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MARKY DAWSON
MARKY DAWSON
VOX AND KEYS
Pop, Rock’n’Roll, Blues
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MARKY DAWSONMarky Dawson was born and raised in Broadstone, Dorset.Growing up surrounded by his dad’s impressive record collectionit was almost inevitable that he would develop a love for music.And so he grew up with influences such as Ray Charles, LedZeppelin, Billy Joel, Queen and Elton John, to name but a few.
He started playing piano at age 14 and pretty soon startedwriting his own songs. He moved to London to get ‘spotted’ andhe did get spotted, by his manager and publisher Adrian Rox.(Adrian also discovered Michael McIntyre during his days in thecomedy business).
Playing over 100 gigs in 2015 alone Marky has been serving his‘apprenticeship’ doing solo gigs mainly in London and on theSouth Coast, but even as far afield as Austria (photo below atk.u.k in Bad Ischl).
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A CD was released last autumn ofpiano/vocal songs called ‘First Takes’.The piano was recorded at DerekNash’s studio (Jools Holland Rhythm& Blues Orchestra) and vocals andproduction done by Mike Peters(B*witched, Liberty X). It includes aseminal unplugged version of Queen’s‘Radio Gaga’, along with 5 of Marky’simpressive originals.
Over the last year Markyhas guested with BenWaters, Daniel Smith, JohnO’Leary/Alan Glen andsupported Never The Brideon many occasions andalso Ben Montague. NikkiLambourn (NTB’s vocalist,photo left) is now alsoMarky’s vocal coach (shecoaches the likes ofBeverley Knight, Newton
Faulkner).
This year he has been working with a new backing band fromGermany. Guitar bass and drums which is the long term line-up andfull band is the artistic direction, although Marky will always wantto do both solo and band gigs.
Marky DawsonAnd
The German Coastguard
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+44 (0) 7341 273958
Video links:
Marky Dawson gig at the Primo (May ‘15)
Marky and the German Coastguard rehearsal edit (Jan ‘16)
G.U.T. (i.e. the German Coastguard) (Dec ‘15)
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The German CoastguardMarky needed a band of tip-top musicians and The GermanCoastguard are just that: they play and record in Germany under themoniker G.U.T. (Their first name initials) as a jazz fusion trio, and alsowork as a studio backing band where they are based in Dusseldorf.Jobbing musicians all, they have masses of experience and canbasically play anything.
Fairly obviously Marky Dawson and GUT doesn’t really translate wellin English hence the German Coastguard - a name taken from ahumourous language ad.
Thorsten started playing guitar at the age of 10 after seeing KISS live inconcert. He took classical guitar lessons, taught himself electric guitartechniques and joined his first band INSESSION when he was 14 yearsold. After years of practise and playing in bands like BIG BROTHER andRIOT ACT he went to the MGI (Munich Guitar Institute) to study jazz/rockguitar. To expand his insight into jazz and improvised music he startedto study jazz guitar at the HKA (Highschool of the Arts) inArnhem/Nederlande after his graduation from the MGI. During that timehe played in numerous bands and projects with a stylistic range fromrock, funk to jazz. The band HÜHNERFRIEDHOF was founded during thesedays and is still one of Thorsten's most important musical playgrounds.
Besides that Thorsten works as a freelance musician playing live/studiosessions and teaches guitar at different music schools. In 2008 Thorstenwon the “Guitar Fight Club” – the first nationwide guitar contest of thatkind in Germany. With GUT Thorsten combines high energy rock playingwith sophisticated harmonic and improvisational concepts.
Thorsten praest
guitar
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ULF STRICKER
DRUMS
Ulf Stricker rides the crest of a new wave of drumset artists who boldly incorporateindigenous acoustic percussion and electronic triggers/samplers. Known for a brightrimshot snare backbeat and solid, earthy tom/bass drum tones, Ulf's command ofelectronics is such that he can generate provocative sequences, backing tracks (includingspoken word!) and accompany them with his drumset, in effect creating a "one-man band"for clinics and concerts. To this mix, he adds a multitude of timbres from percussioninstruments, played in real time. Indeed, he enjoys the "best of both worlds".
Born in Germany on April 16, 1977, Ulf has always been surrounded by music, thanks tohis parents' huge and diverse record collection. For as long as he can remember, Ulf heardmusic from dawn to dusk in the family home.
Interestingly, he did not begin life as a drummer, banging the usual pots and pans. Rather,when he was six, Ulf's parents bought a piano and set up lessons under a German programentitled musikalische Früherziehung. His progress was quick and his musicality sodeveloped that at age ten he was invited join the Hilden Youth Symphonic Orchestra as atriangle and cymbal player. During his tenure with the symphony, a veteran timpanistassumed the role of Ulf's drum teacher, revealing techniques for snare drum, timpani andmallet instruments. In the meantime, Ulf kept up his piano studies and won accolades asa classical pianist.
