Don‘t Be A Stranger (oh dad)

If you're looking for a bio.....well, I make beats.
HiDeF......

Video impressions Wannebach Open Air on 23th August, 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvY5mPKCHlg
More video highlights: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17923495569109036/

NEW Video Trailer "Living": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKm28euxFuE

NEW Video Trailer "First Thing": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q-58t7gvyg

YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PotBarley

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/potbarleyofficial

Musician & songwriter driven just by passion for songwriting and singing. I am releasing "SoundCloud first" but some selected songs are also on Spotify, Apple, Amazon etc.
Since spring 2023 I have been writing and recording mainly as a "one man band", using acoustic & electric guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, an old piano, conga, etc. and a voice.
Former member of German bands: In Rags (with Sami Yli-Sirniö and Roman Keymer), Sharkpool and Dutch bands Garbitsjkeng, The Wit, Trio van Putten and and a few others. I baptized my Alter Ego and named him "Pot Barley".

Beatles records gave me hope, happiness and humor while growing up in what became an unhappy and troubled home. That lead me to the guitar and then the Who, Johnny Cash and all sorts of other genres of music as I grew up. 

I'm not sure how to classify my music. I think of it as rock, but when I play out some people ask me if I'm a folk singer. I don't think so in the traditional sense, but perhaps singing about what I see as the shortcomings, deficiencies and self-created chaos within my society, myself and human culture in general is a core component of folk. Really, I think it is at the core of true rock, blues, country and many other forms of music and art.But, given the fact that when I play out I often strum hard enough to make my fingers bleed, I'll call it rock.

I played college and pro soccer and coach college soccer. I have worked in a variety of businesses and even acted for a time. Experiencing many different slices of life and a diverse array of people and environments, I have always been befuddled by our ego's ability to take something beautiful like life and nature and turn us against ourselves and each other. As individuals we are all very similar on the inside and we seem to lose sight of that fact. I guess that is what I write about. It helps me stay sane and find some hope. My recording quality isn't the best, I know, but it is "Getting Better All the Time." I like my songs, I hope you do too.

Don‘t Be A Stranger (oh dad)

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