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1. December 2008
Contribution on "Shredders Against Global
Warming"
I was honored by being asked to contribute on a
charity CD against global warming. I just recorded a shredding bass
track for the song "Bring Back Springtime" in
my studio,
featuring the U.S. National Symphony Orchestra, as well as Kee
Marcello on guitar and Julia Nixon on vocals. Please check
http://www.myspace.com/shredforcharity for the release date.
New photos from the Uli Jon Roth tour
Today I got a couple of cool pictures from the
Uli Jon Roth tour, taken by Apostolis. Hope you'll like them!
28 September 2008
Shows from the Uli Jon Roth Tour
Here are some cool shots from our concert in
Ventura, CA, taken by legendary rock photographer
Marty Temme.
A view on the band, unfortunately without
keyboarder Corvin Bahn:
A couple of close-ups:
Rocking with guest
guitarist Warren DiMartini from "Ratt":
 
18 September 2008
On U.S. tour with Uli Jon Roth
Legendary
Uli Jon Roth, former guitarist of
"The Scorpions", is currently on his world tour to promote his
new CD "Under A Dark Sky". I have the luck to play the bass in Uli's band during his dates in the U.S.
Here are the tour dates:
19. Sep. 2008 -
Redondo Beach, CA - Brixton
20. Sep. 2008 - San Diego, CA - Brick by Brick
21. Sep. 2008 -
Ventura, CA -Ventura Theatre
23. Sep. 2008 -
Exeter, CA - Orange Blossom Junction
24. Sep. 2008 - San Francisco, CA - Annie's Social Club
26. Sep. 2008 -
Concord, CA - Time Out
27. Sep. 2008 -
Santa Rosa, CA - Last Day Saloon
29. Sep. 2008 -
Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
01. Oct. 2008 - Coeur D'Alene, ID - The Grail
03. Oct. 2008 -
Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall
04. Oct. 2008 -
Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theatre
05. Oct. 2008 -
Chicago, IL - House of Blues
07. Oct. 2008 -
Annapolis,MD - The Ram's Head
08. Oct. 2008 -
Sellersville, PA - Sellersville Theater
09. Oct. 2008 -
Springfield, VA - Jaxx
10. Oct. 2008 -
Cleveland, OH - Jigsaw Saloon
11. Oct. 2008 -
New York, NY - B. B. King 's
29 July 2008
New merchandising shop online
Some people told me that "Bass Invader"
is such a cool Name. I thought, maybe that would look good on a
t-shirt. So I decided to put some shirts in print. Here's the result,
some with the bass logo and some with the plain writing - click on
one of the shirts to get to the merch shop, there's an even broader
variety of shirts and colors.
8 July 2008
Saying good bye to "Eisbrecher"
After a much too short time on the
Eisbrecher
("Icebreaker"), I'm going off board again. My work in Los Angeles
made it very difficult to continue our collaboration, and so we came
to the conclusion that it's too hard to match up our schedules. The
upcoming concert dates and the preparation for the tour requires
that the band is locally together, and having me flying over to
Germany that often is just not feasible. Thus I am leaving the ship
again, and I thank the band and all fans very much for a very very
fantastic time! I wish all the best for the new line up and hope the
new CD "Sünde" ("Sin") will be a huge success! Full speed ahead!
30 June 2008
Back in California - with the new band "Ecotonic"
After being on tour in Europe with Graham Bonnet
and The Roxx, and after a short trip to Berlin/Germany with Eisbrecher,
I'm back again in Los Angeles. And I have found a new band to rock
with: "Ecotonic".
It is quite a new band, but with members that have been in the music
business for quite a while.
Guitarist and singer Jason Ebs was the lead
singer for Peter Criss' solo band (the drummer of KISS), female
singer
Janea Chadwick Ebsworth worked as background for
Sheryl Crow, Kenny Loggins or Joe Cocker, and drummer
Chris Slade may be prominent by being a founding member of Manfred
Mann's Earth Band and playing the drums for AC/DC; you can see him
in the video of the song "Thunderstruck" and on the DVD " AC/DC
- Live in Donington". Right now we're rehearsing for our first
gigs in Hollywood in August, to hit the road all over the nation
afterwards. I will keep you updated.
Need a bass track for your song? New website
www.studiobassist.com - L.A. Bass Tracks For Your Song
Do you need a real good, professional bass track
for your song? Do your programmed bass samples sound artificial and
lame? Do you want a groovy, punchy and tight bass, directly from a
state-of-the-art recording studio in
L.A.?
I invented a new website where you can get a real
bass track "Made in Los Angeles". Without plane tickets,
without hotel, simply online. Get your real L.A. bass track here:
http://www.studiobassist.com. Your song deserves it!
10 April 2008
Graham Bonnet road crew
Sorry for the lack of news during the last weeks.
I'm on the road right now, touring with The Roxx and Graham Bonnett
& The Taz Taylor Band through Europe. Being in the bus and playing
almost every night doesn't leave too much time for updating my web
site. But here's a cool picture of the road crew in front of our
bus. It's pretty cold in Germany right now, but we have a great time
nevertheless.
19 March 2008
New solo videos & MySpace feature
I recorded some demo videos of myself where I
play different kinds of styles, and put them online. For instance
I'm playing the Prelude of
Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suite #1 on
my 6 string Ritter Roya and the song "Recepción
con champán" from my
solo CD on acoustic bass.
Click on the
thumbnails to view the videos on YouTube.
The videos are also online on my
MySpace page. Check it out, you need to scroll down a bit to get
to them. I also added a MySpace link button to the
navigation bar on the left hand side here. If you click on it, you
can browse through it but still stay on my website.
Let me know if you find this convenient or not.
14 February 2008
Interview in Japanese magazine "Player"
The Japanese music magazine "Player" just
published an interview with Lars Lehmann, Quagero Imazawa and myself
that we had at the European Bassday 2007. For all those of you who
speak Japanese,
click here to read the article. For those of you who don't speak
Japanese: neither do I...
9 January 2008
Back in LA
Today I arrived in Los Angeles again, for the
NAMM show and local shows. I'm also available for studio work, live
gigs and jams, so if you're in need of a versatile and reliable bass
player, please contact me!
I am also very well equipped for internet session, so if you have a
song that needs a cool and great sounding bass track for a very
reasonable rate that you want to have recorded and mailed to you
over the web, also please
contact me for details.
If you're here for the first time, and don't even
know who the heck I am, please check out the
Info page for a credit list
and all info about me. the Audio
page also gives you an excerpt of songs where I played on.
Have a great day and I'd be happy to hear from
you!
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