harmonic world of overtones

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Jens Mügge 41, Male Berlin, Germany: 150iy09ln3vla; Share

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July 8, 2008 at 8pm – Maschinenhaus der Kulturbrauerei
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July 19, 2008 from 10:30am to 6pm – Yoga Studio Meineke 7
Intensivkurs Obertonsingen für Anfänger u. Fortg.
July 19, 2008 at 10:30am to July 20, 2008 at 6pm – Yoga Studio Meineke 7
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Hometown:: Lasfelde

Overtones Since:: 2001

Instruments:: Jew's harp, Guitar, Didgeridoo, Shrutibox, Singing Bowls

Influences:: Gregorian Chant, Chants de Taizé, ABBA, The Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Tom Petty
U2, Tom Waits and Wolfgang Saus as his latest teacher in overtone singing

About me:: Jens Mügge, musical autodidact grown up in the Harz mountains near »Osterode am Harz«, an area in Lower Saxony, Germany, with native rites - the best known is the celebration of Walpurgis night. At the age of twenty he left his hometown, lived in Bielefeld, Heidelberg and Göttingen to study comparative religion and philosophy, changed his career to work as an educator for handicapped persons and later as a Montessori pedagogue for little children. Now, because of his qualifications and talents he is able to guide persons with autism by the sound of his singing and guitar playing. He has a special qualification to teach children in music and rhythm. Even though Jens remained a musical illiterate. He can not sing at sight. But for him it is a kind of strength and freedom to do his improvisations in harmonic singing and playing overtone instruments. He listens to the tunes of a song and feels the music in his heart and his heart maybe knows hundreds of various tunes which are revealed in his playing of the jew's harp, his favorite instrument.

In his childhood he found a simple jew's harp and started to play traditional folk songs and melodies. At that early period he did not know that jew's harp playing is a kind of overtone music. Later he started to learn guitar and didgeridoo by himself. 2001 he was introduced in overtone singing by Reinhard Schimmelpfeng and increased his knowledge of polyphonic harmonic singing by Wolfgang Saus. Even though he sings overtones only by his listening, he accompanies his overtone singing with guitar, Jew's harp, tambura, sansula, kalimba, springdrum, shrutibox, singing bowls and indian harmonium. By the way he is buddhist, webmaster, blogger, copywriter and Ning Network Creator ...

My favourite Ning Network:: http://visualartistsforum.ning.com/

Homepage:: http://jenska.culturebase.org

MySpace:: http://myspace.com/jenskas

YouTube:: http://youtube.com/overtonesinger

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guitar & overtone Added by Jens Mügge
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Pesta - Eine Schule, die keine Schule war ...

Pesta ist das Kürzel für "Centro Experimental Pestalozzi", einem alternativen Kindergarten- und Schulprojekt (Primar- und Sekundarstufe), mit besonderem Schwergewicht auf Erwachsenenbildung, horizontaler Teamarbeit statt autoritärer Strukturen und intensiver Elternarbeit. Der "Pesta" entstand im Jahr 1977 aus der persönlichen Entscheidung des Ehepaars Mauricio und Rebeca Wild, die spontanen Aktivitäten der eigenen Kinder in einer natürlichen, kulturellen und entspannten Umgebung - ohne formelle… Continue

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At 2:23am on 3rd July 2008, Carol J Case said…

At 9:42am on 1st July 2008, Vladiswar Nadishana said…: Hi Jens!
Yes, can upload photos and music now! Don't know why. Didnt tried events and videos yet.
I'll back to Berlin at 11th August after being in Spain for one month. We talked with Kiva about some meeting after this date. Would be great!
C U

At 7:21pm on 30th June 2008, Mona Youssef said…: Hello Jens,

Thank you for inviting me, so here I am:-))

Regards,

Mona

At 11:42am on 29th June 2008, Roderick Zeig said…: Hallo Jens,
ganz lieben Dank! Mir spielt es keine Rolle welches der Lieder du Auswählst. Ich denke du wirst die richtige Wahl treffen. Ich verlasse mich auf Dein Bauchgefühl ;-}

Wegen dem Login, hatte ich mir noch zu wenig Zeit genommen. Habe momentan zu viele Ideen, die ich umsetzen möchte - Computer sollten einfach funktionieren.

Danke auf jeden Fall für deinen Support! Du machst das sehr gut!

mit freundlichen Obertönen Roderick

At 10:03pm on 28th June 2008, Dani said…: ojeee, ich glaube, der schuss ging nach hinten los...vielleicht hätte ich erst lieber songs uploaden sollen, aber das dauert wohl noch ne weile :-)
aber danke für die blumen,
lg, Daniela

At 11:14am on 27th June 2008, Norbert Conzeth said…: Hallo Jens
Bin halt ein alter etwas rigider Mann der noch Kaffeetassen und Teetassen
benutzt - und noch dazu durch einen Sprachenblock des Englischen nahezu unkundig ist.
Nimm mir bitte meine Formulierung "ist doch irgendwas falsch verstanden worden" nicht übel, scheinbar habe ich etwas falsch verstanden.

Nein einen elitären Club will ich auch nicht.

Gruß
Norbert

At 10:56pm on 26th June 2008, Karen said…: Thank you Jens!
((((((((GONG)))))))))
Karen

At 12:27pm on 26th June 2008, Norbert Conzeth said…: Danke, habe mir den Audiograbber runtergeladen

Habe ja nichts gegen malerische Kunst, doch wenn ich in den Bildern auf der Hauptseite dieses Networks kein einziges Bild
von einem Oberton, -Musiker,-Auftritt ,-Event sehen kann ist doch irgendwas falsch verstanden worden !

liebe Grüße
Norbert

At 11:20pm on 25th June 2008, NAM said…: Hi Jens,

many thanks for Your comment!

Its was great to meet You at Woodroot festival, and I think it was a good starting point for further activities in the future.

Many thanks for You suggestions and for Your support,
best wishes,
Bernhard & NAM