Martin Röttger

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Martin Röttger

Martin Röttger (born February 5, 1970 in Hamburg ) is a musician and author. He plays the drums and the cajón .

Life

Martin Röttger started playing drums at the age of nine. He took lessons from Sir Allen Buckley. He gained his first musical experience in Hamburg clubs such as the “ Fabrik ” or the “Cotton Club”. He later took lessons from Thomas Arp, a teacher at the state youth music school.

When he was twelve he played in the big band at his school. At the age of 14 he founded his own band together with Andrija Brikalin and Olaf Outzen, the “Psychadelic Dungeon”. Their repertoire consisted mainly of songs by Jimi Hendrix . He also played in various rock formations, such as “Lite Works”, which emerged from the Hamburg project “Let a thousand stones roll”.

Other important stations in his musical career were "Blues Package", "Paddy Korn" and other formations on the Hamburg blues scene. He was also a drummer in the bands of Chuck Berry , the Spencer Davis Group and Buddy Guy .

In 2000 he met Abi Wallenstein , who was playing in a duo with Steve Baker (Harp) at the time. In this formation he also established the cajón as the "smallest drum kit in the world". He also played with Yellow Moon and 8 to the bar , two cover bands that play rock , boogie and blues , as well as with Gottfried Böttger , Henry Heggen and other Hamburg musicians.

Today Röttger is one of the most sought-after cajón players in Europe. Due to many inquiries about the cajon and its use after his workshops, Röttger has already written three textbooks for beginners and advanced learners: Martin Röttger's Cajon School - The quick and easy introduction to cajon playing (with CD and DVD) , Cajon styles for drummers and Cajon - instructions for self-study.

Discography

  • 1992 Blues Package, LIVE (CD)
  • 1995 Blues Package, No way out (CD)
  • 1998 Paddy Korn and Band, 'Roadblock (CD)
  • 2002 Matthias Schlechter & Bluedoo XT, Mojo Live (CD)
  • 2002 Blues op Platt, Live (CD)
  • 2003 Abi Wallenstein, Step in time (CD)
  • 2003 Yellow Moon, Across the border (CD)
  • 2003 Paddy Korn and Band, Prediction (CD)
  • 2004 8 to the bar, swingin 'it (CD)
  • 2004 Blues op Platt, Useful jo nix (CD)
  • 2006 Larry Mathews Blackstone, Solid Ground (CD)
  • 2006 Chris Jones and Steve Baker , Gotta look up (CD)
  • 2006 Yellow Moon, Movin 'on (CD)
  • 2007 Blues Culture, Blues Culture (CD)
  • 2009 Abi Wallenstein & BLUESCULTURE in CONCERT
  • 2010 Georg Schroeter & Marc Breitfelder, Sugar & Spice (double LP) (CD)

bibliography

  • Cajon styles for drummers
  • Cajon - Instructions for self-study
  • Martin Röttger's Cajon School

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Röttger discovered the cajon at a festival in the late 1990s. Up until now the cajon had mainly been played by percussionists in the flamenco scene, but according to Röttger it contained all the possibilities of a drum kit. He then used it successfully in other musical styles. In pop music in particular , it has proven to be versatile - not just as a percussion instrument.
personal data
SURNAME Röttger, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cajón player and drummer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg