#MyEpicMusicStory Contest

Tell us your Epic Music Story for a chance to win a 200€ Thomann voucher!

Contribute your story and win a 200-Euro Thomann voucher!
With our “Epic Stories” we have told you amazing, crazy and entertaining stories from the world of music. But we believe that there are many more stories worth telling about the power of music. And yours is one of them!

Get involved!
We want to hear your story! Share your personal “Epic Story” (or that of your band) with the community in this competition. Tell us about your personal experience, how the power of the music manifested itself in your life!


Which “musical” event was influential? Has music ever saved you, initiated a change in your life or moved you deeply?


Make sure that…

You write your story here on the t.blog in the comment or under the Facebook post. From all entries a jury will select the most beautiful ones and award them with a 200-Euro voucher from Thomann. We are also planning to publish a selection of stories on our social media channels.

Make sure to use the following hashtags#ThePowerOfMusic #MyEpicMusicStory

The competition runs until 22.10.2018 (midnight). We will contact the winners directly by message on the respective channel and announce them here and on our social media channels. You can find the full terms and conditions below.

We wish you good luck ? and look forward to reading your Epic Stories. ✍


Here are some true-story examples from our staff members at Thomann…

To get you even more motivated, here are a few stories for you to read…

Epic Stories (click here)


Conditions of Participation

Note: Participation in an online raffle and the chance to win is detached and independent of an order at Thomann GmbH! This raffle is not affiliated with Instagram or Facebook and is not sponsored or organised by them in any way.

Participation in online raffles on the Thomann blog, on the Facebook and Instagram pages as well as other media of Thomann and their implementation are governed by the following provisions:

§ 1 Contest

The organiser is:

Thomann GmbH
Hans-Thomann-Str. 1
96138 Burgebrach
VAT Nr.: DE257375233
Tax Number (DE): 207/132/90050
Registry Court: Amtsgericht Bamberg
Registry Number: HRB 5862
Location of registration: Burgebrach
Representing chief executive: Hans Thomann

§ 2 Participation

(1) Only persons of full age are entitled to participate. Anyone who wishes to enter the competition will only take part in the competition within the respective competition period and will therefore only be entitled to the prize if the entry has been submitted within this period.

(2) In order to take part in this competition, a story with the above content must be told – with which medium as an aid – video, photo or text – the participant is free to choose. The article will be published on one of the own social channels and provided with the hashtags mentioned above. By posting the competition entry, the participant agrees to these conditions of participation. Only one competition entry may be submitted per participant. The participant is responsible for being contacted by Thomann, for example by activating the message function of his profile / account.

Among all correctly posted entries a Thomann-Jury will award the most outstanding ones. Which stories the jury awards as “most outstanding” is up to the jury. It decides subjectively as well as in terms of content, presentation and so on.

The prize is a Thomann voucher or Thomann credit in the amount of 2oo euros. It is planned that only one contribution per band can win, even if different band members tell the same story. The jury will decide how many stories will be awarded and how many will win a voucher based on the entries.

(3) The stories will be awarded monthly and the winner of the 200 Euro Thomann voucher will be announced in the social media at the beginning of the following month. The duration of the competition and thus the number of prizes distributed is at Thomann’s discretion. The expected term ends on 22 October 2018 at 23:59:59.

§ 3 Contest exclusion

(1) Employees of Thomann GmbH, affiliated cooperating partner as well as their relatives (e.g. parents, siblings or spouses) are excluded from participation.

(2) In case of violation of these terms and conditions, especially by the usage of prohibited technologies or other manipulation, the organiser preserves the right to exclude persons from the contest. Under these or other violations prizes can be retroactively revoked and reclaimed.

§ 4 Execution and processing

(1) The winner of the voucher will be contacted by the organiser at the beginning of the following month via the medium with which he published his entry, Instagram, YouTube, t.blog or Facebook. You will be notified and can be published on the Musikhaus Thomann Facebook page (www.facebook.com/musikhausthomann) and on the t.blog (https://www.thomann.de/blog/de/), stating your first name, surname and place of residence. The winners expressly agree to this form of publication. The winners will confirm to the organiser that they accept the prize and provide the information necessary for the transfer of the prize.

