Jörg Dewald
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Jörg Dewald (born July 18, 1966 in Rödermark - Urberach ) is a singer , lyricist / songwriter and music producer. His pseudonym JD Wood or JD Wood is derived from his real name. JD Wood has lived in Nidda since the end of 2016 and has his recording studio there.
biography
He learned to play the piano at the age of five , but was also drawn to drums . At the age of ten he received trumpet lessons . After completing an apprenticeship as a power system electronics technician and completing his military service in 1990, he aspired to work as a musician and music producer.
He started as a music producer in 1991. From 1991 to 1996 JD Wood had his studio, the Sound Everest Studio in Pfungstadt , and worked from 1993 to 1996 as an engineer for Men Behind - together with Karsten Brandt alias Todd Canard and Peter Aleksander (now Superstar Recordings ) - on many publications. JD Wood also worked for Microbots between 1991 and 1994 together with Thomas Wedel alias Tom Wax and Thorsten Adler.
Among the artists for whom he wrote, produced, arranged and remixed are e.g. B. Vanessa-Mae , Melanie Thornton , Kim Sanders , Jam & Spoon , Erasure , Ralph Siegel , Magic Affair and Talla 2XLC .
In 1994, JD Wood received the gold record with Men Behind for the remix of When Do I Get to Sing My Way from the Sparks .
In the years 1998 to 2002 JD Wood worked on productions in the team of Cyborg DMP GmbH, which u. a. spawned three successful Eurodance acts in the 1990s: Captain Hollywood Project , Intermission and Loft . For violinist Vanessa-Mae , JD Wood composed the title I Still Can Hear Your Voice in 2002 , which he also sang himself and presented on ARD at Arena der Stars in the same year .
Since then, JD Wood has written many of his own songs. A label in the USA discovered this in 2008 and then released JD Wood's debut album in March 2009 with the title In My Dreams in the USA and Canada and was awarded "Best songwriter of the year 2008" (Blue Muse Publishing, Inc.).
He brought his music to the stage with his solo project JD Wood and Band . He appeared in German clubs, u. a. also as support for Paul Carrack ( Mike & the Mechanics ) in the Colos-Saal Aschaffenburg .
In 2010, JD Wood was selected as the voice for the Artists for Freedom song Going Home .
Singer-songwriter JD Wood achieved the following placements at international song contests: The joint song by American songwriter Tammy Beal and JD Wood, God Can You Spare a Moment , made it to the semi-finals of the UK Songwriting Contest 2010, and reached second place (runner up) in International Songwriting Competition 2010 ”and reached the finals of the“ Song of the year 2011 contest ”. Tammy Beal and JD Wood dedicated this title to the Children's Hospice Bethel Project .
His title Like Wild Horses made it to the finals of the UK Songwriting Contest 2011 in the categories “Singer / Songwriter” and “Country”. In 2012 the Austrian junior covered “Like Wild Horses” and thus rose to the TOP 40 in the Austria Charts. In January 2011, the title Free was won by Thomas Petersen feat. JD Wood released. He got into the German Dance - charts at number 25 and can be found on compilations.
In 2011, JD Wood wrote, composed and produced for the American Idol candidate Marvin Cybulski, who made it to number 9 on the casting show, the titles It's you and I'm still there, as well as the titles A Minute With you for the pop singer Andrea Hoffmann and The One .
The second solo album by JD Wood, entitled World of Emotions , was released on June 15, 2012. With this he was ranked number 1 among the Amazon bestselling MP3 albums and number 1 among the Amazon bestsellers in pop. On December 7, 2012, JD Wood released the Christmas single X-Mas . This includes the title The Greatest Christmasgift of All and its version of the song Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas .
In March 2013 JD Woods released his third album World of Emotions - Part II . The single from this, I Hear Your Voice , entered the Official European Top 100 Charts and stayed there for five weeks.
In 2015, JD Wood sang the World Club Dome anthem Mynoorey - Million Lights (Le Shuuk Remix) - World Club Dome Anthem .
