I started to play the bagpipes in 1982 at the age of 13. I played in a local pipe band full time when I was 14 years. I've been with that band until 1987.

From that moment on to 1990 I was wondering around to find a pipe band which suited my needs the best. There wasn't any (at that moment..!). So I tried several bands a.o. the Ayr Pipe Band Society in Scotland with which I appeared at the '92 Worlds. I raised my own pipe band in 1990 of which I've been pipe major until February 2008. Since then I've been doing a variety of solo work for shows, national radio (Radio 2 "Knooppunt Kranenbarg" on January 19, 2007) and played for many occassion in daily life: weddings and funerals.

My personal piping motto is: "chan fios eil agam" which is Gaelic for "Poor is the bagpipe when the piper dies".