My friends at Virtual Guitarist have just released a new VI.
With summer around the corner this sensual nylon guitar might just be what you need: SILK!
Oh… And before I forget: I’ve written the demo song “Down By The Lake”.
Co-produced by Martin Seyer. Dreamy vocals by yours truly.
Uns Gehört die Welt, the song I’ve written for the charity Radio 7 Drachenkinder is out now. Whosmacs and I produced this baby using a piano riff by DJ Chris Montana. My vocals were recorded on a Neumann U87 at the Radio 7 studios.
All proceeds go to charity. So feel free to add Uns gehört die Welt to your playlist!
Today I started co-hosting the Radio 7 Morningshow. And on top, I’ve developed the sound concept of the Radio 7 Morning Show by producing our new jingle package.
Shout outs to my partners in crime: Benjamin Krause, Juan Carlos Enriquez, Noe, FAB, Gus & Justin at Igloo Music.
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You gotta love London. From Brick Lane to Soho– just the perfect balance between dirty and polite. I’m always happy to find an excuse to go and last week I had a good one:
My Berklee buddy Matt Lange performed an epic DJ set at London’s Ministry of Sound in Dolby Atmos, which kind of blew me away. Probably the reason why the photo I took turned out so blurry.
Every April audio professionals from all over the world pilgrimage to Frankfurt for Musikmesse. This year I supported my friend, Mastering Engineer Stefan Heger of Fisheye Music, at the MasteringWorks booth.
Strolling around, I especially loved the Mother-32 by Moog and was super impressed by the Roli Seaboards. In any size: Definitely worth checking out!
Music is wild. It has gotten me into all sorts of situations. Some of them were… let’s say: interesting. Like that one time in Compton. Yeah, that was actually a little scary. But no, this week was the good kind of wild!
Jay Stolar in the vocal booth
I told you I went to NAMM to meet friends. Well, one of these friends is the fabulous Fab Dupont. He works with Jay Stolar, a warm hearted, extremely gifted singer and songwriter from New York. Jay and I had an instant music connection and ended up writing a killer song together. My Berklee friend Sam PK joined us later in the week to produce and write another one with us at the BMG studios. It was as great as it was unexpected. Jay has laid down the vocals for two tracks already and I am looking forward to the moment we can share them with you. In the meantime, make sure you show him some Facebook love and follow him on Instagram.
Sam PK
No matter where I live on this planet, I always miss someone. Be it my family, a childhood friend, college roommates or my music colleagues. It’s because we’re all spread out across the world, doing what we love and staying in touch with FaceTime and Skype.
And in the meantime… I miss them.
That’s why I love NAMM: It gives us a good reason to pilgrimage to Anaheim. Yes, we’re here to check out gear, too, but mostly to get together and catch up.
Andrew Scheps, Mara Kim, Tony Maserati, Fab Dupont
My first day back in LA and I am loving every second of it. Very much in contrast to the German stereotype, I haven’t made plans up until this morning. I feel ‘going with the flow’ always holds fun little surprises. Like today’s, when the one and only Bryan Adams showed me this vegan Mexican restaurant on Melrose Ave, Gracias Madre. If you find yourself in Beverly Hills some time, get their green smoothie. Super delicious!
42 concerts in 42 hours–
That was quite the marathon!
As part of the charity campaign ‘Radio 7 Spendenmarathon’ my friend and guitarist Siggi Schwarz and I teamed up to do a street concert tour.
We performed my charity song ‘Uns gehört die Welt’ just about anywhere –on market squares, in cafes, bars and in shopping malls. And as unglamorous this sounds, it actually was a lot of fun!
Best feeling: all donations go straight to the ‘Radio 7 Drachenkinder’ charity, supporting terminally ill children and their families.
You can make donations throughout the year!
My friend Patrik owns a studio in Berlin that puts a high pass filter on my mood any time: Freudenhaus. You should go ahead and google-translate its name.
On that note– my bestie Franzi and I recorded a song together ♡ We harmonize indeed.
