Herwig “Max“ Thoeny (*1960)
1973 The first job as a sound engineer with the band „Mandragora“.
Rhythm guitar in several bands
1977-1982 Studies at Lehrerseminar Sargans (to become a teacher), lessons in piano, flute, guitar, conducting etc.
Composing and playing music for theatre.
Touring with the bands „Kloendoer“ and „No Secrets in the Family“
in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany and Austria as a bass player,
guitarist and singer.
In this time the double bass becomes my favorite instrument.
1984-1987 Additional studies in music ethnology and acoustics in Zürich
1987 Went to Vienna.
Touring with the „Lena Rothstein Band“ in Austria, Germany, Holland
and Israel as a double bass player, sound engineer and manager.
Touring with „Liederlich Spielleut“ and „Lakis & Achwach“ as a
sound engineer. CD productions with this bands and others.
With the band „Turquoise“ I played a kind of orientalJazz for the first time.
1989 The band „Rossavielle“ is born (CD „Very F. Tricky)
Since 1990 Living in Vienna and Crete, where I have a small studio for (live-)
recording, mixing and mastering. Here I am also writing songs as well as
music for web sites and movies.
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up to now Studio jobs for Peter Ratzenbeck, Collin Wilkie, and many more.
CD productions and touring with the „art work quartet“, „Dhafer Yusuf“,
„Lakis & Achwach“, „Martin Auers Krachorchester“, „Theatro Piccolo“,
„Tsatsiki Connection“, „Asteria tou Notou“, „Timna Brauer“, Austria 3,
„Loukia Agapiou Band“, „Lakis and the Baklava Kings“, the „Matala
Acoustic Project“ and many more.
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I am also managing the bands I play with.