Joseph Myers

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Joseph Myers at the SoFiE Festival 2015

Joseph Myers is a German singer-songwriter from Osnabrück with English-language poetry. His music is characterized by melancholy lyrics and his scratchy, deep voice. Every year he plays more than 100 concerts in German cafés , bars and clubs .

history

Myers began his musician career in various metal bands as a guitarist and singer. At the age of 20 he founded the acoustic band Ain't No Before and has since concentrated solely on acoustic music. With the band he released the debut album Sparks in August 2011 on the German indie label Timezone . After completing his training as a nursing assistant , he decided in 2012 to turn his music into a profession and released his first solo album An Impulse From Within . In July 2012, he was seen on the television program Yourope , where he voiced his point of view that free music on the Internet would permanently destroy the music industry. In October 2014 he was a guest at TV Noir .

Discography

  • 2011: Sparks (album by Ain't No Before )
  • 2012: An Impulse From Within (album)
  • 2012: 40 Hamburg kitchen sessions (sampler; represented by Would You Take Me There )
  • 2012: Did Anyone Say " (single from Ain't No Before )
  • 2013: Launched Songkultur (sampler; represented by Walking The Streets )
  • 2013: Launched week of May (sampler; represented by Since I Met You )
  • 2014: Puzzles And Places (Single)
  • 2014: Puzzles And Places (album)
  • 2016: Lost In The Crowd (Single)
  • 2016: Against The Sea (album)

other projects

Joseph Myers is the owner of the agency LTA Booking ( Listen To Acoustic Booking ), which organizes concerts for singer-songwriters (including Jürgen Ufer, Drebe, Twin., Ain't No Before) and enables them to perform concerts all over Germany. With the OsnaSessions , he offers songwriters from all over the world the opportunity to play up to three songs in front of the camera in order to publish them on video portals.

Reviews

  • The Nordwest-Zeitung described him as an "exceptional musician with the expressiveness of Damien Rice ".
  • Albumcheck.de described Joseph Myers songs as "heartbreaking", "great music" with "beautiful carpets of sound and melodies".
  • whitetapes.de revealed that "Joseph Myers should not be someone who is too quickly forgotten".

Web links

Commons : Joseph Myers  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK1Vlz0kANU
  2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.facebook.com
  3. ↑ http://www.facebook.com/osnasessions
  4. ↑ http://www.nwzonline.de/oldenburg-kreis/kultur/joseph-myers-zieh-zuhoerer-in-den-bann_a_2,0,1361379664.html
  5. ↑ http://albumcheck.de/2012/04/albumcheck-an-impulse-from-within-von-joseph-myers/
  6. ↑ http://whitetapes.com/album-reviews/joseph-myers-an-impulse-from-within
personal data
SURNAME Myers, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century