Michael Brettner

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Michael Brettner (born December 16, 1975 in Trier ) is a German guitarist , sound designer , composer and producer . As a sought-after live and studio guitarist, his broad stylistic spectrum ranges from country music to hits , funk , soul , pop , rock and metal to blues . He is known for virtuoso playing technique, his unusual rock sounds and his preference for tartan skirts as a stage wardrobe.

biography

At the age of 15, Brettner began to play the guitar and showed above-average talent. He has played around 1000 concerts so far and has played with well-known artists such as the Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra , Peter Maffay , Michael Holm , Jørn Lande , Jacob Hansonis , diVan , Meike Anlauff , Lubricant (Destruction), Dominik Krämer ( Heavytones ), the Saturday Night All Stars , Stefan Rademacher ( Billy Cobham , George Duke ), the orthopedic stockings or Rainer Kind ( Chuck Berry ) on stage. In 2000, Brettner was voted Europe's best young guitarist by the Los Angeles Music Academy (LAMA). So far, this prize has only been awarded in the " Guitarist " category, although the Los Angeles Music Academy does not officially have such a chair.

Brettner was an endorser for guitars (Siggi Braun, British Custom Guitars, Dean Guitars ) and amplifiers ( Diezel Amps , Kulik Design) and worked for companies such as Hughes & Kettner or AMT at music fairs in Frankfurt and Moscow. As a sound designer, he developed modern heavy metal sounds for Hughes & Kettner . He also works as a music lecturer at the Popfarm in Bonn and at the Karl Berg Music School in Trier, working group Jazz and Rock School Trier .

He currently plays in Matthias Reim's live band , in the Micky Brühl Band and in the Berlin formation Üebermutter together with front woman Luci van Org from Lucilectric .

Discography

Excerpts from some productions in which Brettner participated:

  • 1997 - Monastery (CD Monastery)
  • 2004 - Final Chapter (CD The Wizard Queen)
  • 2005 - Mayque (CD maturity)
  • 2008 - Dorian Opera (No Secrets)
  • 2008 - Überübermutter (CD Unheil)

Awards

  • 2000 - 1st prize at the international young talent competition "Best European Young Musician" of the Los Angeles Music Academy (LAMA) in the "Guitarist" category

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TV report from 1998
  2. ↑ Interview with Michael Brettner on hundtausend.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.hundtausend.de  
  3. ↑ FACULTY . In: LA Music Academy . October 3, 2014 ( lamusicacademy.org [accessed August 29, 2017]).
  4. ↑ website of Popfarm Bonn ( Memento of the original on 25 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.popfarm.de
  5. ↑ Karl Berg Music School of the City of Trier ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jazz-und-rock-school-trier.de
  6. ↑ Interview with Michael Brettner on Reimgeklickt.de
  7. ↑ Üebermutter on laut.de
personal data
SURNAME Brettner, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist, sound designer, composer and producer
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH trier