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Guitar & Bass lessons, Coaching studies, Songwriting
From 133.3 C$ /h
Music lessons and coaching from professional guitarists/bassists/composers. Study preparation for advanced students. Music production and songwriting. Lecturer at the Jazzhausschule Cologne and various other schools and universities for 20 years.
Location
Online from Austria
About Me
Brief CV
Dirk, born and raised in Lübeck, received early vocal training in the Lübeck Boys' Choir, as well as instruction in piano, trombone, and classical guitar. Since 2000, he has been a lecturer at the Jazzhaus School in Cologne, where he teaches guitar, bass, and electronic music/music production. In cooperation with LAG NRW, he regularly conducts workshops, including at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. For over 30 years, he has been part of the Cologne/Hamburg music scene with bands such as Motorsheep, King Candy, and Bandaloop. As a guitarist, he has played and worked in live TV shows for international artists like Bonnie Raitt, Joshua Kadison, and Lisa Stansfield, was a member of the German krautrock legend Hoelderlin, and is a sought-after multi-instrumentalist and composer for film and theater productions.
With his long-running electronic music project "Filmpalast," he released five albums in a wide variety of genres and performed at festivals including Roskilde. Extensive tours as a singer-songwriter followed, along with freelance work as a photographer. In recent years, he has primarily focused on his solo electric guitar concert, "Concert for an Electric Guitar," which premiered in the fall of 2019.
Between 2019 and 2022, he received several scholarships from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the German Music Fund, as well as GVL and GEMA. In cooperation with colleagues Susanne Kubelka and Yoshie Shibahara, the music theatre project "Eden" was realized and premiered in 2021 as part of the Viktringen Music Forum.
Now based in Carinthia, he performs with singer/actress S. Kubelka as "Humming Lights" or with "Bachmann Reloaded," exploring more experimental forms of genre-crossing music, sound performance, and light installations. With his latest formation, DUO, he combines jazz accordion with the modern soundscape of an electric guitarist, touring live in Austria and Germany.
Dirk, born and raised in Lübeck, received early vocal training in the Lübeck Boys' Choir, as well as instruction in piano, trombone, and classical guitar. Since 2000, he has been a lecturer at the Jazzhaus School in Cologne, where he teaches guitar, bass, and electronic music/music production. In cooperation with LAG NRW, he regularly conducts workshops, including at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. For over 30 years, he has been part of the Cologne/Hamburg music scene with bands such as Motorsheep, King Candy, and Bandaloop. As a guitarist, he has played and worked in live TV shows for international artists like Bonnie Raitt, Joshua Kadison, and Lisa Stansfield, was a member of the German krautrock legend Hoelderlin, and is a sought-after multi-instrumentalist and composer for film and theater productions.
With his long-running electronic music project "Filmpalast," he released five albums in a wide variety of genres and performed at festivals including Roskilde. Extensive tours as a singer-songwriter followed, along with freelance work as a photographer. In recent years, he has primarily focused on his solo electric guitar concert, "Concert for an Electric Guitar," which premiered in the fall of 2019.
Between 2019 and 2022, he received several scholarships from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the German Music Fund, as well as GVL and GEMA. In cooperation with colleagues Susanne Kubelka and Yoshie Shibahara, the music theatre project "Eden" was realized and premiered in 2021 as part of the Viktringen Music Forum.
Now based in Carinthia, he performs with singer/actress S. Kubelka as "Humming Lights" or with "Bachmann Reloaded," exploring more experimental forms of genre-crossing music, sound performance, and light installations. With his latest formation, DUO, he combines jazz accordion with the modern soundscape of an electric guitarist, touring live in Austria and Germany.
Education
Detailed CV of Dirk
Born on April 26, 1963 in Lübeck
1980 - 1983 Dorothea-Schlözer-School Lübeck, graduating with general university entrance qualification
1985 - 1989 Studies at the German Sport University Cologne
1986 - 1990 Private studies in music theory and guitar
1989 - Today Various jobs as a studio musician, producer and live musician on various TV shows with international artists including Joshua Kadison, Bonny Raitt and Patti Smyth.
Further information:
1990 - 1992 Stay abroad in Stockholm/Sweden, various works as a composer for Swedish television, music for the Cannes award-winning documentary film "Artache".
1992 - 1995 Various works as a trailer composer, including for RTL, DSF, NDR and WDR
In 1993, the “Regatta” recording studio was founded and work was carried out as a producer, sound designer and sound engineer.
1999 Founding of the record label “Projektor”
Since 2000, lecturer at the Cologne Jazz House School in the areas of electronic music production, guitar, bass and ensembles/bands.
