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About Me

Michael Nix started his singing career with a cappella music. After many years of singing with a Pop a cappella group called "Safer Six", he started to perform as a solo artist accompanied by a band (piano, bass, drums). Supported by a loop station, which is a live recording item, he manages to sing his own background voices while performing with the band. Some songs he even builds up only by using the loop station, performing a cappella alone.
Michael grew up in an environment, which gives a great deal of attention to the humanities and natural sciences, but in which there's no concept of how to have a good life as a musician. For this reason he studied pharmacy for many years, but his interest in and love of music has never lessened. He (co-)founded the a cappella group "Safer Six", which became his musical playground. Without any great expectations apart from having fun with singing, their naÃ¯ve audacity above all, which made them rehearse intensively, brought them on stage very soon. By doing what they loved the most, doors opened themselves to many other performing opportunities, that they had never dreamed of as possibilities. They have performed for more than seven years and became rather famous and popular among Austriaâ€™s a cappella audiences. As a result of success and the intense work required, each member had to re-establish his priorities and not all members did this in favour of the group. In 2006 Michael left his "musical family". Rehearsals, concert tours, CD recordings and productions and the work as an arranger let Michael grow as a musician. But only with time he's come to realize that music and singing would fulfil his life more than pharmacy and natural sciences. This is why he decided to follow his musical urges.
...This is what the song "Wasting Time" is about...
Michael does not only perform as a singer, he also teaches a lot of vocal pop groups and gospel choirs in Vienna.
In 2005 Michael worked together with Gerhard Bronner for the music of the current advertisment of "Der Standard", and recorded the song together with Safer Six and Amina Leitner.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/31/2006
Band Website: michaelnix.at
Band Members: Michael Nix - voice guitar loop
Bernhard Macheiner - piano
Martin Weninger - drums
Josef Lackner - bass

"Serendipity" are:
Michael Nix
Martin Hornig
Katja Nevyjel
Amina Leitner

Influences: Sting, U2, Stevie Wonder, Phil Collins, ...
I particularly love the way Sting combines jazz influences with his style of pop-music. Since Reinhard Micko tought me to play the Jazz Piano , I really appreciate what Sting's pianist, Jason Robello, does!!!
Sounds Like: himself
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Berklee pics online

Hi everybody, finally I managed to upload some of the numberless pictures I took in Boston. Have fun watching them, you'll find them among my pictures. Unfortunately I haven't got any pictures so far ...
Posted by Michael Nix on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:30:00 PST

Bin wieder in Austria...

Hallo, ich bin nun wieder in Wien und auch wieder telefonisch erreichbar. Theoretisch wäre ich das schon letzte Woche gewesen, aber in Pernegg im Waldviertel ist das Netz von one wohl noch nicht so fl...
Posted by Michael Nix on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:30:00 PST

Auftritte und Abschluss des 5 Week Program

Hallo!!Noch bin ich in Boston und schreibe doch noch einen Blog... Nun ist das 5 week program vorbei. Und das Gefuehl ist ein ganz komisches. Einige Leute brechen schon auf oder werden abgeholt und we...
Posted by Michael Nix on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:18:00 PST

Turbulenzen der Woche 5

Also das ist nun die letzte Woche und vorraussichtlich auch mein letzter Blog, bevor ich am Freitag spaet naechtens in den Flieger zurueck nach Europa steige.Der Stundenplan aller Klassen wird ganz no...
Posted by Michael Nix on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:37:00 PST

Verschiedene Seiten von Berklee und die Vinx-Klasse

Die vierte Woche ist nun die letzte, die irgendwie einen regulaeren Stundenplan hat. Denn in Woche 5 werden immer und ueberall Auffuehrungen und Konzerte stattfinden. Kein Wunder, es gibt schliesslich...
Posted by Michael Nix on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:38:00 PST

Segeln und Regen

Hallo!Am Wochenende war ich tatsaechlich segeln. Aber wenn ich das mit sonstigen Segelerfahrungen im Salzkammergut vergleiche, dann war das eher harmlos. Zu acht sind wir mit einem Boot motorisiert ei...
Posted by Michael Nix on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:59:00 PST

Die zweite Woche...

Die zweite Woche ist ploetzlich auch fast schon zu Ende. Wenn der Stundenplan in die zweite Runde geht, dann ist alles viel vertrauter und es stellt sich so was wie echter Alltag ein. Ich fuerchte, da...
Posted by Michael Nix on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:55:00 PST

Arriving in Boston and this damn jetlag...

Einen Tag habe ich hier in Boston, um mich an die Zeitumstellung zu gewoehnen (und daran, dass die Tastaturen keine Umlaute habe (-:) Den verbringe ich gemuetlich mit langen Spaziergaengen - ja, Bosto...
Posted by Michael Nix on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:56:00 PST

GOING TO BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Hallo, viele wissen ja schon, dass ich am 5. Juli nach Boston aufbreche, um 5 Wochen lang im Berklee College of Music zu lernen, zu musizieren und um viele viele Musiker aus aller Welt kennen zu lern...
Posted by Michael Nix on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:57:00 PST

Erste Woche fast schon vorbei

Hallo alle,also so ist das in Berklee. Zuerst glaubt man, es wuerden viel zu wenig Kurse pro Tag stattfinden und ploetzlich findet man kaum mehr Zeit, um zu ueben, oder was auch immer zu tun. Und Uebe...
Posted by Michael Nix on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:48:00 PST