He grew up listening to artists like Roxette, Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi, Scorpions and Cher.

He worked on three Zdenka's CDs, and they won the Zagrebfest in 2000 and Zadarfest in 2001 for the song "Možda ni ne osjećam kraj" (Maybe I don't even feel the end).

For the vocal performance in the album "Ja živim svoj san" (I am living my dream) with arrangements of Duško Mandić, Zdenka wins the best singer in Croatia in 2001 at the PORIN Awards.

[2] Entertainment manager Boris Šuput discovered him for his talent in writing pop songs and the collaboration lasted for 6 years.

It resulted with hits like "Uzmi me", "Hello", "Baby", "Ljubila sam kao mala", and "Jedna noć", all performed by Šuput's daughter Maja and her group named Enjoy.