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Nils Kolonko, born 1978, was a product manager at the major record label BMG (which is now Sonymusic). He is an experienced drummer and a successful book author.
“After five successful editions of this book in German, I have expanded some of the chapters to outline the main issues in more detail and to provide you with even more inspiration for a successful career as a musician. I have also updated some numbers and facts for relevancy in 2012. This revised version will probably be the last one. Now the book will remain as is.” Read more from the book
Nils’ book Bandologie—How to Lead Your Band to Success as a Musician” went to No. 1 at Amazon.de’s cultural management the best seller charts. Currently, he's writing a follow up book, “Bandologie–111 Marketing Ideas for Your Band”.
At BMG, Nils worked in the marketing department that got eight No. 1 hits to the top of the charts and sold more than 3,000,000 records with the first series of Pop Idol Germany (“Deutschland sucht den Superstar”).
Nils' Background:
At the age of 16, Nils and a friend organized two music festivals with nine bands. Both events brought a huge profit and lots of fun for the teenagers. The best local teenage metal band discovered the young entrepreneur and wanted him to play the drums for them. As Nils was an absolute beginner on the drums he had to catch up fast. 18 months later the band recorded a 6-track metal album on a professional level. The musicians themselves financed the recording.Nils played more than 100 club and festival gigs as a drummer. At the age of 21 he started as a trainee at Warner Music Germany. At the age of 22 he became apprentice as a salesman for audiovisual media at Bertelsmann Music Group, BMG. After successfully passing the exams with top grades, BMG hired Nils as a product manager for pop music.
For almost 20 years now, Nils has been deeply involved in music, bands and the business that goes along with it. His book, Bandologie, has been highly praised by musicians from platinum selling rock stars to newcomer musicians.
Nils advises and guides musicians and bands on a daily basis. Musicians such as Michael Wespi and The Love Keys are able to make a living out of their music today and claim that the Bandologie book was an important part of the process. Others sell more merchandising, play bigger concerts or simply love the book.
It is amazing when even the metal legends that Nils was a huge fan of in his youth suddenly discover the value of the Bandologie book and now become fans of his work. However, there is a lot of junk within the music industry, so in order to sleep at night knowing he is providing quality information Nils has included a 180-day-money-back-guarantee on the book.
Today, Nils lives in Berlin (excactly here) where he works as an author and publisher for his own company, Kolonko Books.
For a personal impression of Nils, check out this video where he presents a speech at Popkomm, Germany's biggest music business fair.
Get in touch with Nils today, if you have any questions concerning Bandologie or your own musicial project.
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