Christian Tournay

Christian Tournay profile

Name:

Christian Tournay

Band:

Time Bandits Big Band, Hot House Hooters

Drumming since:

1988

With MEINL since:

2006

Birthday:

September 19, 1971

Zodiac Sign:

Virgo

Place of Birth:

Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Currently living in:

Nuernberg, Germany

Favorite Food:

Indian

Favorite Drink:

Warsteiner :-)

MEINL cymbal series used:

Byzance

Favorite MEINL cymbal:

Byzance Brilliant Thin Crashes

Car that you currently drive:

Volvo V70

Not counting on drums, what do you do for fun:

PC Games, recording videos

Teacher:

Forian Mueller, Andi Gillmann, Rene Creemers, Jan Rohlfing

Drumtech:

I have been the drumtech at the Montreux Jazz Festival for 11 years. I dont need one !!

Highlight of your career so far:

Session at the MJF together with BB King, Les McCann & Joe Sample in the Stravinski Auditorium (recorded on HDTV)

Drumming strengths:

Always for the song

Drumming means to me:

Being at home

Advice for up and coming drummers:

Always listen to the other instruments, cause THEY dictate what you should play.

When I look back on my life one day, I would like to be able to say:

.....that I treated my friends well and nothing important remained unsaid.