tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10634825590388127492024-03-13T13:02:35.980-07:00oliver holzwarththis blog is about activities in cities somewhere on this planet. all about music - all about groove - all about bass! check out myspace
http://www.myspace.com/oliverholzwartholiver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-23519745891506338852008-11-13T07:22:00.000-08:002008-11-13T07:24:39.380-08:00Being Somebody<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SRxGsiarpuI/AAAAAAAAAC4/t9WT4B4sleE/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SRxGsiarpuI/AAAAAAAAAC4/t9WT4B4sleE/s400/1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268163395083544290" /></a><br />hi there,<br />just received a testimonial from my ukrainian brothers. on the photo there is the current ukrainian president.<br />... pause ... NOT.<br /><br />cheers, oliveroliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-85412041029510607142008-11-13T07:07:00.000-08:002008-11-13T07:14:14.617-08:00Rhythm Section Clinic in Siegen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SRxDgu9sReI/AAAAAAAAACw/jlZyJVJGWQU/s1600-h/Clinic_Blabbermouth.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SRxDgu9sReI/AAAAAAAAACw/jlZyJVJGWQU/s400/Clinic_Blabbermouth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268159893758297570" /></a><br />hi folks,<br /><br />having just arrived from Samara, Russia, I am preparing our first Rhythm Section Clinic at Siegen, Germany together with my bro Alex.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108826"><span style="font-weight:bold;">blabbermouth</span></a> has already posted the news, which is fairly appreciated. see you there ...<br /><br />cheers from Hamburg, Oliveroliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-67153500441152543402008-10-26T06:33:00.001-07:002008-10-26T06:39:44.146-07:00Link to Bratislava Pics of the the Show<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SQRzDTEN_-I/AAAAAAAAACo/3kmstpiS2pA/s1600-h/Bratislava_oliver.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SQRzDTEN_-I/AAAAAAAAACo/3kmstpiS2pA/s400/Bratislava_oliver.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261456765170352098" /></a><br />here it is:<br /><a href="http://www.hudba.sk/spravy/2008-10-25-fotoreport-tarja-turunen-24-10-2008-ntc-sibamac-arena-bratislava#">Pictures Bratislava 24.10.2008</a><br />these pictures are just awesome!<br /><br /><br />best, oliveroliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-87813298058974628262008-10-26T06:18:00.000-07:002008-10-26T06:24:27.489-07:00Belgrade Day Offwe have just arrived in the city of Belgrade. time to relax, go for jogging ... as always. the concert yesterday in Kosice, Slovakia went quite smooth. mike got his new IEM earplugs and enjoyed it even more than he usually does. we nailed it down and enjoyed the beautiful crowd.<br /><br />I tell you something. it is great fun to play with Tarja. hope to see you in Belgrade, at least at our show tomorrow.<br /><br />best regards, oliveroliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-50308916071856973782008-10-24T04:35:00.000-07:002008-10-24T04:38:27.289-07:00My Birthday in Luxembourgthanx to everybody for singing along which I emotionally appreciated a lot.<br />ah - thanx to tarja and maria for such a nice conspiracy.<br /><br />;-) oliver<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aHr4DLMZ3s">Happy Birthday Oliver</a>oliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-18023859393311842732008-10-24T04:27:00.000-07:002008-10-24T04:29:35.660-07:00Bratislavahello everybody,<br /><br />we just arrived in the beautiful city of Bratislava. big sports arena somewhere in the center. the techs do their work, we musicians have to wait, as always. good chance to go for some jogging and sightseeing which I am gonna do right now. see you there!<br />cheers, oliveroliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-76411568772155369942008-10-20T14:15:00.000-07:002008-10-20T14:18:40.523-07:00Enough<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WH-WtjXd0A&feature=related">Enough Live in Luxembourg 19/10/2008</a><br /><br />ah - the crowd was awesome. we enjoyed it so much. cheers, oliveroliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-83889460345095799882008-10-20T13:58:00.000-07:002008-10-20T14:00:35.615-07:00second showeverything went well. what a nice venue in luxembourg - no reflections from the walls in the venue, great sound devices from l acoustics that did a great job in producing a killer sound. actually, it was my birthday and everybody got involved in singing happy birthday which was quite nice. mike: you were smoking, again. ... pause NOT!<br />cheers from prag, oliveroliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-20103181104500946362008-10-15T22:55:00.000-07:002008-10-15T23:01:49.004-07:00about to start the touryesterday I arrived at the Belgian hotel where I had the chance to meet band and crew for the first time. nice dinner and chatting but then: going thru the songs with guitar player alex for the first time. always a very special experience - no amps, just dry string steel sound. now I know that I am well prepared and can jump into the rehearsals with a grin on my face.