How old were you when you started playing guitar and how did it happen?

My father was a guitar player and while I was still comfortable in my mother’s womb, I already heard his playing all day. But I didn’t start playing seriously until I was 13 years old. My father showed me some videos of Tommy Emmanuel and I remember going up to my room and trying them out on my crappy guitar that wasn’t even able to go down to a drop D tuning. I started to practice day in and day out and ended up learning all of Tommy Emmanuel’s repertoire. But I somehow always had this goal in mind that I wanted to write my own music and travel the world playing concerts.

Do you play another instrument or would you like to play another or do you think it would be an infidelity to your guitar? 😀

Haha, I think my guitar would get a little jealous! I used to play a bit of piano, but I am not actively practicing that anymore. But sometimes when I compose something new I start on the piano, just to have a “clean slate”. It gets me out of my comfort zone and try out new things that wouldn’t come to me so quickly on the guitar. Also it helps to write music that isn’t too “guitar focused” but that would sound good on any kind of instrument. That, in my opinion, is good music.

You play mainly on classical and acoustic guitar, do you plan to play another style one day like electric guitar?

I like the classical and acoustic guitar the most, because I feel like I can express myself the best on those instruments. But I do own other string instruments like electric guitar, banjo, lapsteel and mandoline. I sometimes play them for fun, and it’s really nice to come up with new ideas and riffs. But I’m not sure if I would ever play the electric guitar live for example – I just love the “acoustic” feel the most!