born 04.12.1965I started playing drums with the age of 12. From 1989 until 1995 I studied music at the conservatory Enschede/NL.After playing,recording and teaching professionally for the last 20 years with international blues and soul artists like Sydney Youngblood,Ron Williams,Rolf Stahlhofen,Larry Garner, Big Jay McNeely, Albie Donelly..s Supercharge, R.J.Mischo, Sharrie Williams, Angela Brown, Blues Company,Theresa Burnette,Jim Kahr and many others more I..m now the drum department manager for Musik Produktiv, one of germany..s largest drum stores and I..m also the product manager for their own drum and percussion line "Magnum Drums".Beside this fulltime-job I..m still playing with my band
"Richie Arndt & The Bluenatics" (www.bluenatics.de) all over germany.I..m endorser for Sonor Drums, Meinl Cymbals, Evans Drumheads, ProMark-Sticks and Hardcase-Drumcases.CD-Discographie:with "Richie Arndt & The Bluenatics":
-All Kinds Of Blue (1997)
-Live at the Collosseum (1999)
-Voodoo (2003)
-Travellers (2005)
-Rorymania - A tribute to Rory Gallagher (2007)with the "Bluesnightband":
-Ron Williams and the Bluesnightband (2005)
-Bluesnight live in concert (2006)with "Dajana Loves Paisley":
-The Real Deal (1997)with "BigBones":
-Bigbones - So Low (2002)with "Jampot":
-Jampot (1991)with "Old Fashion":
-Old Fashion (1995)for Diesterweg Schulbuchverlag:
-Your Song 1 (1997)
-Your Song 2 (2003)
