Not Profane

Marvin Eckert, professionally known as Not Profane, is a german music producer, songwriter and singer. He is known for working with the bosnian female artist Caylana and regularly posting music videos of covers and originals on his Not Profane Channel on YouTube. In 2011 he wrote the Top 40  single "Somebody Who Loves Me" for the dutch artist Jeronimo van Ballegoijen ("Jeronimo") and produced another song "Unheard" on his album. His studio and company are based in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Background
Marvin Eckert grew up in Karlsruhe, Germany and graduated Bachelor of Arts 2009 from Popakademie Mannheim University with a degree in Popmusicdesign - Producer.

He started playing tennis at an early age and always wanted to become a professional tennis player till he fell in love with music at the age of seventeen and started writing/producing own songs. Besides loving playing Tennis, he is a Christian, believing in Jesus/Christ. He often uses and refers to these quotes in statements/posts: If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It! or With God All Things Are Possible!

Sound
His music/productions are primarily mainstream pop/urban/dance and influenced by Max Martin and Dr. Luke. All of his productions start or include a specific whistle tone, which he only makes with his mouth sounding like a bird or police whistle.

Collaboration with - Caylana
In 2007 he got a DVD with TV Performances of a young girl from Bosnia-Herzegovina trough a tennis friend. After watching the DVD he immediately flew Caylana to Germany to meet and record some demo tapes. Caylana was soon signed to his label and management company No Parade. Since then, they are working constantly on own original material in the studio.

In 2011, after Caylana moved to Germany, they started posting videos on Youtube. The first video was a cover of Nicole Scherzinger's Don't Hold Your Breath which has 373 thousand views to date and even gained interest by the management of Nicole. They are best known for their cover of Flo Rida & Sia's "Wild Ones" which has had more than 550.000 views as of July 29, 2012 Together they can count over 4 million views with their Youtube videos.

On 1 June 2012, Not Profane and Caylana released their first original single, Heart Of A Lion written and produced by Not Profane on his record label No Parade. The video was directed, shot and cut almost entirely by himself. The song is lyrically related to sport and goals in life and was released one week before the UEFA Euro 2012 opening ceremony. The video appeared on several TV stations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and was also performed live on german TV. Caylana's debut album is set to be released in 2013.

Management company and label - No Parade
In 2012 he founded No Parade, a youth oriented production company that grows and developes talent and musical content. The first clients to manage are Caylana and Not Profane himself. No Parade is releasing songs and originals digitally on over 300 online music stores worldwide like iTunes, Musicload, Amazon & Co.

Projects - songwriter/producer''
Not Profane had writing sessions with Charlie Mason (Ashley Tisdale, Miley Cyrus), Michelle Leonard (No Angels, Sarah Connor) and also did productions/remixes for Slim of 112, Ahmir (#1 R&B Group in Boston on Youtube).

Co-writes
– CHRIS MEYER (Jörgen Elofsson | Co-Write) – JAN VD TOORN (Nsync, Snoop Dogg | Co-Write) – ANDERS FERNETTE ( Top 10 Sweden | Co-Write) – NANNA MARTORELL (Monrose, Sistanova | Co-Write) – ALAN GLASS (Liberty-X, Earth Wind & Fire, Lighthouse Family | Co-Write) – MARYANNE MORGAN (Mis-Teeq | Co-Write) – NEIL ATHALE (Delta Goodrem, Sibel | Co-Write) – JORGE MHONDERA (Jimi Blue, Room2012 | Co-Write) – BOOMIN SYSTEM (Lexington Bridge, Part Six | Co-Write) – CHRIS BUSECK (Fräulein Wunder, Tommy Reeve | Co-Write) – EVA RATHSFELD (Cherona | Co-Write)

Credits / productions and releases
- BATTLEJUICE (Young Buck/G-Unit | Official Remix Production) ft. ATIBA (Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins Records) - JESUS ON EXTASY (#1 German Media Control Alternate Charts) - LISHA (Support 4 Beyonce & Busta Rhymes | #1 @ BlackDJCharts) - ft. MANUELLSEN (Album Production) - ft. SCOLA (Dru Hill | Official Remix Production) - ft. KAYE STYLES (Album Production) - ft. AHMIR (Official Single Remix Production) - NO ANGELS (Pre-Demo-Production “Life is a miracle”) - SLIM (of 112 | Official Remix Production ) - CAYLANA (Album Production) - J.NICOLE ft. YOUNG roDDie (Official Remix Production) - TUANA MEY (”Life is living me” 3 Mio Views on Youtube) - WARUMONTAG (Album Songwriting) - YOUNG roDDie – GET IT ON (Album Track Production)