Employee Story Rhythm of my life
The rhythm of my life
It is practically a law of nature – show a twelve-year-old boy a gleaming drum kit and you will see shining eyes and hear the question: Can I have a go? For Markus Müller, Electronics Technician for Equipment and Systems in the Kurtz engineering works, it was a little different. But even so, the 43-year-old still has the odd story to tell – among them, the one about how he got involved with music.
When I was 16 I had a couple of mates who played in a band – but they were still looking for a bass guitar. Without thinking too long about it, I got myself a guitar and learned the first bass lines jamming together with the lads. To my parents’ delight, I set up a rehearsal room for myself in their basement. I very soon realised that rhythm really is my thing and I was quick to pick it up. Even so, I switched over to drums before too long – the drum kit I bought myself back then cost an awful lot of money. But it was worth it: 25 year on, I am still playing it, even if I have repeatedly played around with the constellation of snare, cymbals, etc. This time I really wanted to go for it – a band without a good rhythm group of bass and drums is doomed from the start. That’s why I travelled once a week to a music school in Aschaffenburg for lessons. At the same time, though, I also wanted to be live on stage and played in a variety of bands.
Five years ago, I quit the job I had at the time and spent eight months travelling in India, Malaysia and Thailand – an absolutely priceless experience. For the last 5 years I have been here at Kurtz in the engineering works and work as an electronics technician wherever I happen to be needed. Be it the particle foam machines or low-pressure casting machines. When you see what has been happening here in the last four years: I take my hat off to the Kurtz Team!
The individual elements all have to mesh with one another perfectly, like gears, so that in the end a top rate machine can be sent on its way to the customer. The analogy can also be used for music making: In our band too, the individual instruments have to complement one another ideally if we want the gig to be really good. For three years now I have been the drummer in the band “Diamond Dogs” – whether open air or, in the warmer seasons, once a week in the Wertheimer Burg. It’s the classic line-up with vocalist, two guitars, bass and drums. It’s a really cool thing; the band is great fun – and so is the audience!
PS: In his private life too, Markus Müller, who everyone knows as “Smeily”,
has found his groove – he is soon to get married and take his wife’s name.
Looks like he never misses a beat!
