Joachim Schäfer (musician, 1950)

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Joachim Schäfer (2002)

Joachim Schäfer (born July 16, 1950 in Mannheim ) is a German musician, singer, composer, lyricist, producer, music publisher and studio operator.

Life

Due to the influence of grandfather (flautist) and father (cellist), both theater musicians and music teachers, there was never any doubt in which direction it should go.

At the age of ten, he was on stage for the first time at school concerts. But the beat music radically changed the enthusiasm and steered everything in a different direction. With the school band "The Thunderbirds" they became extremely popular in the region and later with the professional rock band "Kin Ping Meh" throughout Germany. Before attending the Mannheim Music School, however, Schäfer completed an apprenticeship at the C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik as a piano maker.

At the end of the 70s he was a background choir singer. He has worked in productions by Paola Felix , Costa Cordalis , Ricki King, Pete Tex, Joy Unlimited or Ivan Rebroff , played guitar in various musicals in the orchestra pit of the Mannheim National Theater . At the same time, Schäfer developed the Mannheim music pub MILJÖÖ and organized over 700 events there in seven years. In addition, Schäfer was in charge of the “Tivoli” amusement park in Pirmasens, along with the circus. Later he worked for some time as a music teacher with half a deputate at the grammar school of the Albertus Magnus School in Viernheim. At the end of the 90s, his recording studios shifted his main activities to localizing PC games. For a decade they were responsible for music, speech and sound recordings. A label and music publishers were affiliated. As a band leader he toured with the singing duo Nina and Mike in the USA through the German clubs of the eastern states. Joachim Schäfer is still on stage musically, mainly in the Palatinate region. Mannheim honored him in 2016 with the Bloomaulorden .

Band: The Thunderbirds

In 1962 he founded the Mannheim cover band "The Thunderbirds" with Gerhard Mayer, Torsten Herzog (Harry Abbi), Werner Stephan and Hubert Weber for a Christmas party. They stayed together as a school band and played in youth homes, community halls, at the cola ball or in dance schools. In the meantime, Joachim Schäfer founded the rock band "Nine Days Wonder", but went back to the Thunderbirds.

The troupe has formed again with the old line-up and has been playing the hits of the sixties for fans old and new for some time. This band is probably now “The Oldest Beat Band in Germany”.

Band: Kin Ping Meh

In 1970 the old band with Joachim Schäfer, Torsten Herzog, Werner Stephan and Kalle Weber and Frieder Schmitt became the rock band " Kin Ping Meh ". They achieved their breakthrough in the television show “Talentschuppen” on SWF Baden-Baden by Dieter Pröttel, together with Udo Jürgens and Juliane Werding . They also won an important national competition in Hamburg, organized by “Bild am Sonntag”, “Constantin Filmverleih” and the “Polydor” label. After that, "Kin Ping Meh" became professionals and toured Germany for years. a. with Deep Purple , the Hollies , with Uriah Heep or stood on stage with the Scorpions . During this time there were also numerous radio and television appearances (Beatclub) and the movie Sonne, Sylt und kesse Krabben with Ingrid Steeger .

Solo: Joachim Schäfer

Joachim Schäfer as sole entertainer (2018)

Schäfer became known as a singer and soloist when, after his departure from Kin Ping Meh in 1973, his first dialect record was released under the slogan “Mensch Meier Mannem” + “Wasserturm-Boogie”, produced with Joy and the Hit Kids. The official music contribution “Schau schau Bundesgartenschau” and “Hey Unkel Willi” appeared for the 1975 Federal Garden Show. This made people aware of him at CBS and his first solo album "Joachim Schäfer I" was created with the single hit "Badetag". His second LP album with old and new songs in the Mannheim dialect was released in 1982. It followed, this time on CD, the sampler "Schäfer III - Schäfer und seine Freunde", with the help of Nina and Mike, trainer Uli Stielike with the Waldhof Buben, Harold Kreis with the MERC-Adlers, the opera star Peter Parch, the police choir, Adax + Mattel Dörsam, Karin Rühle and Ute Berling and Heinz Möllmann (by Peter Maffey).

