photo: Jurg Bohlen

Lyrical version!

In 1948 November the 17th, one month before his birth, little jfm is on the dance floor with his parents: his father is champion of ballroom dancing and his mother a seamstress (she sewed my new blue jeans ...), he owes them his musical sense.

December the 11th, a few days after the Declaration of Human Rights, and thus full of hope in this world, jfm is born in the hot Sismondi street in the liveliest area of Geneva: "les Pâquis". This year, Clarence Leo Fender invents the first solid-body guitar: the Broadcaster, you can just imagine how much little jfm was in a hurry to get out!

In 1963 Graphic Arts are his passion at this time. He's into still life (and then not so still...). He thinks he will be a fashion designer and so... studies music and many instruments by himself: drums, guitar, electric bass, vocals. And a little bit of flute and harmonica.

He attends High Technical College in 1965. A magnificent diploma is now lying in a drawer under many useless objects.

From 1969, after working for one year as a civil engineer, he takes on a few odd jobs just to earn a living while touring clubs as a semi-pro musician first, then as a fully professional guitar player-singer. Many tours in many different music styles, recording studios, commercial jingles, compositions for plays and musicals, arrangements for many singers. Writes for French horn quartet, creates a computer assisted library, performs in acoustic guitar solo and many different setup, score publishing, webmastering, CD production...Nowadays he follows on his very eclectic career as a composer, arranger, song-writer, guitarist and teacher.

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