Further information:
First steps as a photographer in the field of concert and artist photography
2000 – 2004 Workshops/Lecturers and teaching activities
Various workshops for multipliers and music teachers in the field of music & computers in cooperation with the LAG – Music and the
Ministry for Women, Youth, Family and Health of North Rhine-Westphalia
Training courses for educators from schools and youth work as part of the M project, conducted with the JFC Media Center Cologne.
Teaching activities at the school for students with learning disabilities in Cologne Kalk in the field of music and computers.
Various hip hop production workshops in different youth centers, including in Cologne-Porz, Cologne-Gremberg, Cologne-Nippes, and at the Humboldt Gymnasium Cologne.
Producer and musician activity
Various productions with the projects "Filmpalast", "Metropol", "Motorsheep", "King Candy" and "Bandaloop". Releases on labels including Universal, Motor Music, EMI, Hope Recordings, Trapez, Kontor, ZYX and Ministry of Sound.
A detailed discography is included separately if required.
Photographer's work
Various projects as a documentary and travel photographer through Europe, USA, Canada and Japan, and resulting publications.
2005 - 2006 Various projects in the field of film music together with partner Eckes Malz: ARD series “Adelheid und Ihre Mörder”, feature film “Doppelspiel” by Claus-Michael Rohne, composition and sound design for Samsung Tech Summit/Malta.
Development of the photo and furniture exhibition “Please take a seat!”
Since 2007 composer, guitarist and co-producer of the “Hölderlin”
Albums “8” for EMI Electrola, various concerts with “Hölderlin”, including appearances at WDR “Rockpalast”.
Various workshops on the topic of electronic music in the classroom at the Humboldt Gymnasium Cologne, Kaiserin August Gymnasium Cologne.
Workshops and training courses for students and lecturers at the Folkwang School Essen.
Photographer's work
Various photo works for artists, musicians and bands including Coldplay, Söhne Mannheims, Materia, Roxette, BAP, Miss Platnum, North, Stephan Becker Trio, Laberintho B, Eccomoreno.
2008-2009: Release of the third "Filmpalast" album, "Birth Of The Perfectly Known Stranger," followed by a concert tour. 70 solo concerts in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. Numerous photo publications in the German, English, and Spanish music press.
2010 - 2012 Photographer's work
Numerous trips to Toronto, Ottawa, Ontario, Montreal, and the Yukon Territory on behalf of the Canadian Tourism Commission as a photographer accompanying press and promotional tours. Various publications in travel and lifestyle magazines.
2 years as a press and portrait photographer for EMI Germany, Sony Music and Warner Music
Latest photoshoots and client list at:
2012 Release of the fourth “Filmpalast” album “Happy Breakup Everybody” “Live” recorded at Maarweg 2 Studio Cologne with Beat Halberschmidt (Lycee Lassi, Materia) and Sönke Reich (BAP, Stoppok)
2014 Release of the “Cherokee Rose” EP by “Dynopol”
2016 saw the release of the experimental rock project "DieNichtWissenWasSieTun!" and a new "Filmpalast" EP.
“Live At Villa Dufte” with experimental ambient guitar music
2019 Development of the “Concerto for an Electric Guitar”, a work comprising three cycles with a total of 21 original compositions for solo.
2020 – 2024 multiple scholarship recipient of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the German Music Fund, as well as GVL and GEMA
With Susanne Kubelka and Yoshie Shibahara, development of the music theatre project “Eden”, world premiere at the Viktringen Music Forum in 2021
“Poemas Claras” world premiere in Klagenfurt with singer/actress Susanne Kubelka, an experimental format of spoken word poetry, sound performance and light installations.
"Humming Lights" CD Production (Released 2023)
“Weltenbruch” Composition for modern double quintet (released in 2023)
“Concerto for an Electric Guitar” Cycle 1 (Release date: mid-2022)
“Dynopol” CD production (release date Autumn 2022)
“DUO (release date March 2024)
Retrospective on Spotify Playlist Spotify Dirk
Other skills: Very good written and spoken English.
Born on April 26, 1963 in Lübeck
1980 - 1983 Dorothea-Schlözer-School Lübeck, graduating with general university entrance qualification
1985 - 1989 Studies at the German Sport University Cologne
1986 - 1990 Private studies in music theory and guitar
1989 - Today Various jobs as a studio musician, producer and live musician on various TV shows with international artists including Joshua Kadison, Bonny Raitt and Patti Smyth.
Further information:
1990 - 1992 Stay abroad in Stockholm/Sweden, various works as a composer for Swedish television, music for the Cannes award-winning documentary film "Artache".
