We don't know when exactly Saitenwerk was started. 

But we are quite sure that somewhen in the early years of the 21st century Thomas and Tina met for the first time in a small room somewhere in Marburg, Germany.

Tina was (and still is) a guitar teacher. And Thomas was (and still is) looking for some inspiration concerning his guitar style. 
So Thomas decided to take some guitar lessons from Tina and that's when it all began.

It quickly turned out that Tina and Thomas have had a common sense of making music. 
Playing together was very easy, we both have had plenty of ideas, lyrics, hook lines and (very important) the same understanding of what rhythm is - and what it is not.

That's where Beate came into play. At first she started randomly joining our rehearsal sessions scribbeling us while we were working with our guitars.
One day she just grabbed the base guitar and from that time on she became our base rhythm section.

Pretty straight forward up to this point. Unfortunately we were still looking for another band member - a vocalist.

This task took us some time. We made a couple of attempts, but whatever we tried - no vocalist stayed in our band for longer than one year.
Maybe our fault? But it was worth waiting and trying because the first vocalist being a vital band member for longer than 365 days has been Aline.

When Aline entered our band everyone was boosted. Developping songs became easier, food supply improved, voices and guitars together made beautiful songs.
Although Aline and the rest of us did not share the same understanding of rhythm in the beginning we managed to work that out.

That's it. The band has been complete.

We have been writing songs about live, love, death, some criminal issues and whatever else pops into our minds. We recorded a CD. We had some gigs on local festivals. And so on.

So what is Saitenwerk about?

It's about music of course. But it's also about friendship. We meet once a week, talking about live and playing our songs. We have done this at least for the last six years. 
And thats's a long time. But we all have enjoied our sessions and loved (and still love!) the way we create music together.

Hopefully this will last for some more years!

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