Wes'bound
Wes'bound
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About Wes'bound
Bio/Vita Werner Nieke alias wesbound was born in Krumbach, Bavaria Germany in 1965. He teamed up with miscellaneous local cover bands at age 13 as guitarist and vocalist and continued to play that circuit until his High School days. He then became part of a Jazz-Rock oriented act, who went on to win a regional battle of the bands and recorded a vinyl SP record, sporting one tune written by wesbound (music and lyrics). The band received offers by major labels, but remained divided over which general musical course to take, whereupon wesbound saw no better alternative but to leave the band for good and pursue his ideas on his own. In 1986 he moved to Munich and enrolled at a private guitar institute, whose tutors adopted the Berklee College of Music agenda by and large. He also sat in with Munich-based bands and was occasionally booked as a studio vocalist singing background vocals. 1987 saw him teaming up with a Swiss band and touring the music entertainment circuit for about 1.5 years. He returned to Munich in 1989 and continued to work as a semi-professional musician. In 1992 wesbound started pursuing a college degree, which he obtained in 1998, graduating on Semantics as part of a German Linguistics M.A. This was followed by a career in Information Technology. In 2008 wesbound made music a more prominent part of his life again. He currently performs live with Munich based formations, e.g. Chessboard featuring Melvin Canady. He also began writing his own material and currently has two instrumental tracks available for purchase on iTunes, [ulr=http://www.amazon.com/I-Count-On-U/dp/B001PEXI2C/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1274526750&sr=301-2]Amazon and other online stores. In addition to that, he started collaborating with US based artist Brian O'Neal since spring 2009. This completely online-based project resulted in the song and video Dreams in Color so far, which yielded major attention on Facebook and YouTube. Brian and wesbound are looking into ways of continuing and extending that collaboration, most noteably for some live appearances in Europe. Influences George Benson, Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton, Paul Jackson Jr., Steve Lukather, R&B of the late 80-ies, early 90-ies, and all the American acts emerging from that era. Personal Motto: "Groove first".
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