1992 - 1995 Various works as a trailer composer, including for RTL, DSF, NDR and WDR
In 1993, the “Regatta” recording studio was founded and work was carried out as a producer, sound designer and sound engineer.
1999 Founding of the record label “Projektor”
Since 2000, lecturer at the Cologne Jazz House School in the areas of electronic music production, guitar, bass and ensembles/bands.
Further information:
First steps as a photographer in the field of concert and artist photography
2000 – 2004 Workshops/Lecturers and teaching activities
Various workshops for multipliers and music teachers in the field of music & computers in cooperation with the LAG – Music and the
Ministry for Women, Youth, Family and Health of North Rhine-Westphalia
Training courses for educators from schools and youth work as part of the M project, conducted with the JFC Media Center Cologne.
Teaching activities at the school for students with learning disabilities in Cologne Kalk in the field of music and computers.
Various hip hop production workshops in different youth centers, including in Cologne-Porz, Cologne-Gremberg, Cologne-Nippes, and at the Humboldt Gymnasium Cologne.
Producer and musician activity
Various productions with the projects "Filmpalast", "Metropol", "Motorsheep", "King Candy" and "Bandaloop". Releases on labels including Universal, Motor Music, EMI, Hope Recordings, Trapez, Kontor, ZYX and Ministry of Sound.
A detailed discography is included separately if required.
Photographer's work
Various projects as a documentary and travel photographer through Europe, USA, Canada and Japan, and resulting publications.
2005 - 2006 Various projects in the field of film music together with partner Eckes Malz: ARD series “Adelheid und Ihre Mörder”, feature film “Doppelspiel” by Claus-Michael Rohne, composition and sound design for Samsung Tech Summit/Malta.
Development of the photo and furniture exhibition “Please take a seat!”
Since 2007 composer, guitarist and co-producer of the “Hölderlin”
Albums “8” for EMI Electrola, various concerts with “Hölderlin”, including appearances at WDR “Rockpalast”.
Various workshops on the topic of electronic music in the classroom at the Humboldt Gymnasium Cologne, Kaiserin August Gymnasium Cologne.
Workshops and training courses for students and lecturers at the Folkwang School Essen.
Photographer's work
Various photo works for artists, musicians and bands including Coldplay, Söhne Mannheims, Materia, Roxette, BAP, Miss Platnum, North, Stephan Becker Trio, Laberintho B, Eccomoreno.
2008-2009: Release of the third "Filmpalast" album, "Birth Of The Perfectly Known Stranger," followed by a concert tour. 70 solo concerts in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. Numerous photo publications in the German, English, and Spanish music press.
2010 - 2012 Photographer's work
Numerous trips to Toronto, Ottawa, Ontario, Montreal, and the Yukon Territory on behalf of the Canadian Tourism Commission as a photographer accompanying press and promotional tours. Various publications in travel and lifestyle magazines.
2 years as a press and portrait photographer for EMI Germany, Sony Music and Warner Music
Latest photoshoots and client list at:
2012 Release of the fourth “Filmpalast” album “Happy Breakup Everybody” “Live” recorded at Maarweg 2 Studio Cologne with Beat Halberschmidt (Lycee Lassi, Materia) and Sönke Reich (BAP, Stoppok)
2014 Release of the “Cherokee Rose” EP by “Dynopol”
2016 saw the release of the experimental rock project "DieNichtWissenWasSieTun!" and a new "Filmpalast" EP.
“Live At Villa Dufte” with experimental ambient guitar music
2019 Development of the “Concerto for an Electric Guitar”, a work comprising three cycles with a total of 21 original compositions for solo.
2020 – 2024 multiple scholarship recipient of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the German Music Fund, as well as GVL and GEMA
With Susanne Kubelka and Yoshie Shibahara, development of the music theatre project “Eden”, world premiere at the Viktringen Music Forum in 2021
“Poemas Claras” world premiere in Klagenfurt with singer/actress Susanne Kubelka, an experimental format of spoken word poetry, sound performance and light installations.
"Humming Lights" CD Production (Released 2023)
“Weltenbruch” Composition for modern double quintet (released in 2023)
“Concerto for an Electric Guitar” Cycle 1 (Release date: mid-2022)
“Dynopol” CD production (release date Autumn 2022)
“DUO (release date March 2024)
Retrospective on Spotify Playlist Spotify Dirk
Other skills: Very good written and spoken English.
