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If you haven’t yet, check out my „new“ @spot

If you haven’t yet, check out my „new“ @spotify playlist!
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„Smooth sailing, Lo-fi jams, Neo-soul hymns, spheric tunes & joyful classics. Lean back... and float.“
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Follow the link in my bio! 🪐🐋
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Here‘s one more little excerpt from last week‘

Here‘s one more little excerpt from last week‘s drum video premiere! I‘m seriously overwhelmed by the amount of positive feedback i received from all over the world, so here‘s a BIG thank you to everyone devoting 13 minutes of their lives to watch me hitting things with wooden sticks to make sounds 😂
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One more fact i felt was worth pointing out. Most people don‘t even notice but there‘s an essential thing that usually has to be decided on in the mixing process and that is: „Which position would you like the stereo image of the drums to have?“
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All my album mixes are usually positioned in a way that one could imagine sitting behind the drums themselves, so the different elements of the kit are placed in stereo positions that reflect where they are, when i record them. (For example the hihat being on the left-hand side, while the floor tom is based on the right)
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I decided to change the perspective here to allow the listener to „sit in front of the drums“, so each sound is placed in a more realistic live scenario.
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I know it‘s only a very subtle difference, but maybe it‘ll allow you to perceive the drums in a different way. When you listen to music, try focusing on the stereo image. It might even blow your mind! 🧠💥
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Now again: Thank you! And have a wonderful week...

Our path to musicality isn‘t secretly hidden beh

Our path to musicality isn‘t secretly hidden behind theoretical analytics. It is achieved when our self-imposed intellect is eventually overtaken by instinctual guidance and naivity, a feeling naturally evolved from within.
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Any theory we use is just a framework, a tool that allows us to feel comfortable opening up to a state of „unconcious consciousness“. The holy shrine best set foot in by letting go of the restraints of „having to“ or „not having.“
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Whenever that little spark illuminates our creative grounds, we can rely on an almost automated process of self-approval and incontrovertibleness. We will do. And we will do so as we will. Nothing more, nothing less.
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By stripping our expectations off the urge to please, conform, and justify we enter a higher ground and a different state of mind, free of toxic self-judgement and non-essential disbelief.
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Use your framework and nourish your curiosity. Create for your own clarity an environment in which your need to express yourself is the greatest good and you can feed on an unlimited source of inspiration, rather than drowing in a seemingly bottomless depth of dependency.
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Here it is: The full drum playthrough for the @the

Here it is: The full drum playthrough for the @theoceancollective track "Jurassic Cretaceous". 🥁 Link in my bio!
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As much as the song itself transitions and evolves throughout its playing time, i want all of you to be able to lean back, look at this as something real and worthwhile and just enjoy the music.
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Especially since we're all bombarded with new content on an hourly basis, i want to deliver quality rather than quantity. So to me this perfectly epitomizes everything i'm looking for to see in a drum video and i'm more than proud to have worked with some of my best friends on this.
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To record a 13-minute drum video was quite the challenge, but none of the sounds you hear are fake or replaced. Everything is natural. Sound as sound. The shot you're seeing was the 3rd take we recorded and was captured only seconds after i had sat down to meditate for 5 minutes and fully focused on what i was there for: Having fun and playing music!
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HUGE thanks go out to @petervoigtmann at @die_muehle_ for recording and capturing the audio in his new studio, as well as @fabianwillisimon for filming, editing, and being able to navigate and catalyze my idea. And finally to the one and only @chrissyboyisinthehouse and @atelier_mastering for delivering this phenomenal mix and master!
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Now... lean back, enjoy and let me know what you think! 🎧

New drum video asteroid heading towards earth. Est

New drum video asteroid heading towards earth. Estimated time of impact: Tomorrow, 11AM CET.
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I hope all of you out there are save and healthy.

I hope all of you out there are save and healthy. I find it hard to relax recently, knowing that i‘m living in such a privileged spot on this planet.
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I haven‘t even done much to be in this position. I‘ve been born into this privileged life and even if i‘m far from being wealthy (or at least what my subjective definition of it would be), i was born into a country that provides a safety net for most people.
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I have a place to live, i have food, i enjoy healthcare. I don‘t live in fear of being excluded, hunted or imprisoned because of my skin colour, my sexual orientation or for speaking up about political issues. I could basically drop everything and start a new life from scratch and not end up starving on the sidewalk.
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And while i think this should be normal (or at least something the world should strive for) i can only realize that this perspective is my very own privileged one. And that it won‘t change if i don‘t change my viewpoint sometimes.
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There are still thousands of alarming issues on this planet and the best way to use that privilege and tackle them is by allowing myself to feel uncomfortable. To feel unsatisfied and enraged about injustice and inequality, so i can get a glimpse of that emotional baggage that comes with restraints and oppression and is the daily routine for millions.
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I know there‘s more to this than a post on social media. I know there are pressing issues i might not be able to tackle on my own. But i also know that if you read this, you can relate and empathize. And if you do, i know that you know that change is not a coincidence, but a series of persistent actions culminating in an outcome.
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And maybe that outcome is worth getting uncomfortable for a while to enable others the opportunity to share our well-being. Maybe we can let that spark grow into something bigger. And better.
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I love you all. ♥️

Who‘s up for a new drum playthrough? 👏🏻

Who‘s up for a new drum playthrough? 👏🏻

*putsondavidattenboroughvoice* „These marvellous

*putsondavidattenboroughvoice*
„These marvellous creatures, roaming the vast landscapes...“
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Sometimes you do stuff.
Sometimes you do „dinosaurs in the museum for natural history“ stuff!
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MASSIVE thanks to all of you for the incredible fe

MASSIVE thanks to all of you for the incredible feedback concerning „Jurassic Cretaceous“ so far... i really appreciate it.
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There comes a time in every musical endeavour when you can‘t really fathom the extent of work you‘ve put in anymore. Everything is just relatively blurry and you‘re becoming so locked inside of the creative process that rational observation almost becomes impossible. That‘s usually when the doubts settle in, or questioning the „quality“ of your work.
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Especially in a band scenario including many different opinions, approaches, and mindsets it‘s sometimes difficult to differentiate between good or bad decisions, mostly because every member looks at things differently, too, both from a musical perspective as well as contextually.
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What i really and honestly love about Phanerozoic II is that it is one of these „mammoth projects“... hundreds of hours spent in dozens of different locations all across the globe, unique collaborations with outstanding musicians and at the core of it, a group of grown up human beings capable of processing and understanding a musical idea and then in a collective effort transforming it into a unique piece of art that resonates with human beings on a deeper level.
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So Phanerozoic II is in a way a very therapeutic record, which allows myself and us to look back at ourselves struggling, fighting, but eventually aligning our thoughts and emotions to fulfill a higher purpose.
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And i can‘t wait for you to listen to the entire record! ♥️

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