musical present
my music history
musical future
my story
Even as a small boy, I used the pot drawer in my mum's kitchen to build myself a drum kit and drum on the pots with wooden spoons. Later, I used my favourite aunt's children's suitcase set as a drum kit, but my dream of becoming a musician still failed to come true because of my mother's beliefs: "Where do you want to play?" and "You need a band!" she said. It wasn't until I was 24 that I bought myself a drum kit, built myself a recording studio out of chipboard in my parent's basement and started teaching myself to play the drums. Six months later, I started taking lessons at Munich's most renowned drum school, where I met the drummers from P!nk, the Scorpions and Simple Minds and joined my first band projects. The second project was successful, but destroyed itself after just one performance due to their own debriefing. From this I founded my first own band project, played several gigs in Munich and away and recorded two EPs in the studio. But it remained a hobby and it was only when, as part of my personal development, I broke away from the old beliefs that music was a dead-end art where you couldn't make a living from - then everything began to change.
I quit my job, broke up with the band, started traveling, letting go of everything that no longer served me to live my dreams, and consistently followed my inner voice, which paved the way for me back to music. Today, in August 2023, I'm sitting in the Burger King Hannover with my backpack that I'm currently living out of and my handpan to play street music here, create this website and disprove the old beliefs. This weekend, after only 4 weeks with the new instrument, I have my first paid festival gig, which I got without any effort. Suddenly, lots of musician friends are gathering around me, I travel around the country with them, meet them at festivals and create new formats such as sound healings, drumm circles or get requests as a percussionist or for music lessons. Energy flows where attention goes.
When will you start to realize your dreams and finally take good care of yourself instead of others?
It was only when I started to heal my trauma wounds instead of trying to solve my problems the same way they had arisen that everything in my life changed. And it changed sustainably and with much more ease. I got to know MYSELF and was able to stop fighting. If you would like to be inspired by me on your own path and enriched by my experience, then you have come to the right place.