December, 2007

Here is the YouTube video from the Improvision recording session with Matt Garrison and Jeff Sipe:

- the UKZ gig in January has been postponed - check out the UKZ website for more details

- new dates added
don't miss the show in January with my trio (Machacek, Eckhardt, Minnemann) at the Baked Potato!!!
We played 2 shows in Mexico this year which I enjoyed very much!

- in February I will teach at the Tonica Guitar Camp in Guadalajara, Mexico

October, 2007

- Here is a video from the "Improvision" recording session: click this link

- UKZ
Eddie Jobson invited me to join his new band called UKZ.
The line up is: Eddie Jobson (keys, violin)
Aaron Lippert (vocals)
Trey Gunn (warr guitar)
Alex Machacek (guitar)
Marco Minnemann (drums)

to read more about this go the UKZ website.

We are working on a CD which will be released in early 2008 and there is also a concert scheduled for January 25th, 2008.

- The Jazz Workshop in Schoenbach, Austria (August 2007) was a highly enjoyable experience! I will be teaching there again in August 2008.

July, 2007

Finally another update...

- Here are a couple of pics from the gig with Matt Garrison and Jeff Sipe.

- for the next 2 days we went to a studio and recorded an album (entitled "Improvision") which will be released mid August 2007.
During April, May and June I edited, "re-composed" , overdubbed and finally mixed it. Well, I hope you'll enjoy it.
Here are some pics from the studio.

- new gigs added ->see "dates"

March, 2007

- In April 2007 I'll be recording with Matt Garrison and Jeff Sipe! The CD will be ready by summer 2007. Before the studio session we will play a gig in Raleigh, NC -> see "dates"

- The "music-section" has been updated.

- gigs with Sumitra -> see "dates"

February, 2007

- Out Trio tour Japan: we had 6 great shows and 2 clinics and I really enjoyed my trip to Japan! Special thanks again to all the people who
made this tour possible: Kana, Naoju, Leonardo and Mici. I put some new pictures in the gallery - more to come soon...
And the biggest thank you goes of course to the audience!!!

- Terry Bozzio joined Korn: yes, the rumors are true...therefore the gig at the Zappanale 2007 is cancelled. Chad Wackerman will play instead of the Out Trio. The proposed European tour 2007 is also cancelled.

- Some idiot hacked my website twice. Why? I don't know .
So, to whom it may concern, yes, I admire your computer skills, you are superior, yes, you are annoying me, yes, you win - and yes, I'll fix it everytime I'll notice it...as if I had nothing else to do...

- CD-Projects for 2007: Marco Minnemann asked me to compose around a 50min drum solo of his. The project is called "Normalizer2" and there will be several people composing around the same solo: John Czajkowski from Hectic Watermelon, Mike Keanelly, Mario Brinkmann and Marco Minnemann. This will ultimately end in a 5 CD package! I am sure it will be interesting to hear all the different approaches/results! The proposed "deadline" for this project is the end of the year.

I am already working on my next CD which will be again "composing around drumsolos". So far I have material from Terry Bozzio, Marco Minnemann, Herbert Pirker and I should receive solos from Jeff Sipe, Chad Wackerman and more well known drummers who already commited to this project. Stay tuned, I'll keep you updated about the progress.

The new Out Trio CD (which was recorded/jammed) last year and is still waiting for some heavy editing is on hold now - see above -> Terry joined Korn...

- In January I played a nice gig with Adam Nitti and Marco Minnemann at the Namm "Bass Bash" . I had a lot of fun!!!

- [sic] was voted CD of the month in the British drummer-mag.com - go to the press section to check out this review.

That's it for now!

January, 2007

- here is the link to the All About Jazz interview with Ian Patterson

- I did a "Woodshed" - column for the February issue of the GuitarPlayer magazine. It's called "Triadic Trickery"...

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