born july 23rd 1960 in metzingen, germany.
playing guitar since age 13.
two semesters of jazz school munich.
founded the band beeblebrox in 1983 in albstadt, germany.
extensive studio work as musician, engineer and producer.
worked as private guitar instructor from 1979 to 1988.
computer programming starting in 1983.
meets monika herzig, his future wife and keyboardist of beeblebrox in 1986.
toured southern europe with mallet player bill molenhof in 1987 and 1988.
moved to tuscaloosa, al, usa in 1988 where a new incarnation of beeblebrox recorded
two cassettes.
moved to bloomington, in in 1991 so monika could pursue a master's degree.
beeblebrox reformed and recorded one more cassette and five cds.
performances with beeblebrox in countless cities around the midwest.
tv appearance on reggie miller show.
germany tours in 1997 and 1999 with beeblebrox and award winning
saxophonist peter lehel.
formation of 3rd man and freesome in 1997 and 1999, respectively. co-leader of kwyjibo from 2002-2008. first solo cd peter's money released january 2009.
chapman stick added to instrumentarium in 1998.
composer of about 600 tunes in many styles, 80 works for classical guitar and several instruction manuals for guitar.
teaches select students.
he also works as a music copyist for david baker, bill banfield, fred hersch and many others.
discography
as leader
* peter's money
with beeblebrox
* entropy
* the thing
* bloomingtoon
* raw material
* quantumn tweezers
* indianapolis intergalactic spaceport
* dominant domain
* realbrox
with kwyjibo
* the rise of kwyjibo
with monika herzig acoustic project
* melody without words
* jammin' at the kitchen
* melody with harmony
* in your own sweet voice
* what have you gone and done?
* peace on earth
with 3rd man
* 3rd man
* freed men
with freesome
* jazz guitar trio 98
* best of freesome
* joined at the head
* freesome and then some
with monika herzig & norbert krapf
* imagine - indiana in music and words
with cathy morris
* it's about time
* christmas cd
* welcome to my world
with buselli/wallarab jazz orchestra
* basically baker
with winton reynolds
* circles in time
with olenka
* making arrows
* rhythms of another life
with krista detor
* a dream in a corn field
with jeff deherdt
* club bordeaux
* the autumn house
with four sexes
* rock with a twist
with peter oprisko & sean baker
* it's christmastime
with jan aldridge clark
* anything but ordinary
with ordinary people ministries
* lord, i can't live without you