Straight from the Gut

»You cannot force things. Keith Richards described the process of songwriting quite aptly as follows: You hold a finger in the air and, if you‘re lucky, at some point something useful wraps around it. «

Beat / What does an average day in your life currently look like?

I tend to work too much. For me it was, therefore, a big step to separate everyday life and work. When I moved to Berlin, I had a small studio in an apartment that I shared. At some point, I lived in the back of my studio for a few years. That was fun, but I hardly had a private life, vacations or free weekends. Today, I try to be in the studio on a normal working day at 10 or half past 10. Then, I take care of emails and mixes and prepare my projects. Between 12 noon and 8 pm, there are sessions where the artists are present. After that, I might answer a few emails or do some stuff in the office to