Biography
Career:
- Graduate of the europeen branch of the Drummers Collective New York in Straßburg
- Advanced training at the Drummers Collective in New York
- Drums Intensive Coaching and lessons with Claus Hessler
Teaching:
- Owner of the Music School Drumschool Marc Bollow "drums and more" in Uchtelfangen/Saar
- 2013 - 2021: musical director at the Musikschule Saar in Saarbrücken
- 2008 - 2021: teacher at the Musikschule Saar in Saarbrücken
- 2007-2013: teacher at Musikzentrum Mandelbachtal
- Leading various workshops such as a 3-week band workshop in the sector drums at Club Aldiana
(Fuerteventura) and a 1-week drum workshop at the KBBZ Neunkirchen
Marc Bollow is official endorser of:
- Rohema drumsticks, with own signature stick
- Mr. Muff
- Canopus Drums
- Ahead Armor Cases
- Code Drum Heads
- Morton Microphones Systems
- No Nuts Cymbal Sleeves
- Ökecajon
- The RimRiser
- Turkish Cymbals
- The Sweet Spots Drum Dampner
- SkyGel Damper Pads
- SIB Systems
Private lessons/Masterclasses with:
- Intensiv training with Dave Weckl (Chick Corea, Mike Stern)
- Intensiv training with Virgil Donati
- Intensiv training with Thomas Lang
- Bernhard Purdie (James Brown, Aretha Franklin u.v.m.) in New York
- John Riley at the Music School of Manhattan, New York
- Aaron Comess (Spin Doctors, Marius Müller Westernhagen)
- Adam Nußbaum (Bill Evans)
- Billy Cobham (Stratus)
- Chester Thompson (Genesis, Phil Collins, Frank Zappa)
- Chris Coleman (Prince)
- Joe Porcaro (Toto, Madonna)
- Mark Schulmann (Foreigner, Cher)
- Pat Petrillo (Gloria Gaynor, Patti LaBelle)
- Werner Schmitt (Hugo Strasser, NDR und HR Bigband)
Lessons at the Drummers Collective/New York with:
- Adriano Santos
- Frank Katz
- Jason Gianni
- Kim Plainfield
- Peter Retzlaff
- Tobias Ralph
- Vince Cherico