Experience / Qualifications
Dirk Discography
1. As “Filmpalast”
Jobs: producer, singer, guitarplayer, bass player and everything else that has to be done
Releases:
Strom, CD EP (1999, Projector)
I Want, Ich Will, 12" Vinyl (2000, Tonsport)
Women & Men, 12" Vinyl (2000, Tonsport)
I Want, 12" Vinyl (2001, Hope Recordings)
Istanbul, 12" Vinyl (2001, Hope Recordings)
„The Sound Of Unexpected Kisses“, CD Album (2002, Salz)
„Dish Of The Day”, 12“ Vinyl (2003, Projektor)
“Im Columbia”, CD Album (2005, Projektor)
„Birth Of The Perfectly Known Stranger”, CD Album (2009, Projektor)
"Happy Breakup Everybody!", CD Album (2012, Projector)
“Live at Villa Dufte”, EP digital Release (2022, Projector)
Some Appearances:
“Ich Will” on Sorry! We Are Circoloco / DC 10 - The Album, 2xCD
(2002 , Southern Fried Records)
I Want on Connected, 2xCD (2002, Kinetic Records)
I Want on Perfecto presents... Timo Maas: Connected, 2xCD (2002, Perfecto)
I Want on The Politics Of Dancing...by Paul van Dyk, 2xCD (2002, Ministry Of Sound (Germany)
I Want on Massive – Progressive Sounds, 2xCD (2002, ID&T)
I Want on Top of the Clubs Vol.13, 2xCD (2002, Kontor)
Istanbul on (DJ Remy Remix) on Essential Mix, CD (2002, Warner Strategic Marketing (US)
Istanbul on The Inner Sanctuary Sessions By Lemon 8, 2xCD (2022, Basic Energy)
Istanbul on (Remy Remix) on Resident Alien, 2xCD (2002, System Recordings)
Istanbul on (Capoeira Twins Mix) on 21st Century Breaks, 3xCD (2002, React)
Some Remixes:
“You Suck” Original by Bandaloop (1999, India Records)
“Dedication” Original by Turquoise (1999, Salz Records)
2. With „Mach!“
Jobs: band member, guitar player, songwriter, background vocals
Releases:
„ Mach! “, CD Album (1995, Art of Choice)
3. As „Metropol“
Jobs: artist, producer and everything else that has to be done
Releases:
Morphinic Typwriter, Mocho, 12" (1999, Trapez)
4. As „Keroxin“
Jobs: producer, songwriter, singer, guitarplayer
Releases:
„Where have all the flowers gone “, CD Album (1997, Zyx Music)
Remixes:
Gott sein original by Megaherz (1997, Zyx Music)
5. With „Bandaloop“
Job: guitarplayer, bassplayer
Releases:
„ Twin “, CD Album (1997, India Records)
6. With „Gordon Monroe“
Job: guitarplayer, songwriter, mpc performer
Releases:
“Fourteen Days”, CD Album (1997, India Records)
7. With „Motorsheep“
Jobs: band member, guitar player, songwriter
Releases:
„ Come to play forever “, CD Album (1997, Motor Music)
8. With “Hoelderlin”
Jobs: band member, guitar player, songwriter, co-producer
Releases:
„ 8“, CD Album (2005, EMI Electrola)
“Live at Rockpalast”, DVD (2006, EMI Electrola)
9. With “DieNichtWissenWasSieTun” (Dnwwst)
Jobs: band member, guitar player, co-composer, producer
Release:
“Affengeist”, EP digital release (2016, Projektor)
10. With “Dynopol”
Jobs: singer, guitarplayer, bassist, songwriter, co-producer
Releases:
“Cherokee Rose”, EP digital release (2014, Projektor)
“In Wasser geritzt” Album, digital release (2023, Projektor/Bandaloop Records)
11. As “Dirk”
Jobs: composer, producer, performer
Releases:
“Concerto for an Electric Guitar” Cycle 1, Album, digital release (2022, Projector)
“Concerto for an Electric Guitar” Cycle 2, Album, digital release (2022, Projector)
“Concerto for an Electric Guitar” Cycle 3, Album, digital release (2022, Projector)
12. With Markus /Dirk
Jobs: composer, co-producer, guitarplayer, bassist
Release:
“Morgen Meer”, album, digital release (2023, Projektor)
13. With “Humming Lights”
Jobs: band member, producer, songwriter, bassist, guitarist, drummer
Releases:
“Rauland”, Album, digital release (2022, Projector)
“Weltenbruch”, album, digital release (2023, Projektor)
14. With “Nećemer DUO“
Jobs: band member, producer, composer, bassist, guitarist
Releases:
„Madame A.“, EP, digital release (2024, Projektor)
1. As “Filmpalast”
