I had strong influences from all kind of styles and lots of musicians and bands over the years.
> Mark Knopfler ... his style and songwriting started it all
> Joe Perry ... cool Lines with an incomparably groove
> John Norum ... his sound and playing was an unbelievable inspiration
> Rory Gallagher ... who got me to the blues
> Shannon Curfman ... this girl got the blues!
> Carl Verheyen ... who let me keep on practicing every single day... =:-)
> Chet Atkins ... whos acoustic-sound is timeless
> Guy Fletcher ... with his unbelievable musicality
> John Lord ... the master of classic-rock
> Chris Rea ... who can talk with the voice of his sixstring like no other
> Bon Jovi, Poison, Mötley Crüe and all of the 80s-rockers... for the soundtrack of my youth
> Bruce Springsteen ... for beeing authentic
> Whitesnake ... with lots of great songs and an unbelievable voice
> Phil Collins ... with his great sense for melodies
> Queen ... with their incomparably songs
> all the bands and musicians I had the honor to play with over the years
> Alea -singer of Saltatio Mortis- ... with whom I had great creative times
> Jens Krieg ... who is the living proof that music biz & friendship can compare...
> Linkin Park, Foo Fighters, My Chemical Romance ... and all of the other great up-to-date-bands that keep on writing great songs and keep the spirit of Rock n Roll alive..
My name is Mike, I am living an working as a guitarist in germany.
I was addicted to guitar since I can remember. So I was performing and recording with lots of bands and songwriters over the years, including nearly all kind of styles.
After touring a lot as a "hired musician" with several bands I did a longer "stop" in 2007 as I worked with the (in germany) well-known medieval rockband "Saltatio Mortis". I wrote -in cooperation with singer Alea- the music for the album "Aus der Asche" and proudly hit the german Media Control Album-Charts at no.29 as well as the german Alternative-Charts at no.7 for several weeks.
I was also playing the promotion tour with the band which was much fun. Here is one live-impression from the "Aus der Asche"-Tour:
After I had finished the "medieval" bandjob I was doing a lot of songwriting, e.g. for the great turkish newcomer Ufuk Gacipa who is a good friend of mine. We did a great record and played wonderful gigs. Here is one impression from the album called "Bu oyun benim":
Beside playing live I am doing a lot of studiowork - creating "sound" is a big passion of mine - as guitarist, songwriter, arranger, mostly at my own recording place, the Sound-n-Vibes-Studio near the city of Karlsruhe. I am doing songwriting and guitar-recordings for local artists and worldwide projects using the internet - they send me their tracks, I play on it and send them back. When not recording I am producing cool acts and help them to find their own sound.
My latest studio works were...
2007
2008
2009
Currently I am working on several projects as a songwriter and on my own new album which will be recorded soon - back to my guitar-roots! =:-) Stay tuned and subscribe to my blog for news about that!
joa, im großen und ganzen kann ich mich nicht beschweren... :) bin seit gut 4 monaten single (nach 8 jahren beziehung) und mach das beste draus und versuche, mein leben noch mehr zu genießen als vorher scho... :) bin und bleibe halt ein unverbesserlicher optimist... :) LG aus dem norden ;) *knuddel* nordi
hi mik :o) dachte mir, ich stolper hier mal rein und lass dir nen gaz lieben gruß da :o) hoffe, dir gehts gut und alles läuft prima!?! LG *knuddel* nordi :o)
Hallo wollt mal einen Gruß da lassen!Ich hab grad von Gacipa eine Nachricht erhalten und sehe da,ich hab dich auf Fotos erkannt.Wie geht es dir?Bist du dieses Jahr irgendwo hier im Norden?Ich wünsche dir eine schöne rest Woche!Liebe Grüsse Katja
