I found myself one day giving out free strawberries at nature parties and raves: on my head – a strawberry hat, on my back – a strawberry cape, in one hand – a didgeridoo, and in the other hand – a crate of strawberries.
Everyone told me I’m crazy, but it only made me more passionate about doing what I love. I decided that day that I’m going to set an example of a person that followed through with his passion all the way!
On my 20th birthday, I thought to myself: Why only at parties and raves?
I went out to busy streets giving away free strawberries and playing my didgeridoo to everyone.On the first day, I had so much fun and earned so much money that the next day I quit my waiter job and since then I became the Strawberry Man.
From that day on, I have played all over the world in Germany, Australia, Israel, India, and New Zealand.
I have acquired more than 3000 hours of stage time in front of people everywhere: from busking in the streets to playing in living rooms, parties and big festivals. I got to perform with big artists including: Dub FX and Dario Rossi and I also got to participate in a TedX event in India with the famous Maati Baani Band.
In my time in Australia, I had the honor of staying with aboriginal people, who taught me about the origins of the didgeridoo and healing. In that time I lived with the spiritual leader of the Yolngu tribe, Djalu Guruwiwi, who adopted me as his brother and told me I have their blessing, and that it is my time to go out into the world and spread my message. (see docu in my YouTube channel link)
Wherever I find myself, people gather around listening to my stories and the unique sound of the Saxo-Didge.
In my show I talk about doing what you are passionate about, I tell stories about cheeky monkeys in India, fire spitting dragons, meditation and mindfulness.
For me, seeing someone smile/nod/laugh/ during my show is the meaning of existence: knowing that I inspire people to live stronger, more passionately, to do what they love, to understand the world better, and to feel better in their own skin – that fills me with inspiration and it is the reason I am alive.
Playing at Mauerpark on a bright Sunday morning, Kartik from Maati Baani fished me out of the park and we recorded some sounds for a video clip.
A few years later we found ourselves on stage in India together on a TedXGateway event playing one of the most complex musical pieces gathering artists from far away places of the world.
Before you do all that complicated stuff you plan to do, I think you deserve to be a human being first. You see, I didn’t get to be a human being before doing complicated stuff: I learned how to play
When you decide to travel the world, and for some weird reason you decide to make music everywhere you go on public places, you get to see the weirdest shit. It’s called busking, it is a 2000 year old art,
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