BIG CHANGES – BIG NEWS – NEW ARTIST NAME – SAME ME!
Who is Julie Malia, really? The lady in the photo is, of course, the guitarist and singer-songwriter.
Jule Malischke!? Confusion… 😉
It’s quite simple: Ask an American or a French person to say “Jule Malischke.” The responses range from “Hule,” “Mälitzschkäi,” “Mälis” to “Mohlisskieh.” During a long, inspiring tour through clubs in Canada and across festivals down the West Coast of the United States, there was literally not a single promoter or technician who could pronounce my first and last name correctly on the first try. Even though their efforts were very commendable and, in a way, sweet! At one festival, two fans from the audience even came up the next day and asked if I could write my name in block letters on their notepads.
That’s why it’s time to face my fans (even outside of Germany) not with a dozen mispronunciations of my “real” name, but with a new “artist name.”
And due to my increased international concert activity, I will now be known as Julie Malia. I am and will always be Jule as a person, and you already know my music, regardless of name tags. ✌️
JM SIGNATURE GITARRE
Finally, it’s here!
I am excited to announce that my Nylon Crossover Signature Guitar by Duke Guitars is now available!
I spent nearly two years developing this guitar together with Duke Guitars. And I’m super happy with the result!
This modern Nylon Crossover guitar is packed with creative ideas. Whether you come from the classical, steel-string, or electric guitar world, this guitar focuses on versatility.
It is made to cross musical boundaries. So feel free to let it inspire you and help you find your own unique style.
MUSIC
Album “Seagull” (2024)
Single “Free Your Mind”
Single “Soulfriend”
Single “He Waited”
feat . Don Ross
ABOUT ME
Hi, I’m Jule Malischke: guitarist, singer, songwriter, lecturer at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music Dresden, as well as the organizer and artistic director of the Giengen Guitar Festival.
With my music and in my concerts, I aim to create moments that bring about true encounters and moving experiences and memories. When I sing and play the guitar, I hope to offer my listeners moments of pause, of consciously stepping out of the hustle and bustle of daily life. How often do the days pass by like an assembly line, and we do everything to meet all demands, yet still don’t truly get to what is important to us? And how often do we long for the opportunity to have quality time for ourselves or to spend it with important people?
That’s why it’s important for me to make music that opens new channels to the soul and puts us into special connections with one another, from which meaningful life stories arise. The greatest gift after a concert is when someone touches their heart and says, “That moved me!”
As a teacher, my mother was able to accompany many children’s songs, and I was fascinated and magnetized by the sound of the guitar. I always wanted to “strum” the strings while she changed the chords. I was also captivated by the moments when my mother managed to captivate an entire group of children at the kindergarten with songs, a voice, and a guitar, or when the carolers would go from house to house singing. Music was a daily ritual in our home. It was an oasis in the middle of everyday life—without any pressure to be someone or something. Today, I appreciate that even more.
In addition to school and playing the guitar, my focus in daily life was also heavily on competitive tennis. After long days, I often came home from practice, did my homework, and then sat down with the instrument, which always had a calming effect on me – even to this day. When someone asks me what I wish for, what other successes, etc., I reply that I never want to lose this fire, this drive.
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Tennis as a competitive sport was important to me and also my great hobby, but it was also associated with stress and struggle. I was often filled with ambivalent feelings. Not so with the guitar. Eventually, an injury forced me to put professional tennis on hold. A painful moment. I realized that I could imagine a life without tennis, but not one without music and the guitar. After that, I focused even more on playing the guitar and even played concerts with my first band, despite having a cast on my foot.
Whether at my first guitar course at my former music school in Steinheim, at a workshop in Tuscany, or at concerts, I kept meeting people who had a profound impact on me and to whom I felt a special connection. True friends, mentors, who led me in new musical directions, believed in me, understood my world, strengthened me, and were an important anchor.
And finally, I discovered my own voice. I still remember exactly when my friend Willi Geyer suddenly asked me during a band rehearsal for our duo “Pep Talk” if I wanted to sing “backing vocals” on one of his songs that we were playing together. Surprised by the question, I didn’t know how to react at first. And so it happened that, like a little mouse, I quietly added a second voice under his in the chorus.
After that, I simply began writing my own songs, expressing my emotions in songs like “Be Yourself” and “Goodbye my love.”
With great gratitude, I look back on the people and my mentors who, even during times of self-doubt and uncertainty, encouraged me to continue pursuing my passion. I have always had respect for making a living from music. For a long time, I had to allow myself to be the person I truly am.
That’s why, after all these years, it still feels very special to have made my mission my profession, and it fills me with immense gratitude. How valuable it is that I can now be a companion on the journey for my students. And how valuable it is when I can give you something with what I do!
Thank you to everyone who walks this path with me!
Yours, Jule