First guitar lessons (group lesson) ; Folk Music.  Quit after six month ( wasn't effective enough; and I didn't want to play "Folk")

+/- 5  Individual Trainings  by at a local famous guy (Erik Flückiger)  well known as exceptional talent.
Afterwards: autoditact : I tried to play every of my favorite songs I owned on vynil.
Deep Purple / Uriah Heep / Statuos Quo / Ted Nugent / U.F.O. ( Schenker)  and many more

I entered my first band . Style Blues-Rock.
Those quys all were at least 10 years older then me and were already well experienced.
   -  Live Gigs ( legendary "ATLANTIS" Club Basel, Switzerland)
   -  Jam Sessions all over in town

Fist Studio Session: recording of double single @the legendary Sinus Studio in Bern ( Switzerland ) .
In the years to come, several local bands

Studio session with my band "Dr, Koke".

@ Blackwood Recording Studio, Basel (Switzerland) :

Recording four songs.  two of them to be released as single. 

My band "Dr. Koke" won a local contest ( 2nd place).
Due to this, one of Dr. Kokes songs was recorded and released on a LP  ( „Basle Collection 1985“)

Quit Dr. KOKE

In the years to come , several bands 

Intensive self study:   music theory and practicing "like hell" 

>> Start of my carrier as a session guitarist  <<

On tour as "Guitar Tech“ for Vic Vergat, I met Marc Storace for the first time.
Marc was already famous as lead singer of switzerlands biggest rock band Krokus.
At that time, Marc was lead singer of "Vergeat & Storace" .

Record deal with my band „Heimweh“.

1998 - 2004 : two music album and three singles were produced and released.
  - Five songs were in the "A rotation" of Swiss Radio DRS2.
  - Three songs were in "A rotation" of Radio Seefunk ( Germany) .

Several shows and interviews ( Radion / TV) .

Start songwriting mit Marc Storace   for his solo carrier as "Marc Storace" .
In one year we wrote 'bout 20 Songs .
Several live shows with "Marc Storace and Band"

I entered Marc Storaces  unplugged Band (Trio)  „Acoustical Mountain“ where I met Claudio Matteo ,
well known as guitarist of the Swiss Rock Band "CHINA" .
 

Songwriting for the Rock Band KROKUS.
Out of  300 songs , three of the songs I wrothe together with Marc Storace were elected .
The song "Justice" was produced on the bands next Album "Hellraiser".

Due to change of the bands strategie , the other two songs were not released.

Gold Award for "Justice" ( KROKUS - Hellraiser)

The next years to come :  several studio jobs, songwriting projects, live shows with my bands and as "side man"

Several BOSE-Shows  (national) . 
Introduction and demonstration of the BOSE L1 System  including a live demo with live band.

Side man of  „Michele“  (Winner of „The Voice Kids 2013 " ( Voice of Germany ).
Several Shows  ( see Benefitskonzert zu Gunsten der Deutschen Muskelschwund-Hilfe )

Project „ELEVEN“ .
From march until September 2016 , we wrote about 30 songs.
In 2017 we started to produce the songs.
Dec , 2019 , Rolf Jungen ( lead singer ) quit the project.

TINA TURNER TRIBUTE Show

Start songwriting together with Joesephine Pee (lead singer of the TINA TURNER TRIBUTE Show) 

Start Songwriting together with Joesephine Pee (Leadsängerin und "Frontwoman"  der TINA TURNER TRIBUTE Show)