From the end of August to September my live presentations for my third album Andaman Groove took place, which I wrote together with Thomas from Birmingham on the Andaman Islands. It was planned that I will present my new beach album live in Traun at the Oedtsee beach at the end of August. The concert was already fixed, but I had to cancel it soon because the Corona regulations were tightened again. Nevertheless I kept the other dates and luckily everything went well. Good friends travelled to Austria (Farida from France, Heikki from Finland and Thomas from England) to attend the Andaman Groove album presentations live. The release premiere took place via Instagram Live-Stream. This performance was half-playback, the primary goal was that people from abroad (India / Andaman Islands or England etc.) could join the album presentation too.
It went on and the first Andaman Groove live concert in Kitzbühel followed. I played in the El Dorado Bar together with two former pupils, Arman and Lukas supported my new beach songs. The two young musicians are very talented and I was very glad that they supported me so professionally and motivated. It was nice to see many friends and former pupils in Kitzbühel again. The song I’m Free – You Can’t Catch Me was sung by a lot of people in the audience and it brought back memories of the school concert in July 2018.
An open air concert followed in St. Martin im Mühlkreis. The idea to make music for a good reason was brought to life by Gerald Horvath and Harald Weihtrager. They have been organizing benefit concerts for many years. This time for SOS Kinderdorf. Since I was just one of the many musicians who performed there to present some of my new Andaman songs, it was a special honor for me to discover my face in the newspaper in connection with this great event. It was really a very professionally organized event, a great atmosphere and I guess a lot of donations were collected.
Finally there was a spontaneous open air concert on the OK Deck in Linz. One evening I had my guitar with me when I went out in Freistadt and played some songs in a bar, Berni and Viktor approached me and asked me if I would like to be part of their event Above The Clouds. Of course I said yes, although I didn’t know what to expect,
but in the end it was a very cool event. I met a lot of nice people and especially enjoyed the jam session at the end. Hopefully next year again. Many thanks to @viktor_freudenthaler and @berni_goldlocks for the organization!
On Fr. 25.09.2020 the whole Andaman album will be released in the music online stores. There are 11 new tracks above and I’m already curious how the album will be accepted by the listeners. There will be three new music videos on my YouTube channel in the coming weeks. There will be music videos for the songs – It’s Allowed, Andaman Groove and Purple Waves.