Well it all started with the weird idea of picking up an instrument. The drums looked good to me, but after 5 minutes of hitting it with 2 sticks I gave up. And because the only other instrument in the room was a bassguitar, that was where it started, at a age of 13. I practiced a lot, formed several bands with friends, and bought myself with some help from my parents, a acoustic guitar for general music study, and a little later a bassguitar, my first one. I took guitar lessons for a year, and after that year, I signed up for bassguitar lessons, from Mark Dekkers. My first years in music were very influenced by rock music. After about three years it changed a bit to funk, jazz and fusion. By now I like almost every style, if it's played well and if it's sounds convincing. And I'm also playing almost every style, I had gigs with rock, latin, pop, cover, jazz, fusion, funk and gospel formations. Besides the bassplaying I love to compose and arrange songs. And also in the way that I don't feel restricted by any style or type of song At the moment I'm studying at the Artez Conservatorium, following bass & double bass lesson from Henk de Ligt. I had the luck to play with great artist such as: Aïrto, Sticks, Typhoon, Ben Gerritsen, Heleen Shuttevear. And I hope to share the stage with a lot more people in the future.