Based in Munich, he started music at the age of 13 when his mother bought him his first acoustic guitar. During his school years, music was more of a hobby, with occasional performances in school bands. After school, life became more serious with work in the then-famous and still well-known Music Shop in Munich, where he worked for several years. Besides, he mixed and recorded music for his stepbrother Richard Bartz, artists like DJ Hell, Electric Indigo, and many others, composed music for video and game productions. He founded a live music band with the name "the congress" in 1987 with Eric Thöner, Jeff Backus, Sven Rolfes and later with Andy Purucker. They composed their own vision of 1980ties Songs and performed many times in munich locations. As well, he composed and recorded his own musical creations and albums over all these years up to the present day.