The claim to the prize lapses if the award or transmission of the prize cannot take place. This applies in particular if a winner does not confirm acceptance of the prize in due time. In this case the organiser reserves the right to determine a new winner by draw.

(2) The prizes will be sent by the organiser or a third party commissioned by him to the postal address specified by the winner by forwarding, parcel service or post.

Delivery is free of charge. Any additional transport costs and customs duties shall be borne by the winner. In the event that delivery is made through a carrier, the carrier will contact the winner to arrange a delivery date.

(4) An exchange of the winnings, a cash payment, or a possible compensation is excluded.

(5) The claim to the prize or compensation cannot be assigned to third parties.

§ 5 Privacy

(1) The participant agrees, that the organiser will store all information required for the conduct of the contest for the duration of the contest. The organiser has partially authorised third parties (“cooperation partners”) to perform services necessary to execute and successfully conclude the contest. Provided information of the participants will be stored by those cooperation partners only for the duration of the contest. All provided data will be permanently erased after conducting and the finalisation of the contest.

By participating in this contest, the participant agrees that provided data will be processed by third parties and in particular that the organiser will provide said data to third parties.

The participants can revoke their agreement to the processing of their data at any time. Given that case, it might be necessary to exclude the participants from the contest. Furthermore, participants are entitled to all rights provided by the Bundesdatenschutzgesetz in terms of disclosure and correction in respect to their provided data.

All the aforementioned rights can be received and perused by sending a written message to the this postal address:

Thomann GmbH
z. Hd. des Datenschutzbeauftragten
Hans-Thomann-Str. 1
96138 Burgebrach

or alternatively they can be requested and received via email: [social@thomann.de]

(2) The organiser is obligated to protect the participants privacy and guarantees to process the data according to the Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, the Telemediengesetz as well as the Europäischen Datenschutzrichtlinie (95/46/EG) and the EU Datenschutzrichtlinie für elektronische Kommunikation 02/58/EG.

In this regard we also refer to our general privacy regulations which can be found at: http://www.thomann.de/de/tho_privacypolicy.html

§ 6 Liability

(1)  Thomann GmbH will be freed of any and all obligations after delivery of the prize.

(2)  Thomann GmbH is not liable for bankruptcy of a cooperating partner or consequences following a bankruptcy or for these occurrences interfering with the conduct of the contest.

§ 7 Other

(1) Redress by way of the courts is precluded

(2) The law of the Federal Republic of Germany is the only law that is applicable with the exception of any regulations of international private law that must be followed.