JD Wood works as a music producer of orders such as laser shows, radio - and YouTube trailers are as well as CD - intros for z. B. Big City Beats releases and their release tours ( World Club Dome ).
In 2019, JD Wood sang his own song While The Last Song Plays at the closing ceremony of the three-day World Club Dome Space Edition in front of around 60,000 spectators in the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt. At the end of February 2020, JD Wood recorded the song Du flasht mich from Supertalent 2012 participant David Petras in the studio, mixed and mastered it. The YouTube video premiere of the title took place on June 30, 2020.
As a live musician and singer, JD Wood has been a member of the cover band Hot Stuff - Music of the 70s, 80s and More for over 20 years. Other live bands in which he works as keyboard player and singer are ABBA Explosion, Soulfood Superjam and the Ina Morgan Band.
During the corona pandemic , Jörg Dewald recorded the "Corona song" Welt ohne Lieder (written and composed by Andy Fischer) together with numerous singers from the Hanau district in August 2020 . A joint music video was shot in the amphitheater in Hanau. The song was produced by Christian Kauffeld in the Hasselroth recording studio Record.
successes
- 1994 - Gold record with Men Behind for the remix of When Do I Get to Sing My Way - Sparks
- 2008 - Award Songwriter of the Year (Blue Muse Publishing, Inc., Chicago)
- 2011 - Finalist - UK Songwriting contest - Like Wild Horses - Category "Singer / Songwriter"
- 2011 - Finalist - UK Songwriting contest - Like Wild Horses - Category "Country"
- 2012 - Junior with Like Wild Horses - Top 40 of the Austria Charts
- 2013 - European Top 100 Charts - I Hear Your Voice
Solo albums and singles
- as JD Wood
| year | Type | title | Record label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | album | In My Dreams | Blue Muse Indie Records |
| 2012 | single | The Sun Comes Out | Fortune Cookie Music (LC: 27855) |
| 2012 | album | World of Emotions | Fortune Cookie Music (LC: 27855) |
| 2012 | single | X-Mas | Fortune Cookie Music (LC: 27855) |
| 2013 | album | World of Emotions Part II | Fortune Cookie Music (LC: 27855) |
Discography
- 1991 - Brain – e / What a Bassline, Are you Ready
- 1992 - Psycho Drums - Pattern 7-12
- 1992 - Microbots / Cosmic Evolution
- 1992 - Microbots - Chip I, Chip II, Chip III
- 1992 - Arpeggiators / Explain the Unexplained, Express Yourself
- 1992 - USC - Ultrasonic EP (The Brain-e Mixes)
- 1993 - Flame (6) - Next Time (I Promise)
- 1993 - M / Razzia (Original Sound Recording of a Razzia in a Disco)
- 1993 - 4 Reeves - Everybody's Going To The USA (Music by, Producer: Ralph Siegel , Arranged by Jörg Dewald)
- 1993 - M - Trial - You Cannot Stop The Beat
- 1993 - Microbots / Remix of Jam & Spoon - Right in the Night
- 1993 - Arpeggiators - Trancemission EP
- 1994 - Men Behind / Feel the Life (Vocals: Melanie Thornton , Lyrics: JD Wood)
- 1994 - Men Behind / Remix of Scooter - Move Your Ass
- 1994 - Men Behind / Remix of Pharao
- 1994 - Hape Kerkeling / sports reporter - rap
- 1994 - Men Behind / Remix of Sparks - When Do I Get To Sing My Way ( gold record )
- 1994 - Men Behind / Remix of Erasure - Always
- 1994 - Omega Force - Lyrical Bass Drum, Our Love
- 1994 - Chiron / I promise
- 1995 - Men Behind / How Can I (Vocals: Melanie Thornton)
- 1995 - Nina / Until all your dreams come true (JD Wood Dance Mix)
- 1996 - Kim Sanders / Jealousy - Remix
- 1996 - Remix for Tongueforest /… the Fucking Nerve to Call Me Colored
- 1996 - Omega Force - Positive Energy
- 1996 - Nina - In Her Shoes (maxi single)
