After I lost a litte bit the overview about my songs, I started to implement a discography of all songs , where I at least was part of the composing process. Starting with a strong 93 songs, this is updated...

OK, the OR80R is loud - I mean really loud. To bring this back to normal volume, I got a power attenuator designed by Mike Soldano. This helps to test my effect setup at home and to run the amp in the right power zone without getting deaf.

Now, planning for stage, there is the next serious equipment upgrade - an Orange OR80R amplifier. Pretty vintage, but it clearly suits the sound of my songs. Waiting for the first session in the rehearsal room.

After now having a book of songs that are worth hitting audience, I started to bring a band together. We now have some great musicians together (still looking for a drummer), start training on the songs and are prowd to announce Blackthorn Syndicate. More to come here in the feed.

I released the album "twentytwentytwo" on several distribution platforms like Apple Music  or Amazon Music  and several others more. I would be happy to get some listens there - thanks in advance.

Got the request from my department to write a jingle for the monthly employee information meeting. This was definitively something new for me, since there is not much time to deliver a statement, it should be not much longer than 20 seconds.

After Elon Musk running amok on Twitter, I ended my subscription there and decided to move to the open webforum Mastodon. Smaller and different, but with a charm. For You a warm invitation.

Ready to learn again. Started as a live mixing engineer at the KOHI Kulturverein at Karlsruhe. Fortunately I have great support from my  colleague Martin Haaß, who is an experienced engineer - and mixing live is really quite different from working at the studio console...

Holidays are great, especially at the Baltic Sea. But what to do as a musician when You don't have a guitar and get a bit bored? That's right, remix. Started with first three songs from 'The Doors', 'The Police' and 'Pink Floyd', more to come.

Did my first production support job from my former band mate Boris Horner (hidden beacon). Rebuild of song structure, sound additions and remix. Hear the difference from original  to updated  version.

Today I launched with Delirium  the song #100 in the discography - what a great feeling. So since December 2018 this 48 songs written by Blackthorn Blossom and the other 52 songs with my former bands Czaika Ranch, Alive and Ra Patera.

After I lost a litte bit the overview about my songs, I started to implement a discography of all songs , where I at least was part of the composing process. Starting with a strong 93 songs, this is updated...

Just got a new studio upgrade: the Behringer X32 Producer mixing console, microphones for drum and choir recording and a new monitor setup. This is great to step into live recording in 2022 - let's see what comes along the way...

After I lost a litte bit the overview about my songs, I started to implement a discography of all songs , where I at least was part of the composing process. Starting with a strong 93 songs, this is updated...

For my German title "Kleine Welt" I just received a great recension in the German indie music mag  eXcess  - this really makes me proud as hell...

With my 1990s band Czaika Ranch we are currently making a restart. Starting with a re-recording of old songs, then possibly moving into some new stuff. 25 years older, but still rock'n roll...

Just started the cooperation with the singer Dirk Steinhilper from my former band Czaika Ranch, way back in 1990s. Our first title ' Purple ' is a reminiscense to 70s Hard Rock, these were the good times...

The first music video from Energy Twins is out on YouTube. Follow the track with 'Keep on going' up in the hills of Ettlingen in southern Germany.

The first album is out on Amazon music for purchase. We would be happy if You support us following the link and buy our music  - the setting of three poems from Hermann Hesse in a modern sound.

It is not always the big investment that makes the difference. I built an acoustic screen for my microphone from an old Leitz folder and an iso-mat. Looks funny, but helps enormously with the vocal recording.