The great storytellers of pop, such as Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell also belonged to his early sources of inspiration such as the Beatles and Pink Floyd, who he discovered in his parents' record collection.
He has also studied guitar with Pat Metheny, Mick Goodrick, John Abercrombie, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Philip Catherine.
From 1998-2000 Mhe was a member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Germany, conducted by Peter Herbolzheimer, and was on concert tours with numerous ensembles through the US, Japan, Argentina, Scandinavia, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and south-east Europe.
Fellow artists and ensembles include the band Naked Raven, musicians Paul Van Dyk, Jocelyn B. Smith and Tim Fischer, in addition to the DanGer (Danish-German Jazzsextett), Fitzwilliam String Quartet, and the Film Orchestra Babelsberg.
[2] Collaborative work as guitarist with Michael Thalheimer & Bert Wrede for the production of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" at the German Theatre Berlin, 2008.