Biography
German bassist, composer, engineer and producer, born on Nov. 11, 1948 in Stuttgart. After singing in a choir in the 1950's, Schmid started his musical career as guitarist and singer for a local Soul band called "The Dynamites" from 1962 to 1970. In 1968, he also became part of the band Seelow & Mayer Formation. The same time, he was educated as recording engineer at Stuttgart-based Jankowski Studio of Horst Jankowski.
In 1972, he joined the Jazz-Fusion band Passport of Klaus Doldinger. He stayed bassist in the band during the main Krautrock era between 1972 and 1977 and left the band after a fundamental change in line-up. The following year, he joined Head, Heart & Hands as a bassist. In 1981, he started as bandleader of Wolfhound. In 1986, he founded The Kick and in 1996 Paradox together with Billy Cobham.
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Aside from being one of the most influential bassist from Germany's Krautrock era, he also started to teach bass from 1990. In 2016, he received a honor professorship at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart.
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