HOMETOWN: Munich, Germany

PROFESSION: drummer, singer-songwriter, composer, producer

ADDITIONAL TALENTS: recording, editing, mixing, mastering

EDUCATION: B.M.(magna cum laude) Berklee College of Music in Songwriting and Music Business / Management; private drum set lessons with Stephan Wildfeuer; studied music pedagogy and musicology at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich for two semesters; completed two summer courses at Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA); private cello lessons with
Joachim Keller and Thomas Klein

MAIN INSTRUMENT: drums

ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENTS: acoustic guitar, vocal, violin, piano, upright bass, cello, percusion

STYLES OF MUSIC: folk-rock, blues, funk / fusion, classical, jazz

BAND MEMBER OF: Aristos, Henna, Concrete Canyon, Firetrap

TOURED WITH: Made in the Shade, The Distinguished Gentlemen, Erik Harper, Nickelsen / Kristofferssen Jazz Band, etc.

RECORDED WITH: Therese Ulvan, Power! Percussion, Aquiles Baez, Kizzy McHugh, Vladimir Shukin, Akiko Grace, Enrico Cerretti / Il Picaro Music Productions, Wolfgang Roggenkamp, Tino d'Agostino, Vasily Izumchensky / ProJoy Productions, Rachel Panay, Sylvia Gordon, Michelle Lewis, Marc & Chenelle Doutherd, Alfredo Grado, Rafols Morales, Henrik Lindqvist, and many others.

PROVIDED DRUM TUNING SERVICES & VINTAGE DRUM RENTALS FOR: Terri Lyne Carrington, Elan Trotman, Nona Hendryx, Sunrunner, etc.

STUDIED WITH: Pat Pattison, Stephan Wildfeuer, Jon Aldrich, Jackie Santos, Jon Hazilla, Ron Savage, etc.

FAVORITE MUSICIANS: Sting, Steely Dan, Al Stewart, Billy Joel

FAVORITE WRITERS: Percy Shelley, T.S. Eliot, Ted Hughes, Dean Koontz

FAVORITE DRUMMERS: Buddy Rich, Jeff Porcaro, Tony Williams, Steve Gadd, David Garibaldi, Dennis Chambers, Rick Latham