Bernhard Beibl: very sad to announce, that he's not touring with Tangerine Dream


Bernhard Beibl

Dear TD fans,
I'm very sad to announce, that I will not be touring with Tangerine Dream this year.
After more than 7 years giving my best on stage and in the studio this is a very difficult step I have to take.
I have been continuously asked by TD to play for very little money since 2010 because the so called "promotion-gigs" didn't have that much budget.

This was never a problem for me as long as I could help the band I always felt very proud to be a part of.
But this year TD decided to cut the fees even more - although the final "Farewell Tour" simply can never be classified as a "promotion tour" IMHO - and go down to a level where I would lose money when going on tour instead of staying at home and doing my job as a guitar teacher.

In an email they sent me 2!!! weeks ago they offered an extremely low compensation and requested an answer if I would agree or not. 

I replied with a detailed break-down of what I would lose by accepting those terms and offered a counter proposal.

I didn't ask for much more - just the same amount of money I got for the last "promotion - gigs" which as I already mentioned was actually very low.

But instead of trying to find a consensus with me that's maybe somewhere in the middle of both worlds they just sent me a short email that TD will go on tour without me. Good luck. Goodbye.
No more conversation...

Disappointing after that long time I've been working for and with Edgar, wouldn't you agree?
I'm still very much shocked because as I wrote before this all happened 2 weeks ago when I had already been practising very hard for the upcoming concerts and was full of anticipation.

I was looking so much forward to seeing and meeting all the nice people - fans, crew members and close friends I had the privilege to get to know over the years.

I hope you all understand that it was never my plan at all to stay at home and that I'm really very sad about it.
Hope to meet you all again somewhere in the close future.

Maybe at a concert of one of my bands or maybe just for a coffee? 

BTW, the only positive thing is that I will finally have more time now for producing online guitar lessons with my friend Marko, for my own music and for finishing my singer songwriter solo album as soon as possible.
Actually, Martin Weninger and me are also working on a follow-up of our very successful instrumental EP 2012!

Stay in touch!
Best wishes,
Berni

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