Songs and publications

  • Polydor
    • Everything's my way, Woman with Kin Ping Meh (Single)
    • Alexandra, Everyday with Kin Ping Meh (Single)
  • Trend records:
    • Mensch Meier Mannem, Water Tower Boogie (Single)
  • Rubo:
    • Schau Schau Bundesgartenschau, Hey Unkel Willi (Single)
  • CBS:
    • Bath day, I'm so frustrated (single)
    • Shepherd I (LP)
      • Bathing day
      • I am so frustrated
      • party
      • Meier Grandpa
      • Geisha
      • Reeds in the wind
      • Margie (The Men in White)
      • mother
      • sunset
      • I was so blue
      • Ladies choice
      • The old man from Peru
  • Mouton Records:
    • Christmas Medley (Single)
    • Schafer II, Schäfer and his friends (LP)
      • Man Meier Mannem
      • The cupboard
      • De Filsbachstomb
      • Yes, the Stromer are mine
      • I am an eschder man
      • I still know
      • make up
      • Goal
    • Frankenthal, clear case (single)
    • Schäfer III, Schäfer and his friends (CD)
      • So are men
      • De Filzbachstomb
      • Nothing will happen like that
      • I am an eschder man
      • Flower Peter song
      • Water tower boogie
      • With our wobbly knees
      • Squares song
      • In men
      • Hey Uncle Willi
      • My old
      • Oh man is shame
      • Liewe our husband to me
      • Mannemer March
      • Me hawwe 2 left hands
      • Girl do kä Farz
      • Poodle aggish
      • Yes, the Stromer are mine
      • Where's the kisser
      • I still know
  • Schäfer IV, ... collection ... (double CD, best of)
    • Mensch, Meier, Mannem (1973)
    • Boogie Water Tower (1973)
    • Show, Show Federal Garden Show (1975)
    • The old man of Peru (1978)
    • Tooor (1982)
    • The Party (1978)
    • Ladies Choice (1978)
    • Isch am en eschder Mannemer (1983)
    • Eskimo on the torture stake (1983)
    • Make Up (1983)
    • The Closet (1983)
    • I'm freaking out (1983)
    • The Sack Porter (1983)
    • I still know (1991)
    • I'm so frustrated (1978)
    • Bathing Day (1978)
    • Mensch, Meier, Grandpa (1978)
    • I was so blue (1978)
    • So Sin Die Mannemer (1991)
    • De Filzbachstomp (1991)
    • I am eschder Mannemer (1991)
    • With our wobbly knees (1991)
    • Hey Unkel Willy (1991)
    • Oh man is schä (1991)
    • Me hawwe two left hands (1991)
    • Poodle Taggish (1991)
    • Where's the Kisser (1991)
    • Yes, I am the Stromer (1991)
    • The Men in White (1978)
    • Reed in the Wind (1978)
    • Sunset (1978)
  • Ariola:
    • Soundtrack "Earth 2140"
  • Top goods:
    • Peter Graf satirical "What goes on - here comes the count with the money box" (+ video clip)

Productions

  • Mouton Records:
    • Decathlon (Hingsen, Kretschmer, Wenz for the 1984 Olympics) (Single)
    • Hundred Years of Feuerio (with Xavier Naidoo ) (maxi single)
  • athmo-music - Relaxing & Meditation: -together with Gerd Hofmann- (CDs)
    • The Lounge 1
    • The Lounge 2
    • The Lounge 3
    • Skys
    • Trees
    • Water
    • Wellness Music Vol. 1
    • Wellness Music Vol. 2
    • Wellness Music Vol. 3
  • ensemble 3 plus x - National Theater Mannheim:
    • WA Mozart: Horn and Clarinet Concerto

Gradebook

  • Schäfchen music publisher
    • This is what it sounds like in the squares

Computer games

Music and voice recordings in five languages ​​and EFX (sounds)

  • Top goods:
    • New Motion
    • Earth 2140
    • Earth 2140 (Expansion Pack I)
    • Earth 2140 (Expansion Pack II)

Publications together with Gerd Hofmann

  • Zuxxez :
    • Emergency
    • Knights and Merchants - The Peasants Rebellion
    • Knights and Merchants - The Shattered Kingdom
    • Digital chicken hunting
    • World War III
    • KnightShift
    • I of the Dragon
      • Second uses:
        • Eidos, Hemming, BigBen Interactive, ak tronic Softeware, TopWare interactiv Poland, ALIVE, Blackstar, Koch Media, EPIC-Interactiv, Arctis Software, Pearl,
      • Magazine insert:
        • PC Action, Superplayer Special, Totally Strategy, PLAYING ALIVE, 25 Supergames, PC JOKER, Computer BILD games

MILJÖÖ, music bar

From 1979 to 1986 Schäfer managed the “Miljöö” student club. In the music bar, u. a. on: Extrabreit , Trio , Tokyo, Terence Trent D'Arby , Supercharge, Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix), Ulrich Roski , Zeltinger , UKW, Münchner Freiheit, Wolf Maahn , Schulzke's scandal troop , Edo Zanki , Inga Rumpf , Ina Deter , Pete York , Curt Cress , Purple Schulz , A. Mangelsdorf.

Musicians from the Kurpfälzer music scene also had performances: Circus Haselbeck, Amokoma, Peter Lübke, Elkie and the Steelers, Crypton, Bigband 70, Jule Neigel, and many more.

TMS multimedia

T- Tonstudio Mannheim, M- Mouton Records, S- Schäfchen Musikverlag,

In 1983 the "Schäfchen Musikverlag" was founded (with over 800 publications now). At the same time the label "Mouton Records" was created, later the two labels "ensemble 3 plus X" (classical) and "athmo-music" (wellness) were added. One year later, the “Mannheim Tonstudio” was opened in Mannheim-Rheinau. There are now 4 studios for very different areas. Another project studio was set up in Spain near Alicante.

Awards

Competitions

  • 1961 Hertie - youth music competition
  • 1962 Hertie - youth music competition
  • 1970 HAFA fair, Ludwigshafen (Kin Ping Meh)
  • 1970 Pop Shop, Baden-Baden, SWF (Kin Ping Meh)
  • 1971 Bild am Sonntag + Constantin Filmverleih (Kin Ping Meh)
  • 1992 Weiß-Blauer Gaudi-Max, Bayerischer Rundfunk (with Gerd Rubenbauer)
  • 2009 Do you understand fun? ARD (with Frank Elstner)

family

Schäfer has been married since 1984 and has a son and a daughter.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Schäfer, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, singer, composer, lyricist, producer, music publisher and studio operator
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim