Kieler Woche anniversary

This year I played with True Collins at Kieler Woche (Kiel Week) for the 5th time in a row. Every year we have played the same stage there: Max Bühne next to the central station. It’s a very nice feeling when you arrive at the venue after a more than 7 hours journey and theContinue reading “Kieler Woche anniversary”

One word about endorsements

As you probably know I am attending at Musikmesse Frankfurt every year. I am there with Markbass, a Italian company I have an artist deal with. Many of the musicians I meet there are telling me that the reason for them to go to Musikmesse is to get endorsement deals. Thats ok and it’s oneContinue reading “One word about endorsements”

Review Musikmesse 2013

Yes guys, I survived 4 days at the Musikmesse 2013! 🙂 It was pretty noisy from the first day on, increased and reached it’s peak on Saturday. We had something like 100 dB around the Markbass booth – constantly! You can imagine that talking was challenging. I was really happy that we had a greatContinue reading “Review Musikmesse 2013”

True Collins – winter break is over!

Every year True Collins takes a view weeks off for a winter break after the annual Show in Soltau at the end of a year. So after a six weeks break we played the first show on February 9th at the Theater in Elmshorn. At this show Donovan Aston, who left the band last summer,Continue reading “True Collins – winter break is over!”

On tour with The John Idan Group

Recently I was asked to be the bassist for the current Germany tour of The John Idan Group. John Idan has been the lead vocalist and bassist of The Yardbirds with whom he played a huge number of shows in different parts of the world. John decided to tour as a trio, with himself onContinue reading “On tour with The John Idan Group”

At Wolf Codera’s Session Possible

Last Tuesday I was invited to play at Wolf Codera’s Session Possible in Colone for the first time. I very much enjoyed to play with such a lot of great musicians and funny guys who I haven’t played with before and who I haven’t even known personally before. Thanks for an amazing night and aContinue reading “At Wolf Codera’s Session Possible”

René Moreno Band

Since September I’m the new bass player of the René Moreno Band. The music is quite different from what I used to do most of the time and maybe you can describe it as something like “Reggae-Latin-Dirty-Highgloss-Funk-Pop” 🙂 It’s definitely a lot of fun to play and for me it’s a step in the afro-cubanContinue reading “René Moreno Band”

What makes a professional musician professional?

Over the years I’ve played with a lot professional musicians and sometimes I was suprised by their, in my eyes, unprofessionalism. On the other hand I played with hobby musicians who took it serious and had a very professional work attitude. So I thought about what makes a professional musician and particularly a professional bassist,Continue reading “What makes a professional musician professional?”