<br /><br />cheers, oliveroliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-90615629957071399792008-10-08T23:12:00.001-07:002008-10-08T23:17:03.180-07:00Tour Dates October November with Tarja Turunen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SO2hJ0mKbiI/AAAAAAAAACg/YHN0FyQ0o4g/s1600-h/Gigs_OctNov.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SO2hJ0mKbiI/AAAAAAAAACg/YHN0FyQ0o4g/s400/Gigs_OctNov.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255033530320842274" /></a><br />hello all,<br /><br />it is getting serious. rehearsals being ahead I am ready to go. looking forward to see you there, whoever you are.<br /><br />check<a href="http://www.tarjaturunen.com"> Tarja Turunen </a>'s website for further details.<br /><br />cheers!oliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-61534459883145900462008-09-30T12:09:00.000-07:002008-09-30T12:26:38.675-07:00another one<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SOJ6MLWNNvI/AAAAAAAAACY/k83uRcrShsg/s1600-h/Tarja_Website.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SOJ6MLWNNvI/AAAAAAAAACY/k83uRcrShsg/s400/Tarja_Website.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251894465090369266" /></a>oliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-73287756767863533612008-09-30T11:59:00.000-07:002008-09-30T12:02:46.139-07:00Eastern Europe with Tarja<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SOJ30YpeouI/AAAAAAAAACQ/OPBkJ5CTZd4/s1600-h/MetalFromFinland.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SOJ30YpeouI/AAAAAAAAACQ/OPBkJ5CTZd4/s400/MetalFromFinland.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251891857320747746" /></a><br />Great to read that I will be touring with Tarja and her stellar line up. Hope to see you on tour! Ah - my first time in Israel, this is far beyond great.<br /><br />Time to rehearse!oliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-36975606333819692742008-09-23T00:36:00.000-07:002008-09-23T00:40:01.906-07:002 Outis there anybody to share the great experience of having two outputs on the bass guitar? like alembic and rickenb. used to do it?<br /><br />personally, I see no real alternative to it. my bass is modified with two outs, consequently.oliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-2297649992939630512008-09-08T01:09:00.000-07:002008-09-08T01:11:45.409-07:00hitting roadsagain, this week will see me touring with blind guardian. my two sandbergs plus my pedalbag and I'm ready to go. just received a new strobo tuner by peterson which is an amazing tool to perfectly tune my instrument. highly recommended!<br /><br />regards from somewhere on the road, oliveroliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-51556585452714436232008-09-02T02:43:00.000-07:002008-09-02T02:45:05.114-07:00Sandberg<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SL0LGvV0M-I/AAAAAAAAACI/otlvAmEiZhc/s1600-h/sandberg-logo.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SL0LGvV0M-I/AAAAAAAAACI/otlvAmEiZhc/s320/sandberg-logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241357751744213986" /></a><br />cool basses to rock the world!oliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-45918701043375376362008-09-01T09:16:00.001-07:002008-09-02T02:26:38.577-07:00rock hard<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SL0GrgTHLaI/AAAAAAAAAB4/b4js-RXrIdM/s1600-h/HB_Rock_Hard_Germany_BS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SL0GrgTHLaI/AAAAAAAAAB4/b4js-RXrIdM/s400/HB_Rock_Hard_Germany_BS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241352885803363746" /></a><br />rock hard joines the union. our news have already been posted. thank you guys!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rockhard.de/">www.rockhard.de</a>oliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-87832427160429908412008-09-01T00:05:00.000-07:002008-09-01T00:07:56.471-07:00spread the newswe have been posted on the Rhapsody Of Fire website which is great. it always takes some time to get everybody updated. and this helps quite a lot. thanx a lot!<br /><br /><a title="blocked::http://www.rhapsodyoffire.com/rhapsody/index.php" href="http://www.rhapsodyoffire.com/rhapsody/index.php">http://www.rhapsodyoffire.com/rhapsody/index.php</a>oliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-2459771427021569502008-08-19T08:34:00.000-07:002008-09-02T02:30:26.602-07:00the new nuclear blast catalogue<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SL0HppcV-4I/AAAAAAAAACA/2JwMbSUfVhE/s1600-h/NB_Sandberg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MiT8HFLuEH4/SL0HppcV-4I/AAAAAAAAACA/2JwMbSUfVhE/s400/NB_Sandberg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241353953409891202" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">has anyone read it, yet? there is some nice feature in it, at least this time ;-)<br /><br /></span>oliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063482559038812749.post-29012667059307662772008-08-19T08:30:00.000-07:002008-08-19T08:33:10.015-07:00blind guardian in spainhi folks, september will see us playing in beautiful spain which I prefer a lot. great audience, great people, great food. always an intense experience and therefore something I need.<br />cheerz, oliveroliver holzwarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05882161710383616368noreply@blogger.com1