Tim is currently the chief engineer / producer at Blink Music, a high-end record production company. A graduate of Germany's prestigious Tonmeister program in audio engineering, he was invited to Berklee College of Music in Boston as a Fulbright Scholar, graduated with a triple major in Music Production, Piano Performance, and Composition and freelanced in world-class recording facilities before starting Blink Music.

After discovering that many of the singers he came across while at Blink weren't producing an optimal sound during recordings, Tim became interested in fully understanding this complex instrument. Having experienced the difference between struggling and complete effortlessness and control at his primary instrument, the piano, through his studies with world-class pianists, Tim sought to find the equivalent in vocal training. After trying out many voice methods, he finally found, through Shirin Zareh, access to the Functional Voice Training in Berlin, Boston and Lichtenberg.

" Having been trained as pianist by excellent piano coaches, concert pianists and jazz greats, I started looking for teachers to help me develop my voice. That journey encompassed experiences that could easily be turned into a movie script with both comical and slapstick moments – it is mind boggling how many inefficient voice coaches there are, many of them unable to explain in detail what their exercises are supposed to accomplish and why. I went through about 15 voice coaches, many of them with hardly any progress! Finding the Functional Voice Training was a true blessing. "

" It's all about efficiency of tone production and being able to enjoy the result! For example, for the first 15 years of my life I played piano mostly with muscular effort. Studying in masterclasses with renowned concert pianists, I was introduced to the concept of Functional Piano playing. My arms stopped hurting, by back didn't feel heavy and I actually enjoyed playing the piano - not just on a musical level but also on a physical one. This sense of ease, efficiency and transparency is now also available for singers. I met Gisela Rohmert, one of the most charismatic and knowledgeable authorities in vocal pedagogy, in Boston and signed up for a three-year coaching program in Functional Voice Training. The impact is tremendous on my work as a producer - better singers equal better records. " Tim has coached recording artists in a variety of genres, including classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, and soul, and has had much success in applying the FVT method in all these styles.