born in 1968 in Gerolzhofen (Germany)

late 80s/early 90s: university Würzburg

while there, chronically broke college student, thus member of several  rockbands, bigbands, marching bands - learning it the hard way, you know

saxophone, guitar, bass, double bass, in case of emergency: singing

after that: teacher at Gymnasium Bad Königshofen, still his main job

2018: infected with the uke-virus by his daughter

shortly after: infected with the clawhammer virus by the boss of his blues band

shortly after: starting his YouTube channel "Ukulele am Limit", one of the most successful YouTube channels offering uke-tutorials in German

does videos, writes books, gives lessons, teaches at workshops

2023: decides to enter the English-speaking uke-community, starts the YouTube channel "ukulele on fire"

discovers something new about his uke every day, still finds it fascinating