Born in 1971 in Wolfsburg, a little city in Germany, Robert was raised in a musical environment, his grandmother being a classical piano player. His father and brother both were musicians too, so he got interested in music and built himself a drumset made of cardboard. That’s when his father realized that Robert was serious about it. For his 12th birthday, Robert had the choice between a game console (back then it was an ATARI with PacMan!) and a little drumset…he chose the latter and here we are! Starting to play drums in 1983 he was also interested in other instruments, so he took classical piano lessons from 1984 until 1986 followed by playing keyboards. Not satisfied, he started playing guitars in 1984 and bass in 1988 as well as singing in 1990.
After buying a 4-track Robert began writing and recording his own music in 1987 and since 1991 he is making a living by being a studio and live musician, mostly working in the GATE-Studio in Germany with well-known producer Sascha Paeth as well as playing live a lot with different bands in different music styles.
His live experience is based on over 750 concerts. Since his first gig with his father in 1984 he has played in more than 70 bands, sometimes ten at the same time, trying out every kind of music from jazz to punk, from pop to metal, always open-minded for new inspiration to come. In 1990 he was on tour with HEAVENS GATE, in 1994 he backed the german King of Rock..n..Roll TED HEROLD, in 1995-96 he was playing drums on tour for the german punkrockband DIMPLE MINDS, in 1997 he toured Japan with HEAVENS GATE, playing the bass.
He took part in several national contests with different bands, always happy playing lots of music and keeping in touch with many different musicians. In 1991 and 2000 he participated as a musician/actor in musicals. He also writes music for national theatre companies and fashion shows, as well as teaching instrumental lessons in music conservatories.
Besides being often in studios throughout the years recording demos, he played on more than 60 official cd..s worldwide. One of his last projects have been writing orchestral arrangements for the dutch gothic metal band EPICA and writing, playing and producing a metal opera, called “AINA”.
Robert has worked with artists such as T.M. Stevens, Glenn Hughes, Sass Jordan, Candice Night, Derek Sherinian, Jens Johansson, Andre Matos, Tobias Sammet, Michael Kiske, Luca Turilli, Jonas Schoen and he has recorded with bands like RHAPSODY, EPICA, KAMELOT, DREAMQUEST, VIRGO, HYPERCHILD, GIGANTOR and a lot more.
Robert released his first self-produced cd “Alter Ego” in November 2006 with guests like Sascha Paeth und Thomas Rettke, Jonas Schoen and Thomas Zander, Amanda Somerville, Dirk Schlag, and his musical family.
In the last two or three years he composed and arranged music for shows in his hometown Wolfsburg, among other things a project with poems by famous writer Rilke. From 2007 to 2009 he backed up the musicals “WOB-City” and "Wob Nonstop", written by J.C. Scheibe, as a multi-instrumentalist and actor, finally getting the chance to show his ability to handle different instruments (partly two at the same time).
In summer 2008 Robert joined AVANTASIA for a world tour and some festivals in Europe. Besides, he is planning to do lots of more music in different styles...
Moinsen!
Ich hab die Ehre die nächste 1st Class Session, das kommende Wochenende, mit dem D-Flame singen zu dürfen. Jeah! Vielleicht hast du ja Lust hin zu kommen? Würde mich sehr freuen :-) Vorverkauf 9 Euro, Abendkasse: 12 Euro
Am 25.09. in der Wunderbar in Lüneburg
26.09. in der FBZ Grille in Gifhorn und
27.09. in der Jabelmannhalle Uelzen
Beste Grüße die Kokee
Hey Robert, tut mir sehr leid das ich Dein Geburtstag verpasst habe. Bin umgezogen und hatte viel um die Ohren... Würde mich freuen wenn wir uns mal Wiedersehen. Besuch mich doch mal wenn du wieder in BS bist.
Wunderbar - der lang geschwungene Bogen im "Fonkey"-Thema; wie eine lange Kamerafahrt von diesem anderen Robert, dem Altman. Beste Grüße sowieso Andreas Bürgel
Clairvoyants' debut album - Word to the wise - out in store since january 2009. Special guest: Andre Matos (ex-Angra) & Oliver Palotai (Kamelot)! Listen "Journey through the stars" on our myspace! DE distribution: www.point-music.com
Moin Robert, ja das stimmt,dass wir nach Ehmen ziehen wollen...dann sehen wir uns mit Sicherheit öfter:-) Mir gehts gut,viel am arbeiten... Hoffe,bei Dir ist auch alles ok...liebe Grüße,Dirk