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Comments 74

  1. Bram Johnson says:
    I was born in a house full of music; guitars playing, voices singing, records spinning, and even the birds were in on it. Outside the air was alive with voices, the river cheerfully bubbling, the trees swaying to it all. I remember seeing my father with a guitar in his hands, playing the handful of songs he always played. Always the same songs, yet somehow different every time. While he strummed his eyes looked elsewhere, out to the secret place where music carries people, as he rocked back and forth, trance-like. I watched and listened in wonder, the sheer magic of music pouring out of someone, it seeped into the four corners of my being, calling me to join.  And so I began: practicing frantically in secret, strumming too hard, breaking strings, grinding picks down to rounded nubs. Guitars were scarred by my imprecise attacks, badly tuned strings moaned atonally, chords were muted, buzzy, and butchered, but I persisted.  One day, I was ready. I sat down next to my father, waited for the right moment, and dove into the song with him. My chord changes were sloppy and my rhythm was unpredictable, but I had made it, finally able to see what my father saw: that secret place of music. However imperfect they were, the sounds were being coaxed from the guitar by my own hands, and it changed everything. What it might have sounded like to an outside listener, I’ll never know, but from that day onward I was always chasing the music. Years passed, I grew older, I learned more and more, I moved, I played in bands, moved again, I played in clubs, I played alone in tiny apartments, and before I knew it twenty years had come and gone. I followed the music from a small town in New England, through the cities of the USA, to London, and further still. When my father grew ill, far too young, and couldn't play anymore, he took his last two picks out of his wallet and gave them to me. When he couldn't speak any more, I sat by his bed and played him songs that he had shown me. And today, I am still chasing the music, and I will continue. Always seeking that elusive place that is only visible when we're lost in sounds, where the past and the future are inseparably blurred together, and nothing is ever completely lost or held on to. #thepowerofmusheic #myepicmusicstory
    1. Joe says:
      > Bram, Wow, thank you for sharing your touching story, it was also very eloquently written, you are talented with words. I love the way you describe how music takes us to "where the past and the future are inseparably blurred together, and nothing is ever completely lost or held on to". Beautiful and very true. I'm sorry to hear about your father, I'm sure you are with him every time you play music, you are transported to the best of times. Thanks for participating in the contest and I'm wishing you the best of luck. //Joe
  2. Rexhino says:
    #ThePowerOfMusic #MyEpicMusicStory It is genetic, but I won't give up. I have been making music since i was about 13 years old. I remeber I created melodies in my mama's phone, an old phone that had an menu that lets you create ringtones for your phone. I had a happy childhood but my life started to run on a bad way! Trust me, everything is psychological! Things started to get worse on my mind. I had a lot of stress I did not know why. But there is also more bad than this. I started to take not care of music no more, the music that i loved so much and i created every day, 3 beats per studio session or more maybe. I was talented. Also i started to take drugs, like maruiana beacuse the stress and depression was running me but this was totally wrong. Mariuana contributed for bad even that for the moment made me feel good. One day, my mama sent me to a psicolog. But for my bad luck she didnt gaved me an answer and directed me to an psychiatrist. The psychiatrist didnt told me anything but i was diagnosed with "scizpphrenia". And this knew only my family, me not! They was telling me that I was anemic. I used to take 7 different medicines everyday. But they were usual vitamines. Everyday I used to fight with depression, body fatigue, voices on my head, hallucination, disability to act and all that and I was not reactiong to this. I was very sick. The only thing that made me feel good and relaxed was Music. For my good luck, at that time i reunited with an old friend, a rapper and we decidet to start working for an EP. He wanted something special for his EP, different music from what i was making until then. I started to make music again even that I was fighting the things that i said, the depression, body fatigue, voces on my head, hallucination ,disability to act etc. The only thing that I had was my musical ear. I started to make music everyday and that was making me feel very good. Beacuse I was searching for that, things that made me feel good and I was not finding that in anything except music. Day by day things started to get better and better and my psychological condition was getting better significantly. Music made me feel good! I started to get better because there was a beautiful and confortable place when I was making music. From my disability to act I started to pronounce with music only. The medicines I was taking, as i said was just usual vitamines. I was getting better from music that I was making, my conection with music. Music was like my best friend that was understanding me totally. Also Music made me quit drugs! Everything started to take a good way. Things was getting better. I was feeling better. I earned self confidence and my mind started to be clearer. Today after 3 years of diagnostication I take only a hald of a medicine and soon I will use nothing. Music! Is Music that changed my life. I dont use mariuana no more. I just sit on my home studio all day and i create music by the way i feel. I dont know what to say but music helped me on my badest situation of all my life until now. Now im happy and I smile. I dont know nothing elese but this 3 things. Scizophrenia is a terrible mental illnes, everything is is psychological and Music is just awesome!!!
