John Groves
Applied Sound specialist in Hamburg, Germany
About Me
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Hi! I'm John Groves, a British/German composer, and musician living in Hamburg, Germany.
I have two main areas of work:
Brand Sound Communications(Link)
where I help brands and others to communicate optimally using sound and music.
and…..
Music Medicine(Link)
which is about improving health and well-being with SonicTonic (Link) and helping people with Dementia and Alzheimer's with the app Pavlove (Link)
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Full Bio here Here:(Link)
Political Activities & Memberships
Currently:
- Honorary President of the Composers Club, Germany.
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board at the Centre for Applied Music Research, Danube University, Krems, Austria.
- Member of the Research Institute for Music-Medicine,Vienna.
- Lecturer Arts for Health, Jam Music Lab University, Vienna.
Previously:
- Treasurer and Board member of ECSA - European Composers and Songwriters Alliance,
Brussels. - President of the Composers Club, Germany.
- Vice President of FFACE: the Federation of Film and Audio-visual Composers of Europe,
Brussels - Deputy advisory board representative of the German Artists Insurance Fund, (KSK) Berlin.
- Member of the advisory board of the GVL, Berlin (the German Collecting Society for Neighbouring Rights)
Websites:
- www.groves.de (Link)
- www.sonictonic.io (Link)
- www.pavlove.com (Link)
Current Book:
ComMUSICation: Pavlov's Dog to Sound Branding(Link)
Career Highlights:
- The Mentos Jingle has been featured in several films such as Clueless, Entourage, and Unbreakable viewed millions of times on YouTube. It has even been featured on the Dave Letterman Show and spoofed in a music video by the Foo Fighters.
- In anticipation of the Olympics in Greece, I produced a collection of songs by the famous Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis (“Zorba the Greek”) which were recorded with the Camerata Orchestra in the Athens Concert Hall and sung by Vicky Leandros.
- Al Jarreau sang "Heard it all before”, which was nominated for "Best Song "in the Musical of the competition with Sir Peter Ustinov as moderator.
Lectures and Workshops.(Full list)
Brunel University, London • The University of Surrey, Guildford • University of Art, Berlin • Steinbeis International Business School, Berlin European Forum for Music Education, Salzburg • University of Music, Vienna
Publications
- Sound Branding: The Strategic Development of Brand Sound, in the Yearbook for Strategy and Practice in Brand Management. (German.)
- ComMUSICation: Pavlov's Dog to Sound Branding(Link)