After having painted for 16 years there was a mentor, who brought him back to music again and said."hey, I like, what your frickeling on your guitar, lets do a record together". Well then, Mahler composed and produced about 17 albums and so far now there is a band with Mahler including the mentor from old times, newest albums are "Take Time" and "Coffeandbread".Right now Mahler is wrighting an opera (listen also at www.mp3.de)