    1. Joe says:
      > Rexhino! Thanks a lot for sharing your epic story with us, I believe you when you say that everything is psychological. The mind has a powerful effect on everything in our lives, I can relate to your stress problems that came out of nowhere. And marijuana is just a very temporary break from that stress but it makes things worse overall. I'm very happy to hear that music came at the right time to help you quit drugs and get your mind back in order. I'm wishing you all the luck with your recordings and with your new life led by music. Take care, //Joe
  3. Stevan Radoičić says:
    We had a gig at a demo bands festival which had an unusual start time and we had to be there at 10am. I just came out of a night shift and haven’t slept for more than 24 hours at the time. We were scheduled to hit the stage around 5 pm and we had nothing to do but to sit and wait. And yes, there was free beer for the bands. I didn’t miss that chance and I had quite a few. By the time we were scheduled to play I was completely wasted from lack od sleep and beer. It was a rainy day and the whole gig took place outside which made the whole stage very slippery. I was warned by the band members not to do anything stupid (because I can do stupid stuff sometimes) as I may get injured and/or brake something. At the end of our last song I did exactly that: I wanted to jump off of a monitor, slipped off and fell off of the stage and directly onto my Mexican Strat. I was okay, but the guitar was almost completely destroyed. We won second prize and the guitar was repaired thanks to that money...
  4. Domagoj says:
    One of my earliest memories is connected to my father's record collection and our first acoustic guitar. Even as a 3 year old kid I was fascinated with the logo from "Dark side of the moon", I can tell by heart every tracklist from Led Zeppelin albums, and could even remember all the scratches on our old guitar. The moment when I truly decided to become a guitar player was when I heard and saw Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Leave my litle girl alone" from the Austin city concert (1989). Stevie's combination of raw power and pure feeling was out of this world - nothing could ever compare with that. So as a 12 year old kid I decided to save money and buy myself electric guitar and amp. It took me 2 years to buy my first instrument and small Vox amp. Over the years my guitar became the part of me, the extension of my body. I could't even go on vacation withouth it. But somwhere on the way I got really dissapointed because I couldn't find anyone who felt same way I did. Everyone just wanted to "jam", find girls and drink, drink, drink. So 2 years ago I gave up my dream and sold most of my equipment. I was devastated, I don't want to say that my life lost the meaning, but the level of joy was really, really low. Although I have a beautiful girlfriend, great family and friends, there was a big hole in my heart. BUT, couple of months ago I applied for the job. The biggest record label in my country was looking for a music editor and they chose me! It helped a lot to be around musicians, instruments and music studios and I started to play again. It felt amazing, I was never that productive, I'm working on my first album and already have couple of great musicians to help me make it the best it could be. To sum this up - music was always one of the most important things in my life. When I gave up, it find the way to get back to into my life. Years and years of listening, playing, watching, all the sweat and pain was not in vain (oh, the rhyyyme!). I owe everything to music, it pays my bills, it fills my heart with joy (the kind of joy that only it can produce), and I'm better person because of it. I didn't have intention to write this much, guess this is my "thank you" letter to music. I'm happy I could share it with you! Peace! #ThePowerOfMusic #MyEpicMusicStory
    1. Joe says:
      > Hi Domagoj! Thanks a lot for sharing your story, I can relate to many things, especially to feeling like the only one in my circle being serious about music and then later working in music :) It's true that music doesn't give up on us, if we give up on it it will find us again in the end. Wishing you the best of luck in your musical career and creation. //Joe
  5. Thomas Ariesan says:
