Gerrit was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany. He started playing classical guitar at the age of 6. When he turned 11, he started writing songs and playing in bands. 

Going through various roles in various bands, he also picked up playing Bass, Drums, and Keyboard playing mostly his own material

In his early twenties he studied Computer Science and got involved in computer based music as well as computer software. He founded his first company and got his pilot license. Because of the intensive travel involved in all of these activities, he left his then current band PENTAN. During the following years he successfully focused on building and running software companies, recording solo projects, and performing live acts. During this time he wrote, recorded and performed dozens of songs.

Over the course of his career Gerrit (and friends) have frequently performed in front of larger audiences in venues such as the Hamburg Markthalle and in smaller clubs such as the Utah Saloon or the Swig in San Francisco, where he lived before he moved back to Hamburg.

In 2016 he combined and rewrote material to release A QUARTER LATE, an album that contains a collection of his songs spanning a genres mix, that he has been exposed to during his career with a focus on relevant lyrics. As most songs on this album were written and arranged by him while he was travelling, he decided to play and record all instruments on this album himself to create the greatest proximity to the original ideas.
Since Gerrit is an industry expert in digital, media, and music (and has been CEO of multiple companies in this space), he is a frequent speaker at international conferences such as CeBit or the Reeperbahn Festival.

He also served on the advisory board of the “Content and Technology” paper of the IT Gipfel 2014 initiated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Personal

Artwork

Live