Johannes Gerstengarbe - Don't Give Up On Me Yet

The first single „Don’t Give Up On Me Yet“ was written by Johannes and Dan Burns together via video chat. Dan and Johannes met in 2004 through their mutual friend Chester Thompson (Genesis, Phil Collins, Frank Zappa,…). The initial thought was induced by an old white lady's phone call into Don Lemon’s TV show. She said something like „I know I’ve done wrong. But I still try to change. Don’t give up on me yet.“ The resulting song is two white dudes’ view on Black Lives Matter. It, of course, can be interpreted differently and transferred onto other topics.
Johannes played guitars and sang in Dresden, Dan played drums, keys and did BGVs in Nashville. Josh Reynolds mixed and mastered it also in Nashville, just a few blocks away from Dan’s.

Music Credits:

Written by Johannes Gerstengarbe and Dan Burns
Produced by Johannes Gerstengarbe, Dan Burns and Joshua Reynolds
Vocals, Bass and Guitars: Johannes Gerstengarbe
Drums, Keys and BGVs: Dan Burns
Mixed and Mastered by Josh Reynolds
Recording Assistant Ballroom Studios: Felicitas Fritzsche

Video Credits:

Actresses: Ingo R & Mathilda Wiegand

Concept, Camera: Stephan Wiegand
Concept, Editing, Color Grading: Carsten Ress (https://www.sonarixfilm.de)
Production, Editing: Johannes Gerstengarbe (https://www.ballroomstudios.de)

Check out Johannes on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artis....t/4v8Masb3WF7eJc9pzr

Der Song wurde im Rahmen des Denkzeit-Stipendiums der Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen geschrieben.