The Basics

Born april 29th. 1956, in Esslingen/Neckar, Germany. Started playing electric bass by the age of 14. Played in local pop, rock and jazz groups. He took his first bass lessons from austrian bassplayer Adelhard Roidinger, who put him on the right track.

In 1980 he received a scholarship to study electric bass at the Berklee College of Music in Boston/USA. At this time it was not possible to study electric bass in Europe. During his studies in Boston he played in numerous local jazz and soul bands including "Downtime", one of Bostons top funk & soul bands at this time.

While studying in Boston Andreas received lessons from Jeff Berlin and Charly Banacos. In 1983 Andreas was the first european bassplayer to graduate from Berklee.