About me

      Michael Janz

Michael Janz

Michael Janz

I am a German-Canadian and I have worked as a singer since 1998.

I have been married to the woman of my dreams for 23 years and we have 4 wonderful children. Having a family and being away from home a lot was really hard on me. So I decided to end my career as an "active" singer. Since 2009, I have worked full-time as a vocal coach and voice instructor.

I am a German-Canadian and I have worked as a singer since 1998.

I have been married to the woman of my dreams for 23 years and we have 4 wonderful children. Having a family and being away from home a lot was really hard on me. So I decided to end my career as an "active" singer. Since 2009, I have worked full-time as a vocal coach and voice instructor.

I am a German-Canadian and I have worked as a singer since 1998.

I have been married to the woman of my dreams for 23 years and we have 4 wonderful children. Having a family and being away from home a lot was really hard on me. So I decided to end my career as an "active" singer. Since 2009, I have worked full-time as a vocal coach and voice instructor.


the singer...

  • Sang on approx. 200 recordings as a soloist/backing vocalist (i.e. for Albert Frey, Arne Kopfermann, NENA, Katja Ebstein, Francine Jordi, Judy Bailey, Nino DeAngelo, Nektarios, Markus Grimm, Normal Generation, and many more)
  • Received the Goldene Stimmgabel and the New Faces Award with his band Beatbetrieb in 2003. The same year Beatbetrieb was nominated for the Echo and was runner-up in the German preliminaries for the Eurovision Song Contest
  • The songs Wenn Du Es So Willst and Woran Glaubst Du as well as the album Immer made it into the German charts
  • Sang for the German Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder
  • Performed live on stage as a background singer for many artists (NENA, Laith Al Deen, MarQue, Fool's Garden, Nino DeAngelo, Peter Schilling, Pe Werner, Boss Hoss, Sasha, Wolfgang Niedecken, Daniel Wirtz, Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Rea Garvey, Zara Larsson, and many more)
  • Was a member of the project Zeichen Der Zeit with Xavier Naidoo, Laith Al Deen, Yvonne Catterfeld, Patrick Nuo, Paddy Kelly,...the first single release Du Bist Nicht Allein climbed to number 8 in the German single charts
  • Winner of Swiss Idol in 2006


the vocal coach...

  • Gives voice lessons since the end of 2009
  • Coaches soloists and backing vocalists during studio recordings
  • Leads a POP AG (extra curricular music class) at a German school
  • Supports the Music Workshop at the Dieter Kaltenbach Stiftung
  • Is a voice instructor at Voicelab, the voice academy in Lörrach
  • Vocal coach on the TV show My Name Is, aired on RTL2 in 2012

        the singer...

  • Sang on approx. 200 recordings as a soloist/backing vocalist (i.e. for Albert Frey, Arne Kopfermann, NENA, Katja Ebstein, Francine Jordi, Judy Bailey, Nino DeAngelo, Nektarios, Markus Grimm, Normal Generation, and many more)
  • Received the Goldene Stimmgabel and the New Faces Award with his band Beatbetrieb in 2003. The same year Beatbetrieb was nominated for the Echo and was runner-up in the German preliminaries for the Eurovision Song Contest
  • The songs Wenn Du Es So Willst and Woran Glaubst Du as well as the album Immer made it into the German charts
  • Sang for the German Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder
  • Performed live on stage as a background singer for many artists (NENA, Laith Al Deen, MarQue, Fool's Garden, Nino DeAngelo, Peter Schilling, Pe Werner, Boss Hoss, Sasha, Wolfgang Niedecken, Daniel Wirtz, Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Rea Garvey, Zara Larsson, and many more)
  • Was a member of the project Zeichen Der Zeit with Xavier Naidoo, Laith Al Deen, Yvonne Catterfeld, Patrick Nuo, Paddy Kelly,...the first single release Du Bist Nicht Allein climbed to number 8 in the German single charts
  • Winner of Swiss Idol in 2006

        the vocal coach...

  • Gives voice lessons since the end of 2009
  • Coaches soloists and backing vocalists during studio recordings
  • Leads a POP AG (extra curricular music class) at a German school
  • Supports the Music Workshop at the Dieter Kaltenbach Stiftung
  • Is a voice instructor at Voicelab, the voice academy in Lörrach
  • Vocal coach on the TV show My Name Is, aired on RTL2 in 2012

 the singer...

  • Sang on approx. 200 recordings as a soloist/backing vocalist (i.e. for Albert Frey, Arne Kopfermann, NENA, Katja Ebstein, Francine Jordi, Judy Bailey, Nino DeAngelo, Nektarios, Markus Grimm, Normal Generation, and many more)
  • Received the Goldene Stimmgabel and the New Faces Award with his band Beatbetrieb in 2003. The same year Beatbetrieb was nominated for the Echo and was runner-up in the German preliminaries for the Eurovision Song Contest
  • The songs Wenn Du Es So Willst and Woran Glaubst Du as well as the album Immer made it into the German charts
  • Sang for the German Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder
  • Performed live on stage as a background singer for many artists (NENA, Laith Al Deen, MarQue, Fool's Garden, Nino DeAngelo, Peter Schilling, Pe Werner, Boss Hoss, Sasha, Wolfgang Niedecken, Daniel Wirtz, Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Rea Garvey, Zara Larsson, and many more)
  • Was a member of the project Zeichen Der Zeit with Xavier Naidoo, Laith Al Deen, Yvonne Catterfeld, Patrick Nuo, Paddy Kelly,...the first single release Du Bist Nicht Allein climbed to number 8 in the German single charts
  • Winner of Swiss Idol in 2006

 the vocal coach...

  • Gives voice lessons since the end of 2009
  • Coaches soloists and backing vocalists during studio recordings
  • Leads a POP AG (extra curricular music class) at a German school
  • Supports the Music Workshop at the Dieter Kaltenbach Stiftung
  • Is a voice instructor at Voicelab, the voice academy in Lörrach
  • Vocal coach on the TV show My Name Is, aired on RTL2 in 2012
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