Session Drummer

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: playing drums, listening and feeling music

Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A: Let's communicate!

Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?

A: I do what i can, to make your music as good as possible.

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?

A: In 2019 I was hired for 3 live shows, playing the whole Dream Theater Album "Scenes from a memory" arranged for choir and band. Great Moments !!

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: writing brass arrangements of some traditional songs, transcribing some music for students of a friend, preparing drums for the upcoming concerts, practicing..

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

A: Andreas Schmid, a great professional bass player in my town.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both ... important is that you know your gear, what it can do and what for you can use it.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Great music reflects a great life. It can help us to live better.

Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A: Most customers know me for a long time, and they know what they get :)

Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?

A: fooling around.. being unprofessional..

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: How is your vision about your song? Is there some reference music, that i can listen to?

Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?

A: Guitar, Drumset, Water, Ananas, Cashews ;)

Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

A: Over 30 Years... Starting as a drummer... visiting many concerts, listening to many records, trying to understand what makes music so interesting to me and others

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: flexible

Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

A: Andy Timmons ... great musician, friendly person

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Have a clear vision of your result

Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

A: all genres

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: The right feel

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Learning about the songs - feel, form, sound, idea. Being well prepared for making it as great as possible.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: Cubase Elements, The combination Presonus Preamps with Focusrite Converters for drums, Sommer High Quality Cables, Shure, Sennheiser, Akg drum mics, different overhead mics (small / medium / large diaphragm condencer)

Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

A: All the musicians, that sound great.. Dave Weckl, Simon Phillips, Andy Timmons, and many more in many genres Great records that are handmade.. at the moment it is "Shania Twain - Come on over" .. (i use this as a reference in mixing or setting up PA / Studio System)

Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

A: teaching drums, playing drums live and in the studio, arranging songs, live mixing, recording