Conny Conrad

Conny Conrad

Conny Conrad (born September 11, 1958 in Schöntal an der Jagst ) is a German composer , guitar virtuoso , multi-instrumentalist , lyricist and music producer .

Life

He has been playing the guitar since he was four , was soprano with the Künzelsau choirboys from the age of 7 to 12 and learned piano , organ , synthesizer , bass , drums and violin from the age of 15 . During this period he composed his first composition and founded the school band "Black Lady" at the Schlossgymnasium Künzelsau . From 1981 to 1985 his Stuttgart band “Rockingham Palace” ( art and prog rock ) was the opening act for Anyone's Daughter. In 1999 he founded the English-German band Dark Ocean in Australia , which released five CDs and existed until 2009.

successes

In addition to various chart placements , tours and guest performances in many countries (including Australia ), radio and TV presentations and the appointment by GEMA as an extraordinary member as composer and lyricist in 2000, he was the final winner of the German composers competition " International Pop Trophy " and received the Golden Globe award from the VIP-Loge international in 2008 and the cultural award in 2016 for "promoting rock and pop music in Germany".

In 2014 he celebrated his 40th stage anniversary with his current projects "Rock for your children - the song project for children's rights" and "Europeana - the European anthem of hearts" (patron of both projects is Michael Theurer , MEP).

1st prize in the honor category "Culture Prize for the Promotion of Rock and Pop Music in Germany" at the German Rock and Pop Prize 2016 for Conny Conrad.

Works

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• "Hello Stuttgart Go" - music for the World Athletics Championships 1993 , sung by David Hanselmann
• "100 Years of KSC" - anthem for the 100th anniversary of the Karlsruhe Sports Club in 1994
• "Angels never die" - German version of " Lemon Tree " ( Fools Garden ), sung by Hannah in 1997
• "Pico - Man of the Sixties" - title track of the Starclub musical, played by The Rattles , sung by Volker Hinkel ( Fools Garden ) (+ other CC titles sung by Isabel Varell and Volkan Baydar ) 1997
• "Dreamworld" - instrumental series 1997–1998
• "Welcome to Australia" - the anthem nominated by Deutsche Sporthilfe for the German Olympic team in Sydney 2000
• "For you there - SDK" - song / audio logo for the Süddeutsche Krankenversicherung
• "Zero" - theme song for the 2003 Jever Macau Cup, played by Dark Ocean
• "Where the Eagle Flies" - song from the album "Conny Conrad and friends - Generations" 2004, sung by Mick Rogers / Manfred Mann's Earthband
• "High Seas" - album with Dave Cousins / The Strawbs 2005
• "Watching you" - sung by Paul Roberts / Sniff 'n' the Tears 2008
• "Rock for your children" 2010 - song of the eponymous project for children's rights initiated by Conny Conrad
• “Europeana” 2011 - the alternative European anthem, which in 2013 was part of the “ European competition ”
• "World Skills Germany", anthem of the German team of the professional competitions 2012
• "Lift up your life" - Marketing song for Kesseböhmer Ergonomietechnik 2013
• “The Astronaut” - from his solo album “I rock” 2013

Further projects with other musicians

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• Mick Rogers ( Manfred Mann's Earth Band )
• Rick Wakeman ( Yes )
• Barclay James Harvest
• Yanni
• Anyone's Daughter
• Paul Hariman ( Purple Schulz )
• Isabel Varell
• Steve Brooks (Go101)
• David Surkamp ( Pavlov's Dog )
• Judith Hildebrandt (" Storm of Love " and others)
• Sandra
• Stefan Zauner ( Munich Freedom )
• Joe Lynn Turner ( Rainbow , Deep Purple )
• Alex Conti ( Atlantis , Lake )

Publications

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year	artist	Product name	Record company / download
2013	Conny Conrad	I rock	Timezone records
2013	Various artists	Rock for your children	Timezone records
2013	Chantara	Toy boy	Timezone records
2014	AnnA	Boogie tattoo	Timezone records
2014	Conny Conrad	Baden-Wuerttemberg Canon	Fine tunes
2015	COSMIC GAARDEN	STOMP	Timezone records

Web links

• www.connyconrad.net
• www.coco-generations.de
• Discography by Conny Conrad
• Short biography at Timezone Records
• Conny Conrad at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.darkocean.de
2. ↑ Rock for your children - homepage
3. ↑ EUROPEANA - the EU-anthem of the hearts
4. ↑ Schwarzwälder Bote, Oberndorf, Germany: Eutingen: Musician Conny Conrad lands in first place - Eutingen - Schwarzwälder Bote. Retrieved February 13, 2017 .