    Today music is one of the most important things in my life. It can bring tears to my eyes in mere seconds or it can lift my spirits in even the worst of days. I just can't imagine a life without it. It wasn't always like that though. Even as a small child I could feel intense emotions when I would listen to music, but I had no desire to become a musician. My parents however, though that I could benefit from being part of a children's choir. Looking back, while it was most certainly good for me, I really hated it at the time. This led to me having mixed feelings about music. On one hand I was addicted to the emotions that could be transmitted through music, on the other hand I couldn't help but think about how I hated my time in the choir, so after quitting the choir, I had no intention to continue singing. But slowly over the years I started feeling the urge to sing again. The only thing that held me back was the thought that it was too late. I was already well in my 20s and thought there was no point anymore. Until one day that urge to sing again became so strong, that I thought "What do I have to lose? Why not just do it?". So I started taking singing classes. Then I started practicing guitar. Now hardly a day goes by that I don't practice. I've even recently started studying the piano and now my dream is to become an excellent music writer. I want my emotions to reach people, the way I was impacted by many great artists. What music has done for me is give me a goal I can fully strive for; one that I can wholeheartedly look forward to every day when I practice. My story is far from over, but it is #ThePowerOfMusic that got me on this path and will surely make #MyEpicMusicStory truly epic!
    1. Joe says:
      > Hi Thomas, I can totally relate to your story, thanks for sharing it! It is never too late to start or learn anything, those doubts often arise but we simply need to brush them aside. It's really amazing how the power of music has changed the course of your life and I'm sure that it will continue improving your daily life as life goes on. All the best, //Joe
  6. Yannis Zikos says:
    Music is my best friend, and my number # 1 guitar is my buddy 28 years and counting. Ever since I bought my Japan Strato back in the Easter of 1990, she is always there for me at all the milestones of my life, both highs and lows. Being a rather problem child at my early teens (due to parents getting a divorce), music provided me a way to ease my pain, to express my feelings with a purity while avoiding the painfull words, also it kept me away from troubles -and at the suburd I was living back then, the traps were plenty. Gave me a motivation to study, and studying -the process- gave me the discpline and the concistency of effort. Two elements absolutely necessary in order to achieve anything in life. As soon as I realised that no matter what you want to achieve, those are the means to get it, I become more focused at whatever I did (being music, sports or computer programming - you name it). But that's the least of what music did/ does for me. You realise at some point that there is no end for studying or enjoying music. Music is Limitless, Knowledge is limitless and you accept the fact that you don't, nor you ll ever know it all, hear it all. You learn to enjoy the moment and to appreciate it, you learn to be thankfull that you have the means (for me a guitar and a pick) to let it all go and do some wonderfull sonical mind journeys... to get lost in the music. If you believe in God, music sometimes take the form of a crystal clean prayer Music is also a healer, you grow up and you split up, or lose people you loved and hearing or writing a song will make you cry, but then you ll feel a lot better and as time goes by ready to go on. Music is joy, the good times are always better with loud music. Harmony, Inner Peace, Clarity of thoughts, there are so many things that music gives back to us. #ThePowerOfMusic #MyEpicMusicStory
    1. Joe says:
      > Hi Yannis, thanks so much for sharing your epic story with us. It's amazing how much knowledge and wisdom music has given you. What great lessons learned about discipline and consistent effort! You're absolutely right. Thanks again and we wish you all the luck and joy in your music and life. //Joe
  7. James richards says:
    I stumbled across a band called frightened rabbit I was going through he'll in my life 99 percent of it was not my fault the other 1 I will say in a moment. But Scott Hutchinson lirycs helped me but not in till the end when he took his own life this year. I struggled with alcohol that's the 1% I'm coming through it but it's hard. Music has made me realise you don't need to be alone and you are not the only one help other love life love each other xx
    1. Joe says:
      > Hi James, Thanks for sharing your story of struggle and of trying to come through it. Yes, the death of Scott Hutchison was really sad news, but remember that his lyrics live on to help us all. You are never alone James, let the music tell you that. Wishing you joy and a successful recovery from your alcohol period and from your problems. Take care, //Joe
  8. Nenad says:
    Once upon a time i was born in Serbia. People here go to school as in the rest of the world, but when they graduate from collage, it is almost impossible to find a job in the profession. I'm a graduate teacher, and i'm trained to work in kindergarten. Ofcourse, i coild never get that job. If i could, oh... it would be wonderful... i could earn 350 Euros per month. I'm one of thoese guys who ia daily watching online music instrument stores and dreaming of next piece of gear for months and months of work must pass to be reached. I play with a cover band for 13 years in clubs and weddings, and 5 years ago i started my private guitar school. Music is my passion, and guitar is saving my life every month. Yes, i work for 350 euros for month, but this story is not about complaining. This story is about life full of joy and how music can make it beautiful. Even the most expensive musical equipment is worth far less than the pleasure it gives, if the music is your life.
