User:Yang

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Yang Yu (chn.: 于阳)

Short Biography

Born on 16th July1975 in Beijing.
Professions:
- data computing & digitalizing of documents and text archives
- promoter on culture exchange and live music projects
- freelancing writer and music critic of Rock & Heavy Metal genre
Other semi-professional deeds: web design & programming, graphic design & Layout, translation in Chinese, German u. English
Webslave at www.rockinchina.com
Webmaster at www.painkillermag.com
Webmaster at nordic.rockinchina.com (www.allnordic.com or www.allnordic.cn)
A member of www.rockcon.org
A member on board for foreign affairs at Midi School and Midi Festival
contact: yang@rockinchina.com, yang@midifestival.com
blogs: on bjstuff.com, on Douban.com, on deviantart.com and on Xiami.com
ex-Manager of the beijing thrashers Raging Mob

1975 – 1986	Childhood in Beijing
1986 - 1989	Wend to Germany with the whole Family. Wend to school and did what kids do.
1990 – 1993	Started listening to rock music, especially heavy metal. Also started doing a magazine of the local school.
1993 – 1996	Started doing my own heavy metal magazine, called Evil Message Mag. Organized different metal gigs in our small town incl. famous metal bands like Blind Guardian, Crematory, Iced Earth, Nevermore etc. and nation-wide underground band competitions. Helped at AFM Records in the beginning days.
1996 - 1999	Returned to Beijing and found my own company in data computing and digitalizing documents. Meanwhile helping German labels in design, layout & web and trying to find a China distribution for releases of these labels.
1999 – 2003	Found the first chn. metal magazine in China with friends as a hobby. Also organizing bigger and smaller metal gigs with mostly chin. bands
2003 – Now	Painkiller Mag became professional and one of the leading music press for chn. youth. Rockinchina.com is also going more active in participating on promotional fields for Midi Festivals, German Esplanade and other international events just as functioning as production team or booking agent for Midi Festivals and others in China.
2003 – Now	Rockinchina.com - A simple info page concept has grown into the biggest info-page about Chinese rock in English language.
2006 - 2008	Manager of the Beijinger thrash metal band Raging Mob

2007 - Now	Rockinchina.com has become the official English website for Midi Festivals
2009 – Now	stepped back a bit as editor of Painkiller Magazine. Started distanced study in culture and media management at KMM Hamburg. jazz.rockinchina.com, RockCON Culture Exchange and nordic.rockinchina.com
2009 - Now	member of the jury at the annual Midi Music Awards
2009 - Now	member on board of foreign affairs department at Midi Festivals.
2010 - Now	webmaster of allnordic.com, a new webplattform focusing on all north european cultural events in China
May 2011	manager for mainstage, backstage and hosbitality of Kama Love Music Festival 2011

Helping others on many fields:

Webs: squealer.de, iffc1994.com, online stuff for both Chinese and European Friends
helping chn. bands like Suffocated, Hades, Raging Mob etc. get their music produced in Germany
helping oversea peaple to get more contact in China for their ideas (to do a tour, to join a band, to find a venue, doing documentary, film, book, marketing research, print shirts or flyers etc.)
license deals for European bands like Obscenity or Hatesphere to be released in China
translation for (Abigail Washburn) at press meetings and interviews on radio stations and online TV shows in Beijing
translation for (Marie Batchelder) for interviews and rehearsals with Chinese chamber musicians and rock band in Beijing.
on behalf of the record label KKP (kkp.com.cn) to do a marketing presentation for AIM and buissness people of the british music industry.
speaker and member of the 1st deligation of chn. music media to attend the 2007 PopKomm Forums in Berlin, doing presentations about chn. underground music and heavy metal.

BTW, this was the first design of our logo:

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