Well... my parents gave me that last name,

no live playing - except from the accoustic guitar in the summertime - and a few times to a dinnerparty.

Hopefully more of this could put focus on many good musiscians the recordcompanies didn't gave a chance.

Difficult question. When a hobby becomes work, it tends to lose its magic.

TOTO is propably my biggest inspiration, but I pick up inspiration from many different genres. However - the

Behind the keyboard / PC

Guitars: Fender Stratocaster (Mex), Dreambow (a great chinese LesPaul copy), Ibanez Artcore semi hollow, Yamaki western acoustic with LR Baggs pickups.

Basses.: Warwick 5 strings Rockbass, Yamaha RBX250X Freetless with new Seymour Duncan pickups.

Keyboard: Kurzweil SP2X 88 hammeraction

Mics: Soundking condensator mic, sure BETA87A

Vocal preamp: TC helicon Harmony G (harmonizer thing, but EXCELLENT preamp)

Monitors & Earphones: ESI 05 and AKG 241Studio

Soundcard: Steinberg UR28M

Audio Software used: Steinberg Cubase Artist, Wavelab 7 Elements

VST-Instrument used:
Native Instruments Studio Drummer (GREAT stuff)
Native Instruments Modern Drums (haven't quite figured out to process these into a deasent sound though)
Native Instruments Vintage Organs
BestService Babygrand Piano (One of the best piano plugins I have heard so far)
Toontrack EZKeys
Steinberg PAD station (Great and affordable synth for processing synthpads, synth strings etc).
Izotope IRIS
Steinberg Halion (follows with Cubase)

VST-Plugins used:
Yamaha channelstrip and Xverb (came with the soundboard)
Waves CLA Bass, Waves CLA Unplugged, Waves CLA Effects, Waves CLA Vocal
Line6 Podfarm with all upgrades - I am waiting patiently for Avid ElevenRack and Protools
Izotope Alloy (a really nice channelstrip).
Izotope Ozone 5 (a really nice program for mastering).

I have tested a lot of different stuff over the past 7 years, but this is the setup I've putted together so far.

On my wish list: Native Instrument Strings Pro, and it would be nice to find 99 EUR GM vst instrument. That is always a handy thing to have.

A warm and special thanks to Jude and her Coconut Blues Club. She is the reason for many friendships over the past year, and lost of people has bonded due to her effort. Soundclick wouldn't be the same without her.