Throwback Thursday: Peter Weniger

My latest mix is now online. Venus Tunes Sessions is a monthly mix by Susanne Alt on Freak31, aired every first Sunday of the month at 19:00h. In addition, earlier Venus Tunes Sessions shows are repeated every Friday between 20:00-21:00 and Tuesday 21:00-22:00.Freak 31 has around 250 daily listeners (less during the week, more in the weekend) and a total of +10.000 listeners every month. In addition to Mixcloud and Hearthis, all mixes are also available as podcasts on Deezer and iTunes.It was in 2015 when I had my first official dj gig and since 2016 I started to perform regularly. This took place in Amsterdam's Skyybar, Floor17 and The Harbourclub Zuid... bit by bit, other places like Momo and W Amsterdam followed, leading to club bookings as a dj and festival bookings with Venus Tunes Live in the Netherlands and abroad. All of this in addition to my normal life as a musician. I love dj'ing as it adds another facet to my musicianship.Listen to all editions of the Venus Tunes Sessions where you like; choose your platform: Venus Tunes Sessions is a monthly guest mix by Susanne Alt on Freak31, aired every first Sunday of the month at 1900h. Streaming Dance, straight from Amsterdam. - During my promotion tour in Germany where we visit vinyl record shops I was shortly in Berlin. I looked at Zitty calendar and saw that my dear former teacher Peter Weniger was jamming with a band in Zig Zag Jazz Club Cafe.Last time I saw him was in 2003 at my final exam at UdK Berlin. I easily can say that he was my best jazz teacher. Not only one of the best German sax players but also a very devoted, serious teacher. My parents, who also taught me music, said that I was not an easy student but Peter actually managed to keep me focused. There are too many so-called instrumental teachers on conservatoriums and universities who don't take their job seriously. They use teaching as a way to get an income instead of looking at their student as an indiviual person and making him or her practise what he thinks is right to become a professional musician with an own voice. Peter Weniger really looked at and listened to me and made me dig deeper into the music I liked and showed me the parts who were still missing so I could improve. His strength is also that he's not a vain teacher and doesn't teach taste. He teaches focus, being consequent and finding your own voice. None of his students sound the same. By the way I also liked the whole department of this university quite a lot, not so many students as at the Conservatory of Amsterdam for example, but enough attention for everyone. He performed with Torsten Goods&Friends. There was another throwback.. Torsten I met around 19 years ago at BuJazzO. The guy never slept and practised all night!