Steckbrief

My way in short
born Mülheim a. d. Ruhr 1956
First school 1963-1966
Städtische Realschule für Jungen 1966-1972
(in the parallel class there was a certain Helge Schneider)
Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Duisburg 1972-1975 –Abitur
Robert-Schumann-Institut Düsseldorf –1976-1978 Tone-and Motionengineer 4 semester
Allianz-Assurance-Agent 1978-1980
Break 1980-1981
Earning money in different software companies 1981-2001
Deutsche Schauspieler- und Medienakademie Munich 2001 Synchronspeaker
Privat 2001-2003 Private corse for speaker

Hobbies
Sports, (squash, downhill ski and cross-country ski, diving), cooking, foreign languages (English, Italian, French)

My favourite musicians
Steve Hackett, Stevie Wonder, Al Jarreau, Gino Vannelli, Roger Hodgeson, Basia, Toto, Genesis 1972-1977, Gentle Giant, Yes, Beach Boys, Yes, Georg Gershwin, Igor Strawinsky, Peter Tschaikowsky, Sergej Prokofiev, Antonin Dvorak (and that list of classics continues and completes with the progress of my life) You may ask: And what about Paul McCartney? Well, for me he's beyond compare - I cannot just categorize him as 'favorite musician'

Favourite music I listen to through the years
YES-Songs, A trick of the tail (Genesis), Selling England by the pound, (Genesis), Foxtrott (Genesis), Yonder Tree (Gino Vannelli), Slow love (Gino Vannelli),Spectral mornings (Steve Hackett), Defector (Steve Hackett),Bay of Kings (Steve Hackett), Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sunflower (Beach Boys), Pet Sounds (Beach Boys), The power and the glory (Gentle Giant), Interview (Gentle Giant), Free Hand (Gentle Giant), Romeo & Juliet (Prokofiev), Lake 1+3 (Lake), Venus & Mars (Paul McCartney), Red Rose Speedway (Paul McCartney), Rite of Springs (Strawinsky), Firebird (Strawinsky), Piano Concert No 3 (Prokofiev), Guitar Trio II (Al di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco di Lucia) And of course there a much more albums changing from year to year, but I havn't got as much time as I would like to have for that because I've got my own music to be produced to get it off my head and make it hear to me and other people. And besides there's a family and friends.

Number of self composed musical pieces is 200

Instruments I play
Guitar, electric Bass, Piano, Harmonica (not too bad), basic Drums, Violin (a bit)

Favourite drinks
Water, tea, coffee, milk, coca cola

Favourite food and dishes
oh my, can´t tell them all, but I´m no vegetarian (just why? it´s got its sense if you don´t exaggerate)

Do I believe in Jesus? Yes!