    1. Joe says:
      > Wow Nenad, your story is truly epic. Making a living from music is not easy, often it doesn't pay much but you're right, the joy it brings makes life easier. We're glad you're making it happen this way. Wishing you all the best in your musical career. //Joe
  9. Dimitris K. says:
    #ThePowerOfMusic #MyEpicMusicStory Epic is the word to describe my very first visit to the Musikhaus Thomann, back in January 2014. It was not about going there to buy an instrument. It was about the experience of visiting the one place that I knew for sure that would open my creative mind wide. Just right after walking in, I felt this vibe of positivity and creation. I saw amazing instruments in every department and I was listening to music from everyone in there that tested a piece of gear. Simple spontaneous little pieces of creation that gave me that spark I needed to ignite my creativity fire. After a while, I found myself drooling over this giant wall of guitars and amps. And then I spotted my "target": an Ibanez RG 7 string guitar. I took it to the test booth and started messing with some Korn riffs. From that moment, my mind stuck in this guitar. And eventually, after a few months of cash saving, I finally bought the instrument. Through the time, this guitar has been proven to be the best outlet for my stress, in the most creative way possible. Moreover, I realised how much I loved to play live and write music with this guitar. So, fast forward in 2018, I am playing rythm guitar in a band and we are about to hit the road in 2019. These goals seemed so distant to me, but after that visit in Musikhaus Thomann, every step I made took me closer to this deep passion, that I never even knew it existed in the first place: Writing and Playing Music. After that visit, I embraced music in my life, and it gave me new perspective. So, Thank you, Thomann!!
    1. Joe says:
      > Hi Dimitris! Thanks so much for your epic story! We are so glad to be part of it, I'm glad you found music or it found you :) This makes us truly happy. Keep on rockin'! //Joe
  10. Boris says:
    Like the vast majority of kids in this antique era (2007), I discovered bands and developed a passion for electric guitar and rock music by entertaining my whole neighbourhood from blasting and playing Guitar Hero! I must have been 10 or something at the time, and the latest version had just came out. I think I really must have pissed my dad at the time by asking him approximatively 750.000 times if He could buy me this game... I was willing to pay him back for the next 30 years if it was necessary! As a kid I didn’t have any idea about the consequences and the value of things and sentences like "it’s too expensive" sounded just like torture to me. I just wanted to know what it was like to have an audience in front of you and controlling them with this sort of magic musical wand called a guitar! What I didn’t know was that my father wasn’t as rich as I thought He was. But "devoted" surely described him the best. He was a construction worker and tried to offer us a decent life. He also played guitar in a band and all I wanted to do was to make him proud! To become a true rockstar! He saved enough money to offer me this Game and also a ticket to stardom! My journey began. While other kids loved watching cartoons I binge watched Tenacious D, while they were playing Cops vs. Burglers in the streets I dressed up with a tie and mimiced Angus Young and Ace Frehley alone in my room thinking I was an alien and that nobody wanted to be friend with me friend apart from those gods on my screen. I had the time of my life learning all their moves and all with the gear every beginner begins with: A crappy Ibanez RG and a Marshall MG!!! I really didn’t care. Cause with this instrument in my hands, which is accurately called an axe, I could beat anybody! It was MY excalibur! The next thing I knew the year later, my mum offered me guitar lessons. And 10 years of sweating and learning later, here I am all grown up, finally having pubes, and playing in a real band! Touring small and big venues, writing my own songs, living the dream I had when I was a child and being taken seriously while doing so. Even if it means playing for free in front of 20 people, which include my mother in the audience... I still don’t care, because I know sooner or later I’ll be fighting the devil playing Cliffs of Dover like I did in my videogame! The truth is, Music really lifted me up. It is truly the most powerful art. It gives you strenght and energy like nothing else in this world. It’s everywhere, in the good when you wanna dance, in the bad when you wanna cry. Connecting you with your memories and people all over the world. It has offered me passion, hope, my girlfriend, my best friends, a target, a dream to catch and to reach, such love, creativity, work, devotion, money etc ... But most importantly a real goal, a meaning to my life. There is no such incredible feeling as being on stage and for an hour or two, feeling like you’re the king of the World and that nothing could stop you! #ThePowerOfMusic #MyEpicMusicStory
    1. Joe says:
      > Hi Boris, Thanks a lot for sharing your epic story with me and the community! You are right, music is the most powerful and uplifting art, and thanks to your hard-working father for getting you into it through Guitar Hero. I hope your music making and performing continues strongly and that your musical goals guide you through life. Best, //Joe

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