Hey there,
by now YOU are about to enter:
The BIGGEST ADVENTURE and THE STORY of my Life!
A Story of a young, german Fella and his Dream to travel the World
just him and his Guitar - how far will he take it?
Holy Moly - that was a real novel-style intro, wasnt it?
I hope you will be fine, if I keep telling from now on in a more Johannes-Way.
Where does the Story begin?
( DRUMS ) BAM BAAAM!
( Singing ) Just a small town boy, born and raised in South.... Germany!
Growing up by going to the school till 16 - just like everybody else does,
I grew a Teenage Boy more or less like everybody else.
I was a lot into Sports and loved hanging out with my friends, literally seeing them grow.
A perfect childhood living in a cozy bumpkin town - everybody knowing everybody.
Could not have wished for more!
If there wasnt 1 certain Thing - my passion for the Music!
I guess it started back then in primary school, Grade One.
As a teacher of mine uselessly tried to stop me singing in Class.....
Throughout the Years this Passion for Music hadnt stopped growing and so it became a Love !
I tried countless different Instruments.... till i finally got obsessed playing the Guitar <3
Looking back, the Suicide of my loved Grandfather was the key event,
that finally and unalterably brought me into singing and writing my own songs.
At first it started as a Therapy - later on I discovered,
it was an excellent way to satisfy my huge urge to communicate and feeling fully understood.
After School:
I sucessfully finished my apprenticeship as a 'Businessman in wholesale and foreign trade'
And from there on I worked fulltime as an 'Area Manager' for a company in Switzerland.
5 Years I tried my best to fit into the System that most of the People I know call Life.
Forcing themselves daily to a work, they truly hate - just living for the Weekend!
Daily i wished for the Time to pass faster - and so it did! And the Week did!
Living just for the Weekend sometimes just for Sunday than REPEAT !
F@$% Monday again!
Wished for the Day to pass! And it did - and the next Day did -
and the Week did - and the next Week did... STOP !!!!
WHAT AM I DOING?
That was the moment I truly understood, that I was consantly wishing my Life away.
Wishing my Life to pass faster? My Youth to pass faster! Just in exchange for money.
My Lifetime and Hapiness against poor, dead Money!
And if I wouldnt stop this MYSELF,
I would end as one of those embittered, unfulfilled Gear Wheels of this System!
Step 1: I quit my 'Hamster Wheel'-Job
Step 2: I started living my dream! TRAVELING THE WORLD MAKING STREETMUSIC
I thought a lot about the Easiest Way to Travel - and came up with the Idea,
to build Myself a little Campervan just into a normal 'Citroen Berlingo'.
The Video contains snippets to my works on my Safe Haven in the World,
from a Skeleton to the coziest Hideout I could imagine.
( Me singing in Luxemburg, my 1st Tour-Stop on the Europe-Tour)
Are you already infected by my Berlingo-Way-of-Live? :D
1st Chapter - my Beginnings and Work on the Camper
Next Chapters - are about my 1st Europe-Tour and Everyday Life as a Street-Musician / Busker
Want to see more?
http://www.youtube.com/JohannesBurghart