ViennaCC is
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Born |
July 30, 1967 in Vienna / Austria |
Sounds like / impressed by |
Beatles, Mando Diao, Rolling Stones, Herman's
Hermits, Hollies, Kaiserchiefs |
People who visited this website also liked |
Lentlilies on vivid entrepreneurs |
Body |
6 1/2 feet (on only 2 legs) |
Favourite colour |
yellow like Viennes castle Schoenbrunn |
Sex |
yes (male if You ask the gender) |
Created this artistname |
December 12 2004, 20h04 on first floor in Vienna, Austria |
real name |
Heinz Riemer (Ing) |
In short
Musical experience in Viennese folk, dancehall music, rock
Photographer
Video producer
2007 nominated for a NEW MUSIC AWARD in Hollywood in the category
"Breakthrough Indipendent artist"
2008 nominated for a NEW MUSIC AWARD in Hollywood in the category
"Breakthrough Indipendent artist"
2008 awarded by the InternationalSociety of Photographers in Las Vegas
2009 - 2011 TV-show in Austria - interviewing bands and producing musicvideos (for the
band)
actor: 21010 a leadpart in movie "SPAETE STUNDEN" (late hour)
2012 Semi finalist at
songwriting
competition "Song of the year"
2016 Platinum Award at NYC Indie Film Awards
2017 nominated at MusiCanZone FilmFest
2017 nominated at Around International Film Festival
2017 awarded for Most Creative Video at World Music Independent Film Festival
2017 awarded for Best Editing of a Short Film at Milan IFF 2017 (Film Festival
International Milan)
Bio
ViennaCC, the Bohemia
ViennaCC is music and video producer, photographer from Vienna and lives
the lifestyle of a bohemian. ViennaCC was thinking of the meaning of life and
came to the conclusion that only a life for art is fulfilling.
What Boheme Means
Art is most important. ViennaCC produces songs and videos and photographs.
Bourgeois thought patterns and bourgeois lifestyle are a too tight corset.
The day starts as soon as you feel ready for, not unusual at 2am. Sleep? When
you're tired, in the afternoon or after breakfast. And cooking can happen at 3
am. That's freedom.
Clothing
The dressing style strange, provocative. Strong colors and obtrusive
design. Personal style: almost always black, long trousers. Shirt, not
T-Shirt. A tie is a must. Obtrusive color and motif. Despite having 100 ties
the choice of the correct tie to an event is a process of long decision.
Status symbols
Status symbols like flashy jewelry or expensive cars are irrelevant.
Although ViennaCC has a driving license, he does not own a car. In Vienna
publictransport is well organized and a car is not necessary. Financial
flexibility of course is advantageous, but a struggling for richness is no
goal of life.
Goal in life
Live well and enjoy art. Working only what is interesting. Please no
stress!
Experience
ViennaCC's musical style is indie / pop / rock / electronic. ViennaCC: "Jazz is crap for students and opera is headache music. I want to make art and music to entertain people. I often sing about love. That's worth living for. But also about people (Lomophotographer) and politics (Days Of Rage). If my music will survive centuries is not important for me because the present happens now, not in centuries.".
Started learning piano in the age of 6 and learnt guitar by playing to records, mostly Rolling Stones records. ViennaCC: "It was easy to play along with the Stones. Maybe that's why I have these Richard riffs in my hands! But I leveled up."
Played various styles with bands, from hardrock and punk to dancehall music. ViennaCC: "That was a great experience. We had about 300 songs in stock and had to play from disco to polka. And Rock Around The Clock or Happy Birthday five time if wanted by the crowd. And that from 8pm to 4am. And you learn to arrange the songs for the instruments in the band. Nice money, but it's a killing job."
ViennaCC has a long job experience in IT. He worked as a programmer, project manager, cost calculator, online content manager.
Now producing music, musicvideos, concert reports and interviews, not only for himself but also for bands.
Music - sounds like the Beatles would sound today
Indie / Pop / Rock. ViennaCC: "I like beat music from 60s and new wave from 70s and 80s. A very strong influence. One day I asked myself: how yould these bands sound today? When I played a recording someone said, it sounds like the Beatles would sound today. So I found a good slogan."
