocal melodies and he composition of the guitar melodies.
Joon Wolfsberg lives in Tybee Iceland (Georgia ) and in Erfurt.
Press
" Joon Wolfsberg was born in Cologne and grew up in Erfurt - but sounds quite international. Somewhere between the Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick, folk rock elements and a lot of Joon Wolfsberg .. "
" But when you hear her in the Old drifting vocals and abgeklärtem between folk-rock and bathing in nostalgia alternative rock sound of her band, one might think that the lady would have been much more behind than two decades of life. "
The Financial Times Germany chose on 3 June 2012, the "Wonderland" album album of the week and awarded the maximum score 5
Discography
- 2010: Green Boat (Demo Album)
- 2011: Made in USA ( debut album )
- 2012: Wonderland
- 2013: Revolujoon