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I am happy to announce that my very first solo album is now available to listen to via all kinds of major platforms and streaming services (e.g. Spotify<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Home Strung” features 15 Romantic guitar pieces and 2 encores, all recorded during the COVID lockdown, with nothing but my phone, a good microphone, and the guitar once given to me by my late friend Walter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All tracks were captured in one take, no editing afterwards, so the result is as if you were sitting in the room with me. Not perfect – far from it – but human. I hope you will enjoy my aural reminiscence of this unique period in our recent history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Making of “Home Strung”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Summer 2020. Due to the Corona lock-down all my ensembles and concerts<\/a> suddenly got cancelled. In order to continue to develop myself musically and to make others happy with my music, I started a new project: Home Strung – the naked guitar<\/em>.

For this album, I played and recorded cozy homely guitar music – as “live” as a recording can be – in one take, without any edits afterwards. Just me and my guitar. The ultimate goal was to release an album on vinyl with intimate guitar playing – mainly solo, but I have included one of the duets with myself<\/a> as a bonus track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below, you’ll find some clips for Home Strung<\/em> from the practicing and recording process. I shared these on my social media to connect with others and was happy to receive many suggestions and special wishes! Moreover, I often got useful feedback, which has helped me tremendously to improve my guitar playing. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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