Manfred Hilberger

Manfred Hilberger (2015)

Manfred Hilberger (born January 19, 1971 in Marburg ) is a German rock musician , book author , lyricist , photographer , illustrator and music producer .

Life

Manfred Hilberger received about two years of piano lessons at the age of nine , before learning how to use the drums on his older brother “Ebi” 's drums at the age of eleven . A few years later he was briefly instructed in playing the saxophone by his older sister Doris and learned the most important guitar chords .

In elementary school he wrote children's novel stories , painted and drew little comic books . At the age of twelve he wrote his first lyrics and when he was 15, the local newspaper ( Oberhessische Presse ) regularly published his comic strips with the title character "Mick Drum". At the same time he became a member of the state youth orchestra of the Hessian Gymnastics Association as a drummer. At the age of 17 he switched to the national big band of the Deutscher Turnerbund, in which he worked for six years alongside his siblings as one of the drummers and percussionists .

Hilberger moved to Mühlheim am Main at the age of 20 , where he was also married from 1997 to 2003. Today he lives in his old home again. He mostly spends his free time on creative projects, including his own photo studio and recording studio.

Musical career

Band projects

After some school band experiences, in which Manfred Hilberger was also active as a singer for the first time, he founded the German rock band Dr. Stage where he acted as front man , lyricist and band manager for ten years . With Dr. Stage Hilberger completed countless live performances, produced CD recordings and celebrated first successes through television and radio appearances as well as a cultural award ceremony. The band broke up in 1998. Here the musical paths of the two Hilberger brothers parted.

In the newly formed combo flursn ?, which like Dr. Stage only performed his own German-language compositions, the singer also acted as a drummer from 1999 onwards. Since the band split up in 2001, Hilberger could only be seen live in smaller guest appearances until he was the Dr. Stage follow-up band OnyxOrange, with which he is still active today.

Solo projects

Since 1997 Manfred Hilberger has concentrated more and more on his musical solo activities. Since then, he has been producing a new long-play CD almost every year . In 2009 he even released three albums in just nine months. His CDs contain exclusively German-language rock and pop songs, which, apart from a few cover versions, were written and composed by himself. Hilberger also produces and mixes all of his recordings himself and plays almost all of the instruments and programming himself.

In addition to the long-playing albums, he regularly publishes promo releases of individual songs, for which video clips are then also produced. In total, Hilberger has already set or recorded well over 450 pieces of music.

Published albums

• 1995 - attention (with the group Dr. Stage)
• 1997 - handmade
• 1998 - 10 years of Dr. Stage (double CD with the group Dr. Stage)
• 1998 - eight spurt innitus
• 1999 - total oral
• 2000 - All clear! (with the group flursn?)
• 2001 - gallantly provocative
• 2002 - supernova
• 2004 - forward
• 2005 - So far, so ... (Best Of-Sampler, double CD)
• 2007 - egoist
• 2008 - What is called luck - 20 ballads from 13 years (ballad sampler)
• 2008 - Denk! Orange (with the OnyxOrange group)
• 2009 - magic
• 2009 - X-mas songs
• 2009 - trauma
• 2011 - 40 Favorites (Promo Double CD)
• 2011 - signs and wonders
• 2016 - #Selfie

Lyrics

Hilberger has so far written around 2,500 German-language song texts and poems . In his texts, some of which are also interpreted by other music groups, he often deals with typical everyday, relationship or socially critical topics in a provocative or cynical way. Hilberger processes autobiographical experiences in many of his texts.

author

Manfred Hilberger wrote down his experiences as a music manager in his first music book at the end of the 1990s. Two further specialist books for young musicians followed within three years.

In 2008 Hilberger published his first fiction book with the title Flügelschlag der Engel. It contains short stories designed to stimulate thought about the meaning of life and other elementary questions. In 2009 he published two fun books. This was followed by a popular science relationship guide and the second part of his short story book.

Books and publications

• 1998 - The rock & pop business (music business textbook, Voggenreiter Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8024-0351-4 )
• 2000 - CD production from A - Z (music business book, Voggenreiter Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8024-0222-7 )
• 2001 - GEMA - made easy! (Music business specialist book, Voggenreiter Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8024-0371-2 )
• 2008 - The flapping of the angel's wings (fiction, short stories, 2nd edition, BoD, ISBN 978-3-8370-2766-2 )
• 2008 - Audiobook flapping the angels (3 CDs, short stories, pomp media, read by Manfred Hilberger)
• 2009 - WC guest book - with the history of the toilet (fun book, technical article, BoD, ISBN 978-3-8370-6601-2 )
• 2010 - bedroom guest book - with the history of the bed (fun book, technical article, BoD, ISBN 978-3-8391-2599-1 )
• 2011 - How does my heart man tick? (popular science relationship guide, BoD, ISBN 978-3-8423-5966-6 )
• 2012 - Flapping the wings of the angels - Volume 2 (fiction, short stories, BoD, ISBN 978-3-8482-2593-4 )
• 2013 - Marburg 2014 (photo calendar, Prunk Media)
• 2014 - Marburg 2015 (photo calendar, Prunk Media)
• 2015 - Marburg 2016 (photo calendar, Prunk Media)
• 2016 - Marburg 2017 (photo calendar, Prunk Media)
• 2017 - Marburg 2018 (photo calendar, Prunk Media)
• 2018 - Marburg 2019 (photo calendar, Prunk Media)
• 2019 - Marburg 2020 (photo calendar, Prunk Media)

Pictures and drawings

Hilberger has also been painting pictures and portraits since his youth. He even offers the latter as commissioned work. His paintings are mostly made in acrylic on canvas and have a style that can be described as a mixture of pop art , comic art and sometimes surrealism . His pictures are traded, there was no major exhibition of his works.

Other projects and activities

Photographer and video producer

Manfred Hilberger runs his own photo studio , is active as a portrait, city, nature and product photographer and produces music video clips and image films. Since 2013, a photo calendar with photos of his hometown Marburg has been published every year.

Music management and distribution

In addition to his artistic activities, Manfred Hilberger is also the owner of the company Prunk Media, which takes on management and marketing for him, but also for other artists. Among other things, he has worked with the American TM Stevens , the German bassist Martin Engelien and the German drummer Wolf Simon. His company is also active in the field of music production and the distribution of specialist music books and operates several commercial websites.

Speaker and moderator

Manfred Hilberger occasionally works as a speaker and moderator . In addition to moderating live events or participating in television programs, he has spoken an audio book, but also radio advertising .

Awards

Hilberger was born together with his music group Dr. Stage was awarded the Offenbach District Cultural Promotion Prize in 1994.

Web links

Commons : Manfred Hilberger  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Manfred Hilberger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official website of Manfred Hilberger

Individual evidence / references

• www.hilberger.de
• Manfred Hilbergers o. G. Book publications ("About the author" chapters written by himself)