Jan Hegenberg

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Jan Hegenberg, 2017

Jan Hegenberg (born November 19, 1976 in Witten ) is a German musician who sings about computer games and their players, among other things.

life and work

Publications and appearances

In the “gamer” scene, Hegenberg has achieved a high level of awareness.

Hegenberg decided against a record company and started his career with the largely free publication of his products - from 2003 as a download offer, and in 2004 as a DVD supplement to the PC magazine PC Action (150,000 circulation).

Last.fm counted almost 500,000 Hegenberg tracks played by 13,000 listeners in May 2008, although the tracks had only been available on the open platform since April 2008. YouTube videos produced by fans for Hegenberg titles have already been viewed millions of times. Sources of income for the artist include a. Sponsors such as Atari , Levicom and Xilence as well as concerts throughout Germany. In autumn 2008, Media Markt secured the exclusive rights to Hegenberg's hit role-playing compilation, Schlachtenlaerm , which was published in parallel to the World of Warcraft add-on Wrath of the Lich King . In 2009 Jan Hegenberg released his fifth album Untot auf Urlaub . On April 17th, 2010 Jan Hegenberg performed live with the band BAM at the Role Play Convention 2010 in Cologne.

Press coverage

Opinion on Hegenberg is divided in the media. While RTL II, for example, celebrated him as “probably the most successful artist in the free music scene”, music critic Henrik Drüner ( Kieler Nachrichten ) judges that his secret of success is the borderline dubious texts that are shouted word for word by the audience. The Berliner Zeitung speculated in 2003 that Hegenberg was "probably better known in the scene than Britney Spears ".

Discography

  • 2005: DEMOtape
  • 2006: Gamers are awesome!
  • 2008: BAM !! HEGENBERG
  • 2008: Battle noise
  • 2009: Undead on vacation
  • 2012: Gamer No. 1
  • 2015: GAMES MAKE MY DAY
  • 2016: Hegenberg Backstage (Live Album)
  • 2017: Hegendary
  • 2019: Once a Gamer - Always a Gamer (Best of)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Schützenfest . In: Berliner Zeitung , January 19, 2004
  2. ↑ Success online - but record deal rejected . In: Ruhr Nachrichten , February 5, 2008
  3. ↑ If Hegenberg had sold his songs, he would be the proud owner of several gold records today . (MP3; 1.4 MB) Deutschlandradio Kultur, 23 August 2006
  4. ↑ Sing, Sing! (PDF; 998 kB) In: PC Action , 11/2004
  5. ↑ Hegenberg Statistics at Last.fm
  6. ↑ Fan videos by number of views on YouTube
  7. ↑ Roleplay Convention concert a complete success . Hegenberg's homepage, April 20, 2010
  8. ↑ Jan Hegenberg in the RTL II report
  9. ↑ As simple as a first person shooter . ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Kieler Nachrichten , February 19, 2008 (transcript)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.henrikdruener.de
personal data
SURNAME Hegenberg, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Witten