- 1997 - Tongueforest / The Love
- 1997 - Tongue Forest feat. Lamont Humphrey - I Don't Understand
- 1998 - Soul Sk - Angelic Soul (... The Sun Will Shine)
- 2000 - 101 feat. Marvelous - NoNo YeahYeah (Lyrics, Music, Backing Vocals: JD Wood)
- 2000 - Talla 2XLC / World in My Eyes
- 2001 - Talla 2XLC / Come With Me
- 2001 - Talla 2XLC / Always
- 2001 - Kama Featuring Sara N - Power To Survive
- 2002 - Talla 2XLC / Angels, America, Frequency (Trance Allstars)
- 2002 - DJ Sakin presents Vanessa-Mae feat. JD Wood / I Still Can Hear Your Voice
- 2002 - André Visior - Speed Up (Luvstruck 2002) - Talla 2XLC Club Mix
- 2003 - YOMC - Welcome 2 Wonderland - The Official Theme Of Snow Parade 2003 (written & vocals JD Wood)
- 2003 - Hypetraxx / The Promiseland
- 2003 - Sabrina Setlur vs. Hypetraxx - Ich bin So (Remix)
- 2003 - Dr. K - We Are The Family
- 2004 - André Visior - Angels (Vocals and Remix Producer)
- 2004 - Magic Affair / Wonderland
- 2004 - Magic Affair - Fly Away (La Serenissima)
- 2004 - Hypetraxx - Dead Or Alive
- 2004 - DJ Wag / Remix of John Secada - Another Day
- 2005 - Morgayn - Take me with you, wild heart I call you (Vocals: Ina Morgan, JD Wood; Produced by, keyboards: JD Wood)
- 2006 - DJ Wag - Contact (Intro), Feel It Raw
- 2007 - Sunlight Hurts My Eyes (Frankfurt City Lounge)
- 2007 - Be Cover Versions Arricades (Pop Goes Lounge)
- 2009 - JD Wood - Why (funeral song / farewell song)
- 2009 - JD Wood - In My Dreams (solo album, Blue Muse Publishing)
- 2009 - JD Wood - Far from Understanding
- 2010 - Artists for Freedom Song - Going Home (Vocals)
- 2010 - Thomas Petersen feat. JD Wood - Free ( Topmodelz Remix )
- 2011 - Marvin Steven - It's You
- 2012 - Andrea Hoffmann - A Minute With You (Single)
- 2012 - Andrea Hoffmann - The One, Better Than A Dream
- 2012 - JD Wood - The Sun Comes Out (Single)
- 2012 - JD Wood - World of Emotions (solo album, Fortune Cookie Music)
- 2012 - Franca Morgano - After the storm
- 2012 - JD Wood - X-Mas (Download Single, Fortune Cookie Music)
- 2012 - Junior - Like Wild Horses (Austria Top 40)
- 2013 - JD Wood - I Hear Your Voice (Download Single, Fortune Cookie Music)
- 2013 - JD Wood - World of Emotions - Part II (solo album, Fortune Cookie Music)
- 2013 - Nieke and the Tonartisten - Nieke's musical world / Hatschi, fire brigade song, Olympic song, star song (arranged by JD Wood)
- 2013 - Danny June Smith - Made in June, For You All Alone (arranged by JD Wood)
- 2013 - Oxy feat. JD Wood - Born to Win (Vocals)
- 2015 - Oxy feat. JD Wood - Zero Gravity (Vocals)
- 2015 - Mynoorey - Million Lights ( Le Shuuk Remix) - World Club Dome Anthem (Vocals: JD Wood)
- 2016 - Thomas Petersen feat. JD Wood - I Need You (Vocals)
- 2018 - Trailer music and sound design for World Club Dome Zero Gravity (“smallest club in weightlessness”), parabolic flight, Big City Beats
- 2019 - Trailer music and sound design for BigCityBeats World Club Dome Zero Gravity 2.0 - The Platinum Edition 2019 ("Smallest Club in Weightlessness"), Parabolic Flight, Big City Beats
- 2019 - JD Wood - While the last song plays (performed at BigCityBeats Space Edition Closing Show)
- 2005–2020 - CD intros Big City Beats Vol. 1–32 as well as laser show opening and closing show music, video soundtrack, radio trailer etc. for Big City Beats release parties (World Club Dome)
- 2020 - David Patris (David Petras) - Du flasht mich (mixing, mastering, recording)
- 2020 - Corona Song Welt ohne Lieder (Lyrics, Composed by: Andy Fischer: produced in the Hasselrother recording studio Record by Christian Kauffeld)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jörg Dewald alias JD Wood - biography .
