Conny Schneider

About me

Dakar, Senegal

I am musician, composer and circus acrobat from Germany living in Senegal since 2015. I am interested in cross-cultural collaborations and exchange via music.

Cultural background

  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • Senegal

Values

  • Adventure
  • Authenticity
  • Autonomy
  • Beauty
  • Challenge
  • Competency
  • Creativity
  • Curiosity
  • Friendships
  • Growth
  • Happiness
  • Honesty
  • Knowledge
  • Meaningful work
  • Openness
  • Peace
  • Respect
  • Responsibility
  • Risk-taking
  • Vision
  • Wisdom

Band/Ensemble

Bo Ndeko

Project Music

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Beware

The song is a call of an eldest talking to his relatives: He talks about the necessity of living in harmony and peace in order to be productive and happy in our societies. We combined different musical influences and instruments from different musical backgrounds in order to show that living in peace concernes all inhabitants of our planet. We should always stay positive and - that is why we maintain a light mood throughout the song.

  • African
  • Instrumental
  • Pop
  • World
  • Singer
  • Harp
  • Mbira / Sanza/ Thumb piano
  • Alto saxophone
  • Cameroon
  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • Kenya
  • Senegal
  • Uganda
  • United Kingdom
  • Netherlands
Sí ndôn
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  • Creativity Award
  • Album Track

"Sí ndôn" means "The planet" in Ewondo language from Cameroon.This song is a conversation between God and human being about how they feel to live in the planet and in return, they give thanks to God for he made the world and all its precious marvels.

  • Christian / Gospel
  • Pop
  • Rock
  • Background vocals
  • Bass
  • Singer-songwriter
  • Acoustic guitar
  • Electric guitar
  • Drum machine
  • Saxophone
  • Trumpet
  • Cameroon
  • Germany
  • Senegal
  • Switzerland
Mundi mwa wasé

Mundi mwa wasé in duala language from Cameroon means "Earth".This song is an ode to the physical beauty of the Earth and its components in order to realise how precious is our dear planet and that we should manage all our efforts to keep it as marvelous and wonderful as it is.

  • African
  • Jazz
  • Background vocals
  • Singer-songwriter
  • Piano
  • Bass guitar
  • Cello
  • Viola
  • Violin
  • Drum set
  • Piccolo
  • Saxophone
  • Trumpet
  • Cameroon
  • Germany
  • Senegal
Jamm Borom

‘Jamm Borom’ which means ‘plenty of peace’ in Wolof, one of Senegal’s native languages, unites five musicians from Cameroon, Senegal and Germany. In the song Nature is talking to us humans, asking why we treat her so badly, destroying everything she creates. The project mixes musical influences from these countries and builds a bridge between nature’s beauty and abundance and her overdue exclamation urging us to change our style of life.

  • African
  • Instrumental
  • Jazz
  • Ritual
  • Soundtrack
  • World
  • Chanting
  • Singer
  • Electric piano
  • Bass guitar
  • Kora
  • Djembe
  • Saxophone
  • Trumpet
  • Cameroon
  • Germany
  • Senegal
  • Algeria
Gaia Gaia

In combining Afrobeat, Brazilian Samba and Ghanaian singing in English and Portuguese, this tune explores cultural identities of places with similar environmental problems. ‘Gaia Gaia ‘is a realization of our situation as a society now, it is inspired by events in Brazil’s Amazon and Ghana’s Atewa as two of the rainforests where government policies are pushing the environment to harm and disaster. Culturally, this project explores the idea that the beauty of culture also depends on how far society would indulge and share in another’s culture.

  • African
  • Brazilian
  • World
  • Background vocals
  • Singer
  • Caxixi
  • Cuíca
  • Drum set
  • Kpanlogo
  • Percussion
  • Saxhorn
  • Trumpet
  • Brazil
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Switzerland

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