Musical resume
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Date of birth:
November 10, 1972 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Germany)
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Main instrument:
Electric and acoustic bass guitar (fretted & fretless), upright bass,
background vocals
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Side instruments: Vocals, electric and
acoustic guitar, keyboards
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Musical genres: Rock,
Pop, Top 40, Jazz, Fusion, Funk, Classical, Musical
Experience
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20 years of bass
playing experience with around 1000 live gigs, tours, TV
performances, video clips
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Recording credits on
ca. 30 albums
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Clinician for
Gallien-Krueger and Line 6, presentations at Musikmesse Frankfurt,
NAMM Show Anaheim, European Bass Day, local music fairs
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Retail sales
experience for basses and guitars, pro audio and recording
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Author of bass
playing workshops and reviews for several music magazines
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Independent bass
teacher for beginner and advanced bass players
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Composer for German
TV station “ProSieben” (www.pro7.com)
Credit list (excerpt)
Live credits
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Ian Paice (Deep
Purple)
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Uli Jon Roth
(Scorpions)
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Gregg Bissonette
(David Lee Roth, Ringo Starr, Carlos Santana etc.)
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Mugs Cain (Michael
Bolton, Sammy Hagar, Eric Martin)
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Ray Parker Jr.
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Marco Minnemann (Paul
Gilbert)
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Walfredo Reyes Jr.
(Christina Aguilera Band)
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Don Dokken (Dokken)
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Doug Aldrich
(Whitesnake)
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Alex Skolnick
(Testament)
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Doug Bossi (David
Coverdale, Jennifer Paige, Don Henley etc.)
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Akira Jimbo (Casiopea)
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Wolfgang Schmid/Peter
Wölpl/Libor Shima (Passport)
Recording
credits
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Gregg Bissonette
(David Lee Roth, Ringo Starr, Carlos Santana etc.)
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Matt Bissonette (Don
Henley, Joe Satriani etc.)
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Chad Wackerman (Frank
Zappa)
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Chris Slade (AC/DC,
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Tom Jones, Asia)
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Mattias "IA" Eklundh
(on Steve Vai's label Favored Nations)
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Harold Faltermeyer
(Composer “Top Gun”, “Beverly Hills Cop” etc.; producer Billy Idol,
Jennifer Rush etc.)
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World's Apart
(European platinum awarded band)
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Martha Wash feat.
RuPaul
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ProSiebenSat.1 Media
AG
Discography/Recordings on CD (excerpt):
- Worlds Apart – Everlasting love
(single) - ©1996 Arista/BMG, BMG Eurodisc Ltd.
- The Body & Soul Allstars – Best
things in life are free (single) - ©1996 Sony Music
- The Winners – Island of sun (LP) -
©1996 Weltbild Verlag GmbH - CD 703447
- Dan Lucas – News (LP) - ©1996 Arcade
Music Company GmbH - CD 8800576
- O2 – Oxygene (single) - ©1996 ZYX
Music GmbH - CD 8536-8
- Martha Wash feat RuPaul – It's
raining man ... The Sequel (single) - ©1997 BMG/Logic Records
- Clueless – Don't speak (single) -
©1998 ZYX Music GmbH & Co. KG - CD 2145-8
- What4 – What4 (LP) - ©1999 Kintom
Music KM-199001-2
- What4 – All behind (single) - ©2003
Kintom Music KM-103001-1
- Graham Bonney – Der letzte
Rock'n'roll (single) - ©2003 Emi Electrola GmbH
- What4 Fourward (LP) – ©2004 Kintom
Music - KM-104001-2
- Darkseed – Ultimate Darkness (LP) -
©2005 Massacre Records GmbH - MAS CD 0454
- Martin Motnik with Gregg Bissonette
– Bass Invader (LP) feat. Mattias IA Eklundh - ©2005 Kintom Music –
023144
- Atargatis – Wasteland (LP) ©2006
Massacre Records GmbH – MAS CD 0492
- “Gitarre & Bass” workshop playbacks
(German guitar player magazine) © 2006 Musik Media Verlag
- “Sticks” workshop playbacks (German
guitar player magazine) © 2006 Musik Media Verlag
- Harold Faltermeyer feat. Ambermoon –
"Two Worlds" Computer game soundtrack - ©2007 Topware
- The Roxx – Unleash your demon (LP) -
©2007 Rockville Music
- Q-Ten-Peck – Prestige (LP) - ©2008
- Die Zeitmaschine – Film music,
German TV documentary about watchmaker Helmut Sinn ©2008
frame-spotting mediaport
- Beyond the void – Gloom is a trip
for two (LP) - ©2008
- Jason Sadites – Weve (LP) feat. Chad
Wackerman, Tony Levin, Kenny Aronoff, Gregg Bissonette - ©2008
- Ralf Jung – Art of Pop (LP) feat.
Gregg Bissonette - ©2010
Tour history
- Uli Jon Roth: U.S. tour 2008, U.S.
west coast tour 2009
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"The Roxx": European tour 2008 (support for Graham Bonnet)
- "Eisbrecher":
European tour 2007, Germany tour 2006
- “Darkseed”: European tour 2003
- “The Winners”: Video clip shooting
in the Philippines, TV appearances in several European TV shows
(nation-wide broadcasting) 1996/97
- Ca. 1000 live gigs, TV appearances,
performances with different acts
Endorsements
- Ritter Basses
- Gallien-Krueger
amps
- Line 6 effects
- Elixir strings
- Gator cases
References
Further
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