Jobs: producer, singer, guitarplayer, bass player and everything else that has to be done
Releases:
Strom, CD EP (1999, Projector)
I Want, Ich Will, 12" Vinyl (2000, Tonsport)
Women & Men, 12" Vinyl (2000, Tonsport)
I Want, 12" Vinyl (2001, Hope Recordings)
Istanbul, 12" Vinyl (2001, Hope Recordings)
„The Sound Of Unexpected Kisses“, CD Album (2002, Salz)
„Dish Of The Day”, 12“ Vinyl (2003, Projektor)
“Im Columbia”, CD Album (2005, Projektor)
„Birth Of The Perfectly Known Stranger”, CD Album (2009, Projektor)
"Happy Breakup Everybody!", CD Album (2012, Projector)
“Live at Villa Dufte”, EP digital Release (2022, Projector)
Some Appearances:
“Ich Will” on Sorry! We Are Circoloco / DC 10 - The Album, 2xCD
(2002 , Southern Fried Records)
I Want on Connected, 2xCD (2002, Kinetic Records)
I Want on Perfecto presents... Timo Maas: Connected, 2xCD (2002, Perfecto)
I Want on The Politics Of Dancing...by Paul van Dyk, 2xCD (2002, Ministry Of Sound (Germany)
I Want on Massive – Progressive Sounds, 2xCD (2002, ID&T)
I Want on Top of the Clubs Vol.13, 2xCD (2002, Kontor)
Istanbul on (DJ Remy Remix) on Essential Mix, CD (2002, Warner Strategic Marketing (US)
Istanbul on The Inner Sanctuary Sessions By Lemon 8, 2xCD (2022, Basic Energy)
Istanbul on (Remy Remix) on Resident Alien, 2xCD (2002, System Recordings)
Istanbul on (Capoeira Twins Mix) on 21st Century Breaks, 3xCD (2002, React)
Some Remixes:
“You Suck” Original by Bandaloop (1999, India Records)
“Dedication” Original by Turquoise (1999, Salz Records)
2. With „Mach!“
Jobs: band member, guitar player, songwriter, background vocals
Releases:
„ Mach! “, CD Album (1995, Art of Choice)
3. As „Metropol“
Jobs: artist, producer and everything else that has to be done
Releases:
Morphinic Typwriter, Mocho, 12" (1999, Trapez)
4. As „Keroxin“
Jobs: producer, songwriter, singer, guitarplayer
Releases:
„Where have all the flowers gone “, CD Album (1997, Zyx Music)
Remixes:
Gott sein original by Megaherz (1997, Zyx Music)
5. With „Bandaloop“
Job: guitarplayer, bassplayer
Releases:
„ Twin “, CD Album (1997, India Records)
6. With „Gordon Monroe“
Job: guitarplayer, songwriter, mpc performer
Releases:
“Fourteen Days”, CD Album (1997, India Records)
7. With „Motorsheep“
Jobs: band member, guitar player, songwriter
Releases:
„ Come to play forever “, CD Album (1997, Motor Music)
8. With “Hoelderlin”
Jobs: band member, guitar player, songwriter, co-producer
Releases:
„ 8“, CD Album (2005, EMI Electrola)
“Live at Rockpalast”, DVD (2006, EMI Electrola)
9. With “DieNichtWissenWasSieTun” (Dnwwst)
Jobs: band member, guitar player, co-composer, producer
Release:
“Affengeist”, EP digital release (2016, Projektor)
10. With “Dynopol”
Jobs: singer, guitarplayer, bassist, songwriter, co-producer
Releases:
“Cherokee Rose”, EP digital release (2014, Projektor)
“In Wasser geritzt” Album, digital release (2023, Projektor/Bandaloop Records)
11. As “Dirk”
Jobs: composer, producer, performer
Releases:
“Concerto for an Electric Guitar” Cycle 1, Album, digital release (2022, Projector)
“Concerto for an Electric Guitar” Cycle 2, Album, digital release (2022, Projector)
“Concerto for an Electric Guitar” Cycle 3, Album, digital release (2022, Projector)
12. With Markus /Dirk
Jobs: composer, co-producer, guitarplayer, bassist
Release:
“Morgen Meer”, album, digital release (2023, Projektor)
13. With “Humming Lights”
Jobs: band member, producer, songwriter, bassist, guitarist, drummer
Releases:
“Rauland”, Album, digital release (2022, Projector)
“Weltenbruch”, album, digital release (2023, Projektor)
14. With “Nećemer DUO“
Jobs: band member, producer, composer, bassist, guitarist
Releases:
„Madame A.“, EP, digital release (2024, Projektor)
Age
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration
45 minutes
The class is taught in
German
English
Skills
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