ViennaCC's goal is to write and record simple songs that everybody play on acoustic guitar at the fireside as well as a school band or an orchestra.
ViennaCC: "I don't like songs that only consist of rhythm and effects. The song net, without effects and big arrangement, must be strong. Effects are interesting, but it should be a goodie, an addon, to a song production. For me it is too simple to record a song with guitar band arrangement. A guitar solo can be great played, can sound great, can be virtuoso. But that is not enough. With today's studio techniques I can work on every single note, give it accent, mix it in the background, filter it - and put effects on it. I like it rather overproduced than standard sounding."
And the voice. ViennaCC: "I like chorus singing, two or three voices. Sometimes I like howling. I have this howling in songs like "If You Wanna Dance".
ViennaCC often uses computer effects on guitar solo. ViennaCC: "When Jimi Hendrix came up, what was new in the sound? Well, it was the effects. From feedback to distortion. These effects are well known today. What can be new? With my IT background I came to computer effects. Why not use it on a guitar solo. So I crush the sound, play reverse tact, hack and resample the sound. That is something interesting."
Music Examples
"Say Yes" and "Good As Can Be" are simply feel good pop songs.
"I Love You" is just romantic to say nothing but "I love you"
"Dreamgirl" is a popsong about a female being. On the CD cover there is the dreamgirl (and it's a tiny dog). By the way, she is really a female.
"What Happened Here" is about a crime scene. People standing around, detectives and witnesses.
"If You Wanna Dance" is melodious, but has these mono-stereo-effect on the toms, phaser-effect on percussions and a crushing guitarsolo. A combination of interesting (I hope so) songwriting and modern production techniques. ViennaCC: "I liked the chord progression surprising with a halftone down when entering the refrain"
"The Sun" is a bohemian song about nothing but being happy without stress and hunt for money. The refrain say: What I need is just the sun for lying in the shade"
"Baby Give Me One More Chance" is a story about a trip to Las Vegas. ViennaCC was honoured there by the International Society of Photographers for a photo he made. ViennaCC: "I had no idea how to arrange the song. then I hear a synthie song on the radio and that was it. I played with an echoed synthesizer and found a sound."
A song like "Why" is so melodious but nevertheless a rocksong. The composition is simple, but the arrangement is up-to-date. ViennaCC: "I wanted to record a simple beat song, but with modern studio techniques"
"Lady Smile" has a difficult chord progression. The interesting thing is that every verse is a surprise and a little different from the previous verse. The song has no clear verse - refrain - structure. ViennaCC: "I saw the website of a woman and liked her smile. I said to myself, that's a real Lady Smile. And the words started to flow. And the melody was simply there."
Video production
ViennaCC produces music videos for some of his song. ViennaCC: "Music videos must be interesting to work on and there should be gags in the video. With my IT background I like computer effects, to play around with plugins."
ViennaCC also produces music videos and interviews for other bands, for no
costs, to support music. ViennaCC: "But I only do it if I like the music."
Business Experience
With 16 first attempts with a taperecorder (here the
very first recording:
the own composition "Broadway lights") |
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Some bands, insignificant and not remarkable. The
musical palette was from rock (here a recording of
the own
composition "Lucy") to punk. A
raw version
of "Drinking all night" (on album Beatz) was recorded in a club called
Zarathustra. |
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Later on Liedermacher, something like singer-songwriter
in Austria,
with ballads (here a
demo
version "Der alte Plebeschil") and Heurigenlieder, typical Vienna songs
for wine-restaurants. Here a
short cut
from "Heute trink ich mein Vierterl". |
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From time to time a multitasking universal
backgroundmusician as keyboarder, guitarist and singer in some bands focused
on happy dancemusic for easy listening on dance evenings,
Carnevaldances and Weddings. Songs
written by others were played, so for legal reasons here only a
Rock&Roll-guitarsolo
by the master's hand. |
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Actually producer of ViennaCC-music, musicvideos for ViennaCC and bands, TV-shows |
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Recent Jobs
Internet company CEO
IT-Projectmanager
Newspaper and online editor
Photographer
Programmer
Soundrecordingstudio CEO
ChangeManager
Cost calculator
Installation bookkeeper
Murder
ViennaCC is widowed since his wife was murdered on March 4, 2009.
