Masen Abou-Dakn

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Masen Abou-Dakn (* 1963 in Damascus ) is a Syrian - born German-speaking dubbing author , director, songwriter, songwriter and songwriting lecturer.

Life

Masen Abou-Dakn was born in Damascus in 1963 as the son of a Syrian fashion designer and a German model. Shortly after his birth, his parents fled to West Berlin before the emerging dictatorship . In 1987 Abou-Dakn graduated from the University of the Arts in Berlin with a degree in social and business communication . In 1996 he took a pop course (contact course in popular music) . In 1998 he attended Edith Jeske's school in Celle . In 1999 he completed the advanced training course in directing and acting with director and actor Wolfgang Mentzel .

Since 1995 Masen has been writing dialogue books for the dubbing of foreign language series and films, and since 1998 he has also been directing the dialogue. He was u. a. involved in “ Tango Libre ”, “ No! "," Rectify "," The Honorable Woman "," Coop versus Kat "," Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme "," Hogfather "," Skipped Parts "," Tauch, Timmy, Tauch ", Marvel's" The Super Hero Squad Show ”,“ The Saddle Club ”,“ The Enfield Haunting ”(“ Invisible Visitors ”),“ Non uccidere ”(“ The Dead of Turin ”) and“ Il Miracolo ”(“ A Miracle ”).

In 2006 his book to write lyrics - handicraft and dramaturgy was published by the authors' publishing house.

Abou-Dakn has been teaching song lyrics and content-related artist development at various music academies in Germany since 2006. a. at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in Mannheim.

In autumn 2015, his book More than just words - Successfully writing song texts was published by Schott-Verlag, which primarily deals with brainstorming, creating poetic effects, expanding creativity and developing artistic profiles.

Awards

  • 2011 nomination for the German Record Critics' Prize
  • 2006 Endemol authors' competition
  • 2003 SWR sponsorship award
  • 2002 Berlin Tagesspiegel storytelling competition
  • 2002 Federal German Chanson Prize Zarah

Discography

Albums

  • "I only look when you are not looking and I hope you see" (2001)
  • "If you are looking, then happiness" (2010)

Singles

  • Is that me?
  • Love is new
  • Things are

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b http://www.masen.de/verbindungen/leben/leben-1/
  2. ↑ http://www.masen.de/verbindungen/leben/leben-3/
  3. ↑ January 2011: “If you're looking, then happiness” was nominated in the “Lied” category for the quarterly award of the German Record Critics (PdSK)!
  4. ↑ Best comedy concept for the series exposure “Familien-Gang” (together with co-author Georg Piller)
  5. ↑ Masen Abou-Dakn receives the award for his unobtrusive, self-deprecating texts and their unmistakability in their own, but not fixed, musical style. The selection jury of the SWR-Liederbestenliste found in him a promising young musician, to whom they wish a steadily growing audience. Prof. Peter Voß, director of the Südwestrundfunks Bernhard Herrmann, radio director of Südwestrundfunks
  6. ↑ 3rd place overall evaluation / 1st place topic “Essen” Berlin 2002
  7. ↑ The only candidate who caused storms of enthusiasm among the audience was the German-Syrian songwriter Masen. At the end of the evening he brought the atmosphere into the hall for the first time with his ironic-romantic pop numbers. (Frankfurter Allgemeine, September 23, 2002)
personal data
SURNAME Abou-Dakn, Masen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Syrian-German songwriter and songwriter as well as author
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Damascus