TONY SCHUMACHER - GUITAR

Born: 9th of May 1990

Place of birth: Neubrandenburg

Influences: John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Michael Romeo, Steve Morse,Victor Smolski, Uli Jon Roth, Marcus Deml, Guido Bungenstock and Matthias Aklundh

How + why did you start playing/ Early Influences/ Musical training:

I think I started playing at the age of 12 or 13 years. During these times I was interested in a large spectrum of music. The first contact with metal I had with german powermetal bands and a little bit later I also listened to stuff like Metallica and even harder bands, like SixFeetUnder. I had lots of lessons with several teachers(same as Eric) and I reveived some special lessons from guys like: Victor Smolski, Uli Jon Roth, Marcus Deml, Guido Bungenstock and Matthias Aklundh at the Robert Johnson guitar Award. This was amazing because I was greatly influenced by some of those teachers, years before! Other important influences are: John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Michael Romeo, Steve Morse and non guitar players like: Russel Allen, Jordan Rudess, Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt, Bach, Mozart… Today I also take some piano lessons. One of my favorite instruments, closely following the guitar. When I joined the STORM, Eric, Karl and Erik were already jamming together. At this time they tried a lot of different band constellations and one day Eric asked me to jam with them, while I practiced in the rehearsal room of one of my old bands. I guess I made a good impression and therefore they took me. Today I'm also planning a little instrumental/studio project with 2 other great musicians, but after spending all my time with songwriting for Rising Storm, producing other Bands, practicing piano and guitar and doing live sound- engineer jobs (this is my real job)…there is not much time left.

Current gear:

Amps + FX:
a lot of different Engl Amps, currently using Engl e530, Engl 840, Mesa Dual Rectifier Rackmount(totally different to new ones), Engl 412 Pro, Kustom 412er with Celestion Speakers, Maxon OD9, TC. Gmajor, Line6 G90 Wireless Guitars:
Ibanez RG Series, Custom Made RG made by Jaden Rose Production stuff:
Focusrite Saffire 56, Steinberg Cubase, DDrumTrigger, Shure Sm57’s and Sm58’s, AT 4040, Rode Mics, Palmer DI/ Reampboxes, Adam monitoring, Presonus Faderport, Beyerdynamic + AKG Headphones, Intel i7 Computer, many VST stuff and more, more, more….