- ↑ Sound Everest Studio - Discogs
- ^ Men Behind - Discogs - Discography .
- ↑ Microbots / Tom Wax / Thorsten Adler - Discography .
- ↑ JD Wood - Discography - Discogs.com .
- ↑ Cyborg DMP GmbH - Discogs.com .
- ↑ ARD Arena der Stars - Vanessa Mae feat. JD Wood - I still can hear your voice .
- ↑ MaxiMedia - Arena of Stars .
- ↑ JD Wood Receives 2008 Blue Muse Publishing Songwriter of the Year .
- ^ Paul Carrack & Band (GB) - supp .: JD Wood & Band and Brendan Croskerry. Last.fm, accessed July 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Artists for freedom - Together! Create! Change! - Stefan Seibold, Richard Drummond and JD Wood present “Going Home” live and unplugged ( Memento from July 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ).
- ↑ 2nd place (Runner up) International Songwriting Competition 2010 - JD Wood & Tammy Beal - God can you spare a moment
- ^ Finalist "Song of the year 2011" - JD Wood - God can you spare a moment
- ↑ A song for the children's hospice - JD Wood - God Can You Spare a Moment .
- ^ Finalist Certificate - JD Wood - Like wild horses .
- ↑ Austrian Charts - Junior - Like Wild Horses - Top 40 .
- ↑ Thomas Petersen feat. JD Wood - Free - Discogs .
- ↑ Marvin Cybulski presents his first single "It's You" live. Retrieved July 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Andrea Hoffmann - Single "The One". Retrieved July 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Andrea Hoffmann's new single “A Minute With You” is a hit. Retrieved July 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Amazon bestselling MP3 albums - JD Wood - World of emotions
- ↑ Press release: No. 1 in the Amazon download charts and bestseller in POP, JD Wood with “World of Emotions” at the top .
- ↑ Official European Top 100 Charts - JD Wood - I hear your voice .
- ↑ Vocals / singer JD Wood. Retrieved July 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Mynoorey - Million Lights (Le Shuuk Remix) - World Club Dome Anthem. Retrieved July 19, 2017 .
- ↑ BigCityBeats World Club Dome 2019 - Space Edition Official 4K Aftermovie - JD Wood - While The last song plays (from around 9 p.m.) .
- ↑ David Patris - You Flash Me Official Music Video .
- ↑ Hot Stuff - music of the 70s, 80s and more .
- ↑ ABBA Explosion - A tribute to ABBA
- ↑ Soulfood Superjam on Facebook .
- ↑ Corona song as a band aid project from Hanau - music video is created in the amphitheater. In: op-online.de , August 21, 2020.
- ↑ BigCityBeats: BigCityBeats WORLD CLUB DOME Zero Gravity - The Story (trailer). February 5, 2018, accessed February 7, 2018 .
- ↑ BigCityBeats: Recap - BigCityBeats WORLD CLUB DOME Zero Gravity 2.0 - The Platinum Edition 2019 #WCDzeroG. March 25, 2019, accessed June 8, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dewald, Jörg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | JD Wood (pseudonym); JD Wood (pseudonym); JD Wood (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer, lyricist, songwriter and music producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rödermark - Urberach |