Schack Groove Session

As you probably know I am a huge fan and enthusiastic player of Schack basses. Schack Groove Session is a series of short videos that feature various bass players and their Schack basses to give you in impression on how these premium handmade instruments from Germany sound in different styles of music played with differentContinue reading “Schack Groove Session”

9 out of 11

This is how I love it: in the end of June I played 9 shows within 11 days from Calw in southern Germany to Kiel in the very northern part of Germany. This meant about 2.500 km and long hours on the road but although it meant a lot of fun and great moments onContinue reading “9 out of 11”

Another appearance on German television

On Sunday May 17th I once again had the great pleasure to be a part of the backing band for Tom Gaebel and for Thomas Anders as well. Together with a bunch of very nice colleagues I had a lot of fun at these 2 appearances on the Sunday morning live open air TV-show calledContinue reading “Another appearance on German television”

Debut single Mariam Michael

Mariam Michael’s debut single “Hot’n Tasty” (2 songs + remix) with me on bass will be released on May 8th. On iTunes you can already prelisten and preorder it 😉 If you like the music, please like her Facebook page as well! iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/hot-n-tasty-single/id982216070 Mariam Michael Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MariamMichaelMusic

Appearance on German television

On August 10th I had the great pleasure to be a part of the backing band for Tom Gaebel, a German singer who is famous for his powerful and punchy Big Band Tunes. Together we did 2 songs on a Sunday morning live open air TV-show called Fernsehgarten which has been running on ZDF (meaningContinue reading “Appearance on German television”

Awesome: True Collins at Nahetal-Arena

Last Saturday I played a awesome concert with True Collins near my hometown. The venue is called Nahetal-Arena. It’s an amphitheater with a capacity of 1200 people and it is technically very well equipped . We played there for the first time and it was almost sold out. The atmosphere was awesome and the audienceContinue reading “Awesome: True Collins at Nahetal-Arena”

Schack Guitars – Video

I guess it’s no secret that I love my Schack Guitars basses and the guys who build them. Since 1992, when I got my first Schack Guitars bass, I’ve checked out many basses made by other great luthiers and companies, but none of them made me want to switch over. I’m sure that our 22Continue reading “Schack Guitars – Video”

Happy New Year!

Looking back at the year 2013 I am happy to say that to me it was a great one! I enjoyed playing a lot great gigs and it was big fun to work on some cool projects. Therefore I want to thank all the great, nice people I met, I had the pleasure to workContinue reading “Happy New Year!”

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”

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!”