My beginning
I started playing bass at the age of 18. Before "bassing" I was educated a few years in classical guitar (started at the age of 10). A few years later I got my first Les Paul - that was cool. I immediatley founded my first band. Later on I was in the typical "how to become a bassplayer situation": two guitar player and no bass player in a new band. So one had to play bass. That was the day I fell in love with the bass. Starting to play bass was one of the best decisions I have ever taken in my whole life.
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My own project
A while ago I began composing. Some tracks are pretty well developed, but still have to be finalized. You know - good things usually need time... I get great support from very talented and awesome musicians from Austria and UK. Special thanx to the funky Dave for his ideas and the groovy keys. Soundsamples of rough cuts of various tracks of my tunes can be found in the song-section on the top of this page (Track - "My Song Samples") . ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------
My bands
maya - the austrian full-entertainment band. Entertainment at it's best. We really have fun bringing powerful songs of the last 4 centuries to the people.
visit mayas website
Dream Out Loud - U2 coverband. Beside having fun to perform U2 songs (these guys really compose great songs) Dream Out Loud has a charitable ambition. We save parts of our artist-fee to support indigent people (partly through Bonos charity-organisations).
visit D.O.L. on myspace
French Kiss - a cool soul/funk/r'n'b project coming along where I am responsible for the low frequencies. Listen to the samples in the box above.
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My past involvements
I worked with various Austrian bands. Even if some of them have been really good they did not become famous. Don't know why ;-) To mention some of them - gelsinger , "Ignore This Sign", "New Faces", "Backstage", "Big Crazy Family", "Conroy", "Monkfish", "Hot Gossip" and some others.
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Would you like to have me in your project or at least my bass on your tunes? As I continuously want to extend my musical horizon I'm open for any serious collaboration. I like to meet and work together with nice musicians. Serious musicians - Contact me !
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My gear
- Basses Fender J-Bass ´78 Fender J-Bass USA Deluxe V Yamaha TRB 5-IIP
Preamps / Amps / Cabinets Eden Metro, Combo 2x10" Eden Navigator WP100 Eden 410XLT Crest Audio FA 901 (Power Amplifier)
Effects EBS OctaBass Bassdrive by Fulltone ME-50B, Bass Multieffectboard from Boss
At the moment I do not have any endorsement(s). Of course (an) endorsement(s) is/are very welcome. Feel free to contact me !
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Special thanx to my friend Werner ( Satori Fotografie ) for shooting some of the pictures shown on this page.
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