"soundworker" means 30 years of know-how in digital media,
animation design, videography and music production. Combined
with many years of experience in music performance, music
management and social media marketing this allows us to produce
unique and perfectly tailored media for any individual or
company that has to do with music. We are based in Germany and
collaborate with people all over the globe!
Jakob Schmidt is a freelance musician, teacher, recording
engineer and music videographer.
As a classically trained guitarist, he recorded
several albums, toured three continents and was
featured both in radio and television. Already at a young
age, his musicianship was awarded many times and his perpetual
love for classical chamber music is evident in two of his
former projects: The Weimar Guitar Quartet
and the Kaiser Schmidt
Guitar Duo.
Jakob is an enthusiastic music teacher in his Bavarian
home town at the Friedberg School of Music, where he is hoping
to emulate the successes of his father and mentor Stefan
Schmidt, who is considered one of the most
eminent educators for young guitarists worldwide.
For more than a decade, Jakob has participated
in countless music productions. He has always had an
immense interest in photography, cinematography and sound
engineering, and his mother Sabine Oswald-Schmidt has
been working in the media design industry and was the
original founder of the soundworker company. Her lessons and
advice inspired him to start a business as an independent
music videographer in 2017, later taking over the soundworker
brand name.
Jakob's productions for many international artists have
reached millions of viewers on various channels and
platforms, and in turn has helped these musicians to grow
their presence both online and with concert and festival
organisers. Not only does he produce the media, but he also
educates young and upcoming musicians both directly and
through universities on how to position themselves in the
new and ever-changing music landscape.
Jakob is co-organising the Focus Gitarre Festival, and is a
certified member of VDT (German Recording Engineer Association)
and DTKV (German Association for Professional Musicians).