Goderich Signal Star, 2017-06-21, Page 5Photos courtesy of Adam Wendier
Goderich native Adam Wendier is a singer -songwriter who will be releasing a 16 -song album in July.
Goderich local wins song -writing
competition in Berlin
Musician Adam
Wendlerwins
"The Next
Big Thing"
but I always return to
Goderich.
How did you get involved
in music?
I always loved listening to
music. I used to sit in the liv-
Kathleen Smith ing room with my head-
Goderich Signal Star phones on listening to bands
like Blink 182 on repeat. I
Musician Adam Wendier was in the school choir in
grew up in Goderich and elementary school, but
although he travels around didn't start playing guitar
the world, it is this town he until I was 15. My mom
always returns to. bought a guitar for the "fam-°
While livingin Berlin, Ger- ily" and I took to it right
many with his girlfriend Flo, away, beginning to jam with
he was encouraged to enter friends who had already
.one of his songs into a radio started playing.
competition titled "The Next Where are you living
Big Thing". now? Or when you are not
The competition .saw in Goderich?
approximately 850 different I have been back in
songs entered, and only one Goderich for the past few
was the winner: Adam's song months working on my
"The Flame". upcoming record. When I'm
Adam took the time to here I stay between my par -
answer questions for the Sig- ents house and a friend's
nal Star, so those who know place; I don't like staying in
him could hear about his one spot for too long. When I
success and those who do am in Europe (which has
not know him, can learn a bit been fairly regularly over the
about the well -travelled past few years) I now stay
musician. with my girlfriend in Berlin. I
Can you tell the readers a also spent a year in New Zea -
bit of your background on land and have become close
growing up in Goderich? with people there, so I
I grew up in Goderich, and intend to try to get back over
until I started travelling after there as much as possible. I
high school, I had lived in am considering moving to
the same house my whole Berlin for a longer period to
life. I love Goderich and ride out the benefits of the
think it was a fantastic town recent contest win.
to grow up in. I have been What have you been up
travelling regularly, (nor- to recently, including the
mally around 3 month inter- contest in Berlin?
vals) for the past 5 or 6 years Throughout the winter
months I spent a lot of
time writing songs. I was
also in Berlin, and went to
New Zealand to play a few
gigs. Since March, I have
been busy out at Beach
Road studios just north of
Goderich recording my
new album "Never Go
Unknown" with Siegfried
Meier. It's coming together
nicely, and should be
released in early July.
We've also been really
busy filming different live
session music videos, and
have a few "official music
videos" in the works as
well.
What genre of music you
write and play?
I think the best descrip-
tion for it would probably be
"Indie, folk pop."
Why did you enter the
contest? When does the
contest run and for how
long? What does the con-
test consist of (ie. Is it simi-
lar to XFactor?)
My girlfriend Flo is from
Berlin, and lives there cur-
rently. She has been a huge
help with everything, and
has taken on the role as my
manager. Last summer we
went to a festival in Berlin
put on by the radio station
`Radioeins: Flo decided to
enter me in it this year, and
my song "The Flame", which
was produced by Anthony
Strome here in Goderich,
ended up winning!
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