Benjamin Branzko

The most important pre-conditions for my musical career lie in my childhood. My father often took me to concerts. My mother used to me read fairy-tales and sung a lot of songs with me. I grew up with the sound of stories. 
 I'm a boy from the country. I used to stroll around with friends, build tree houses and create my own adventures. 
 I play in bands since I am thirteen years old. After school I enrolled at University to study sociology, but soon dropped my studies to become a professional musician. I earned my money playing guitar and singing in kindergartens, did a lot of busking, too. Through the music of Django Reinhardt I got driven towards jazz and got an attendance at the Jazz Insitute in Osnabrück. After I graduated I had to find myself again as an artist. That's something you don't learn in any school: To listen to the voice inside of you and to follow your inner wisdom. 
 A wonderful thing about music: It's not important who you are, it all comes down to what you feel and how you communicate with others. Lyrics are very important to my music. I take my time working on my lyrics and put a lot of personal experiences into them. 
 „The things we miss are in the songs we know.“ These are words from my debut-single "Something Left Unsung". I think it's a human dilemma, that in some ways we never get to show our true potential because we don't trust in ourselves and fear to be disappointed. But regardless of our age – we are here to rise and shine!