Musician born in Heidelberg (Germany), raised in Mosbach, taking up violin there at the age of four. In the 1970s he largely played in folk and "southern music" type bands, including: Elster Silberflug, Odenwald Express, Bernies Autobahnband, etc.
At the turn of the 80s he moved on to other music, as co-founder of Transmitter Kassetten (with Werner Pieper), becoming a live sound engineer and producer. Along with Werner he also co-wrote the book "Brain-Tech" and later established a company of the same name specialising in therepy with technology, also establishing the agency Text & Ton with the journalist Roland Ackermann, and then in 2003 the company: Musik, Magie und Medizin, specializing in complementary medicine and self-help aid CD releases.