User:Pathfinder66/Julian Feifel

Julian Feifel (born 16 March 1966 in Stuttgart ) is a German music producer, composer , guitarist and singer.

Life
Julian Feifel grew up in Munich, where he had already discovered his love for music at school. In 1988 he studied at the Munich Guitar Institute (MGI). After one year he graduated and started as a teacher at Cologne and Munich. After a year, he left the MGI and went on tour as a guitarist with Milli Vanilli. Shortly thereafter, he released his first album The Race as a lead singer and guitarist in the band Fore (BMG). Since then he started working in his music studio as a composer, guitarist and music producer.

For the german girl band No Angels he wrote the song Faith can move a mountain for the million seller album Elle'ments.

Since 1986 he accompanied on stage as a guitarist and singer known artists like Eric Burdon, Gary Brooker , Jon Lord , Bobby Kimball , Ian Anderson , Chris Thompson , Peter Frampton , Bonnie Tyler , Alannah Myles , Roger Hodgson , Nick van Eede ( Cutting Crew ), Chris de Burgh , Robin Gibb ( Bee Gees ), The Weather Girls , Dolores O'Riordan , Sabrina Setlur , Jack Bruce , Victor Bailey , Manfred Mann ,Midge Ure , Percy Sledge , Tony Carey , David Clayton-Thomas , Paul Young , Paul Carrack , Howard Jones , Johnny Logan , Piero Mazzocchetti , Peter Maffay , Mia Aegerter , Gianna Nannini , Milli Vanilli , Peter Schilling , Lisa Fitz , Kim Wilde , Bill Evans , John Helliwell , Steve Lukather , Al Di Meola , David Garrett , Midge Ure (Ultravox), Randy Brecker , Chaka Khan.

With the Soulmates (Leslie Mandoki), he appeared in television shows Wetten, dass..? and 50 years of rock with Thomas Gottschalk as well as 50 years of Rock Love Songs.

End of 2013 he was part of the production team of Toby Gad for The X Factor USA, working from his studio in Germany.

2015 he produced and co wrote the song Conmigo (Rest of Your Life) (# 20 MEX, # 31 US Latin Pop) by the mexican singer Sofia Reyes.

2016 he produced the #1 hit "Une edhe ti" by the albanian singer Alban Skënderaj. The song won the Top Music Awards "Tar Hit of the Year" and was nominated for the Song of the Year in Albania.

The album "Louder" from Sofia Reyes was released 2017 and reached US Billboard charts: #13 US Heat, #23 US Latin, # 8 US Latin Pop. On that album Julian Feifel wrote and produced 3 songs.

Discography
Albums Singles advertising
 * 1993: Peter Schilling - Rosenkrieg, Viel zu heiß (on the album Geheime Macht)
 * 1998: Gil Ofarim - Goodby, Bang Bang Bang , For Heaven's Sake , Round'n Round (on album Here I am , 7x Gold and Platinum Awards worldwide)
 * 1999: Judith Hildebrandt - Judith (# 94 DE)
 * 2001: No Angels - Faith can move a mountain (on album Elle'ments, # 1 DE, # 1 CH, # 1 AT, 3x platinum in DE, AT, CH)
 * 2002: T.E.A.R.S. (Popstars Switzerland) - This is who I am (on album En rouge, # 8 CH, gold award in Switzerland)
 * 2004: Mia Aegerter - So wie I bi/ The way I am - # 5 CH, gold award in Switzerland.
 * 2006: Mia Aegerter - Vo mänsche u monschter / Humans and Monsters - # 21 CH
 * 2008: Kuschelrock - Die schönsten Schweizer Duette und mehr – Mia Aegerter und Marco Rima - Du und ich und sie - # 1 CH
 * 2009: Mia Aegerter - Chopf oder Buuch - # 17 CH
 * 2013: Mia Aegerter - Gränzgängerin - # 33 CH
 * 2017: Sofía Reyes - Louder (# 13 US Heat, #23 US Latin, # 8 US Latin Pop)
 * 1994: Subzero - Legalize together with U96 / Dance Charts-entry in Spain
 * 1994: Peter Schilling - Sonne Mond und Sterne (# 13 DE)
 * 1995: Peter Schilling - Terra Titanic (Remix)
 * 1995: Peter Schilling - Trip to Orion
 * 1997: Gil Ofarim - Round'n Round (# 28 DE, # 11 CH, 21 # AT)
 * 1997: FAB! - We belong together (# 7 IE)
 * 1998: Erkan and Stefan - Krass
 * 1999: Judith Hildebrandt - We gonna stay together (# 13 DE, 15 CH)
 * 1999: Judith Hildebrandt - If paradise is half as nice (# 90 DE)
 * 1999: Judith Hildebrandt - I can still believe (# 73 DE)
 * 2003: Peter Schilling - Sonne Mond und Sterne Remix
 * 2003: Erkan and Stefan - Checker
 * 2003: Ray Wilson - Change (Radioremix)
 * 2003: Mia Aegerter - Do not know how to love me (# 44 EN, # 19 CH)
 * 2003: Mia Aegerter - Hie u Jetzt / Right here right now (# 5 CH)
 * 2004: Mia Aegerter - So wie i bi / The way I am (# 4 CH)
 * 2004: Mia Aegerter - Alive (# 86 DE, # 36 CH)
 * 2005: Carla Vallet - Streets of tomorrow (# 82)
 * 2006: Mia Aegerter - Meischterwärk / Masterpiece of humankind (# 55 CH)
 * 2008: Bruno Ferrara - Amore Mio (# 90 DE)
 * 2015: Sofía Reyes - Conmigo (Rest of Your Life) (# 20 MEX, # 31 US Latin Pop)
 * 2005: Preluders - Color your li'v'e (Advertising campaign Live Color XXL by Schwarzkopf)
 * 2006: Carla Vallet - Streets of tomorrow (Audi Q7, worldwide TV / Movie commercial)
 * 2006: Song for Audi A4 Cabrio commercial
 * From 2010: Songs for Volkswagen / Audi Spots
 * 2012: 3 songs for FC Bayern CD "Stimmen des Südens": "Forever FCB", "We are One", "My Club, My Heart, My Family"

TV/Movies

 * Workaholic (Movie, D) - Cool girl
 * Abgefahrn (Movie, D) - theme song: Right here right now
 * Achtung fertig Charlie (Kino / CH, DE) - theme song: Hie u Now
 * (ARD) children's program theme song: Check 1
 * Dr. Mag Love / Youth program (ZDF) - theme song: Cool girl
 * Pokémon Series (RTL2) Solo singer at theme song Pokémon Johto
 * Forsthaus Falkenau (ZDF) - "That Song", "Understand"
 * Guitar recordings in score music for various TV series, like: Traumschiff (ARD), Rosenheimcops (ARD), Kalle (ARD)
 * "Adieu Heimat – Schweizer wandern aus" theme song: "Land in Sicht", composer and producer
 * "Cartoon Network D! Hall of Fame" title song,, composer and producer

Web links

 * Infos from and about Julian Feifel in the catalog of the Deutschen Nationalbibliothek(German National Library)
 * Julian Feifel bei Discogs
 * swisscharts
 * Pokémon(Anime)
 * www.facebook.com/julianfeifel