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Über ViennaCC
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Geboren |
30.Juli 1967 in Wien / Österreich |
Klingt wie / beeindruckt von |
Beatles, Mando Diao, Rolling Stones, Herman's
Hermits, Hollies, Kaiserchiefs |
Wer diese Website besuchte, interessierte sich auch für |
Lachfalten in Elektroorgeln betrunkener Eskimos |
Grösse |
1m96 |
Lieblingsfarbe |
Schönbrunn-gelb |
Geschlecht |
männlich |
Pseudonym geschaffen |
12.Dezember 2004, 20h04 im ersten Stock in Wien, Österreich |
bürgerlicher Name |
Heinz Riemer (Ing) |
In Kürze
Musikalische Erfahrung mit Wienerliedern, Tanzmusik und Rock
Fotograf
Videoproduzent
2007 nominiert für einen NEW MUSIC AWARD in Hollywood in der Kategorie
"Breakthrough Indipendent artist"
2008 nominiert für einen NEW MUSIC AWARD in Hollywood in der Kategorie
"Breakthrough Indipendent artist"
2008 Auszeichnung von der International Society of Photographers in Las Vegas
TV-Show in Österreich - Interview mit Bands und Produktion von Musikvideos
(für Bands) auf Kanal OKTO
Schauspieler: 2010 eine Hauptrolle im Film SPÄTE STUNDEN
2012 Semifinalist im
Songwriter-Wettbewerb "Song of the year"
Der Bohemien
ViennaCC ist Musik- und Videoproduzent, Fotograf aus Wien und lebt den
Lebensstil eines Bohemien. ViennaCC stellte sich die Frage nach dem Sinn des
Lebens und kam zu dem Schluß, dass nur ein Leben für die Kunst erfüllend ist.
Was Boheme beutet
Wichtig ist die Kunst. ViennaCC produziert Songs und Videos und fotografiert.
Bürgerliche Denkschemata und bürgerlicher Lebensstil sind ein zu enges Korsett.
Der Tag beginnt sobald man sich bereit dazu fühlt. Das ist nicht selten um 2h
morgens. Schlafen? Dann, wenn man müde ist, auch am Nachmittag oder nach dem
Frühstück. Es kann auch vorkommen, dass um 3h morgens gekocht wird. Das ist
Freiheit.
Kleidung
Der Kleidungsstil ist auffallend, vielleicht sogar provozierend. Starke
Farben und aufdringliches Design. Persönlicher Stil: Fast immer schwarze, lange
Hose. Dazu ein Hemd, kein T-Shirt. Ebenfalls ein Muss ist eine Krawatte. Diese
sollte ebenfalls in Farbe und Motiv auffallend sein. Troz 100 Krawatten ist
jeden Tag eine lange Entscheidungsfindung erforderlich bei der Wahl der
richtigen Krawatte gemäß Anlass.
Statussymbole
Statussymbole wie protziger Schmuck oder teure Autos haben kaum Bedeutung.
ViennaCC hat zwar einen Führerschein, jedoch kein Auto. In Wien ist er
öffentliche Verkehr sehr gut ausgebaut und ein Auto nicht erforderlich.
Finanzieller Spielraum ist natürlich vorteilhaft, aber ein Streben nach Reichtum
nicht das Lebensziel.
Lebensziel
Gut leben und Kunst genießen. Arbeiten nur was Spaß macht und interessant
ist. Bitte keinen Stress!
Referenzen
Joberfahrung
Anlagenbuchhalter
ChangeManager
Fotograf
Internetfirmenleiter (GF)
IT-Projektleiter
Kostenrechner/Controller
Programmierer
Tonstudioinhaber
Zeitungs- und Onlineredakteur
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