Following the path of adolescents the world over, Ulf gravitated to jazz and rock, switchingto drumset at age fifteen. It was drums, not piano, that Ulf chose to pursue after completinghigh school in 1996. His search for post-secondary music training widened beyond Germanborders.
At the Arnheim Institute of Arts in the Netherlands, Ulf had the opportunity of learningfrom true masters of the instrument, including René Creemers, of the renowned percussionduo Drumbassadors, and Joop van Erven. Since graduating in 2001, Ulf has made a livingas a professional drummer and teacher. He has performed in a variety of musical genreswith well-known European and American artists, including Bob Mintzer, Peter Weniger,Manfred Brundell, Roy Louis and Kelly Clarkson. During solo and clinic appearances, Ulfhas shared the stage with Dave Weckl, Horacio Hernandez, Thomas Lang, Gavin Harrison,Dennis Chambers,Kirk Covington and many others. Ulf Stricker proudly endorses DWDrums, Zildjian Cymbals, Latin Percussion, Remo Drumheads and Roland Electronics.Rox Management Ltd
GORAN VUJIC
BASS
Goran Vujic was born 07.12.1982 in Loznica, Serbia.
He studied jazz at the Folkwang University of the Arts and lives and worksin Germany as a professional freelance musician and bass player, composerand music producer.
He was a member of the very famous German band LaFee, which has soldmore than one million albums worldwide and won many awards.
●2x Nr.1 albums, 1 Top3 Single, 3 Top20 Singels,2xDVDs
●Awards: 3 ECHO awards,7 Gold & 3 Platinum records, GoldeneStimmgabel, Bravo Gold & Silver award, Jetix Award, Nick Award, )
Goran was touring with LaFee in Germany and other countries in Europe.
He performed on almost every important TV show/channel in Germany.
●The Dome, Echo, Bravo Super Show, TV Total, Stimmgabel, Fernsehgarten,VIVA live, Nokia New Years Eve, RTL, RTL2, Pro7, ARD and many more.
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Goran is a member of the fusion / jazz band GUT with the guitarist ThorstenPraest and Ulf Stricker on drums.
CDs:
GUT - Nerd Alert (2010 / JazzSick Records)
GUT - Le Chien Du Jazz (2013 / JazzSickRecords)
For a few years Goran has also been touring with the PHISHBACHER TRIOalong with the jazz pianist Walter Fischbacher and drumer Ulf Stricker.
CDs:
PHISHBACHER NEW YORK ELECTRIC TRIO - Live in Europe (2010 / LofishMusic)
PHISHBACHER TRIO - Journey To Turtleland (2012 / JazzSick Records)
PHISHBACHER TRIO - Mellow Moon - Live (2012 / Lofish Music)
PHISHBACHER TRIO - Azul (2013 / Lofish Music)
PHISHBACHER TRIO - Dreamcatcher (2014 / JazzSick Records)
Since the beginning of his career as a professional bass player Goran hasplayed with many great bands and musicians including Zlatko Manojlovicaka ZED MITCHELL a famous blues & rock guitarist, songwriter and producer.
He also plays from time to time with ALBIE DONNELLY`S SUPERCHARGE.
Goran played on HANS VAN EVEN´s solo album called ,,Sturdust Requiem''with two world famous special guest guitarists :
TONY McALPINE (Steve Vai - G3, Planet X)
BRETT GARSED (Derek Sherinian, Planet X).
He also recorded bass for RICKY GARCIA´s ablum ,, Let Sleeping Dogs Lie''feat. JORDAN RUDESS (Dream Theater) on keyboards.
He endorses MARLEAUX BASS GUITARS, ELIXIR STRINGS, HARVEST FINELEATHER - Guitar Bags, EBS Pedals, DAVID EDEN Amps, VOVOX Cables andhas presented for these companies at exhibitons/trade shows includingMusik Messe Frankfurt or Musik Produktiv Messe in Germany.
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And so a new chapter begins in the career of Marky Dawson.Marky’s bluesy pop-rock songs defy categorisation which meanshe can play to all age groups and in most types of venue.
He now has a backing band to die for, fortunately without havingto actually die for them.
Rehearsals began in Germany in January 2016 (photo below). Thefirst appearance by the band is to be in London in late Spring.There will then be gigs in both Europe and the UK.
Rox Management Ltd for all enquiries
07341 273958
Video links:
Marky Dawson gig at the Primo (May ‘15)
Marky and the German Coastguard rehearsal edit (Jan ‘16)
G.U.T. (i.e. the German Coastguard) (Dec ‘15)
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