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From 27th to 29th of November 2018, the joint songwriting camp of MELODIE DER WELT and the Hamburg music agency THE MUSICBROKERS took place for the ninth time. Fifteen composers and lyricists met at the Chameleon Studios in Hamburg for collaborative songwriting. New works have been created in groups of three authors. The focus was this time, inter alia, on the development of songs for the newcomer band "Adayna" and singer Philipp Leon, who were also on site and therefore could take direct influence on the resulting titles.
 
Tom Nevermann, Managing Director of THE MUSICBROKERS, explains: "We are always happy when the performers are with us in the camps. The direct contact between authors and artists during the process of creating a song is incredibly important for the authenticity. Not only can the lyrics, which should tell a personal story, also the composition can be written much more honest."

John Ruhrmann, A & R Manager MELODIE DER WELT, adds: "The results speak for themselves once again. Great songs have been created that will hopefully help the artists as a stepping stone. Our authors always like to travel to the camps in Hamburg. THE MUSICBROKERS provide a relaxed atmosphere that allows the authors to work creatively and informally. We as MELODIE DER WELT are looking forward to the upcoming songwriting camps."
 
The tenth Writing Camp is planned for the early summer of 2019 already

From left to right: Jan Schröder, Jan Listing, Felix Gerlach, Tom Nevermann (The Musicbrokers), Funda Alatali, Lukas Ernst, Bernd Klimpel, Funya Alatali, Justin Balk, Philipp Leon, Eike Freese (The Musicbrokers), Vijay Kanhai, Hauke von der Brelje (The Musicbrokers)

The recognition rate of a musician and composer cannot be measured exactly. However, if someone writes an evergreen, popular for 60 years and still hot, then he is exactly a recognized force.

Rocco Granata, born on August 16, 1938 in Calabria, southern Italy, became famous with "Marina". "Marina" was on the B-side of the first single by Granata, who came to Belgium at the age of ten and still lives there.There is hardly a song that has been recorded, printed and played so often.

Until now, the song is still successful, covered repeatedly and used in films and commercials. "Marina" and Rocco Granata are hit history.

MARINA by Rocco Granata
© 1959 by Granata Music Editions, Deume-Antwerpen, Belgium
West Ton Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt/Main for Germany and Austria

In early June various composers and lyric writers met for the eighth time for a songwriting-camp at Chameleon Studios, Hamburg, under the aegis of the publishing company Melodie der Welt and the Hamburg-based music agency The Musicbrokers. For the first time the main focus was not only on pure songwriting. The existing studio facilities were used to immediately produce some selected works ready for release. This advancement of the “classic” songwriting-camp shall offer to the participants the possibility to position themselves in the music market beyond the work as pure creator. It is planned to release these productions i.a. by the label “Skip A Beat” which was specially founded by The Musicbrokers.


“We are living in times of streaming-portals and playlists, thus a particularly pronounced track business. A really good song does then have the chance to find its way to the listener, largely irrespective of the awareness level of the artist or as part of an album strategy. The past camps taught us again and again that great works had been originated, but nevertheless some of them were not considered as final repertoire for the designated artists for various reasons. In many cases such titles disappear in the catalog although veritable “pearls” are among them. This is quite disappointing for the songwriters involved and loose capital for us as publisher. Thanks to this new concept we found a way to offer a perspective to these songs and a further source of income to the authors “, explains Tom Nevermann, Managing Director of The Musicbrokers.


John Ruhrmann, A&R Melodie der Welt, adds: “It is important for us to offer innovative options to authors, beside the pure work as songwriter for third parties, to exercise their skills and know-how and to support their career. A lot of composers and lyric writers associated with us have excellent qualities as producer and/or musician in addition to their talents as creator. The new concept of the songwriting-camps means for us an important and future-oriented component in the work with our authors. Because we as publishing company are committed to support our creative partners completely as auxiliary. Together with the team of The Musicbrokers we are creating a further basis for this.”

Chameleon Recording Studios Hamburg