Well, what can you tell me about the new CD "No more Obscurity"?
It's a variety of instrumental and vocal stuff with three great different
singers.One main singer (Goetz F. Mohr) and two guest singers.There are
Ballads as well as Rock stuff. A drum solo(when did I hear the last drum
solo on a studio album?), a guitar solo and a little Quick time video.The
intention was to do a varied guitar record, which touches a lot of
Rock-oriented fields, but not a full shredding album.

How was your experience at the European Guitar Festival in Lausanne?
Yeah, it was cool. It was more a jazz oriented thing. Real good musicianship.

How did you get Anders Johansson (Hammerfall) and Lance King (Balance of Power) to play drums and sing on"No More Obscurity"?
We had a little E-Mail contact before and then "just asking". I sent them the
material and waited for their answer.They said yes. And I'm very pleased
'bout this.They did an amazing job!! I had the chance to met both of
them, while they were on tour here. They are real fine guys.

What can you tell me about Abra?
Not much, because it's more getting a cover Band.

How was learning with teachers as Michael Borner, Peter Wölpl and all the
other musicians at the Music Academy in Remscheid?
Two great artists were also Michael Sagmeister, a german jazz virtuoso, andWayne Krantz. It was a pretty cool time. We learned much about teaching andtheory. There were a lot of exames, but I really enjoyed the time.

Why do you use Fender Stratocasters along with Gibson ES-335, their sound
seem to be quite different ?
That's it. They cover all the sounds I need in studio.The Gibson has this
bluesy, warm, full tone. And the strat...I think everybody knows how a strat
works!With a good acoustic guitar, that's all I need.

Why did you record a cover of "Message in a bottle" by The Police?
We were looking for an "All-time-Rock-Standard", which we could bring into
our sound.
Police was a first class innovative Band and Sting is a killer song writer.
The song was not used so much as a cover, I guess. So why
not trying it. And I like the result very much. Lance did a great recording
there.

How was your playing in the musical from Walt Disney "Ontok im Haus der Uhren"?
It was a very improvised thing. They called me and I was there for one day
recording five tunes. Two, three solos(but very different from what I do
normally) and some chord/picking stuff. Michael, the singer, knew very exactly
what he wanted, so it was real fast. It's a musical for kids.

How did you hook up with the metal band Vanize?
They saw me in the internet and told me, that their guitarist Marcus has
left. I guess, they listened to some of my mp3's.
Then they sent me the CD's and I learned five songs. We met and played the
tunes. It was very fun to me and I decided to join them. The latest album
"High Proof" is real great. They play a fresh and powerful music and it's a
wonderful atmosphere with these guys.

Sometimes I play the idea or a riff over and over and sometimes I directly
record it on a multitracker and work with it from there. It depends on the
kind of song.With the multitracker it's faster, because you can see very soon
how it works with additional guitars.

Is there anything more that you want to say?
Thank you so much for the interview and all the Best to your readers.

Interview by Federico Marongiu