What should I do without my beloved peanuts, salted, in their shell (the nuts, not me), or a cold beer, preferably India Pale Ale (IPA)? Preferably neither of the two. Because a) beer and nuts go well together and b) I generally don't want to go without anything. Definitely not on guitars and music ... It's part of my life. With hard sounds, played with the really good buddies in the band, my heart opens up, my feet wiggle and a grin grows on my face. And because I like the grin, I like to play often and with pleasure. Is also for the beauty, the inner one. Making music powerfully, lively, real and with body and soul, in short «hard wretches», is endless joy and plants a grin ... OK, we already had the grin.
POWERFUL ...
... that's how I usually get down to business, be it at work, in training or behind the drum kit. But I am the peace-loving type, which is not so obvious at first sight. After all, I am the biggest and the loudest in the band. My taste in music doesn't suggest peace either, as I listen to classic heavy metal more to fall asleep to.
Family is everything to me ...
HORRORSCOPES...
... have always claimed that I am not really musical. Nevertheless, I have been making music all my life. There is no real talent, so it took five years until my sax finally started to groove. Things are no better with the bass guitar. After more than 35 years of practising, I am no master, no trace of virtuosity. Even listening to all the albums by Stanley Clarke and Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) didn't help. Bass solos are rare for me, they have to be rehearsed and usually crap out when it counts. So I prefer to leave it alone.
... but I still let it thunder ...
In addition to a good voice and some experience on stage (with singing, of course), it's important to us to find a cool band member who suits us personally. They have to have a happy nature, not always take ourselves too seriously and be able to let off steam from time to time. If the song lyrics weren't read out and rained down on the audience during a gig, it would be almost hyper-phenomenal.