bertiedrums

Description:

Screen Name:

bertiedrums

Sex:

M

Age:

32

Studio Musician:

Yes

Level Of Commitment:

Very Committed

Years Playing Music:

20

Gigs Played:

Over 100

Tend to Practice:

2-3 times per week

Available to Gig:

2-3 time(s) per week

Most available:

Nights

Bertie - drummer & producer. Bertie Fritsch graduated in engineering product design in 1989. For his final year project he designed innovative electronic MIDI drum sticks. As an engineer he specialised in product noise and vibration, gaining a national prize for his diploma project in acoustics. From 1999 Bertie has worked as a freelance acoustic consultant; projects include the specification and design of the music writing studio for Mercury Prize winning composer Thomas Adés, studio acoustics for Overtones Ltd and the famous Premises studios in London, and the specification and installation of the studio at the British Academy of New Music opened by Sir George Martin. Bertie engineered and co-produced Piano Circus’s critically acclaimed CD Transmission in 2003. As Contemporary Music Development Officer with Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association he recorded and produced New Transmitters, a CD compilation of talented youth musicians from the region. He also plays drums, doing recording sessions for artists such as Future Sound of London (The Isness) and Max Richter, and performs live with national and international musicians. He played drums and percussion on Play and Rockingham Street by the Children. Bertie also co-directed the video Just deep! by Dynamix as part of a Creative Partnerships project at Skoke-Newington School in London. Bertie is currently working on his first solo music project, playing sessions and is part time lecturer in music technology in Glasgow and Carlisle.

Influences:

Musicians and groups I've met or seen: Neil Peart - Paco De Lucia - Stewart Copeland - Trilok Gurtu - Al Di Meola - Roger Waters - Lol Coxhill - Yo La Tango - Pete Erskine - Zakir Hussain - Radiohead - My mum - Ray Davies - Miles Davis - Acme Sewage Co. - Rob Fletcher - Pink Floyd - U2 - The Police - Queen - The Beatles - Sir George Martin - Kronos Quartet - Ornette Coleman - Herbie Hancock - Dave Holland - Michael Brecker - Bob Marley - Skye Sound Studio+ many more.........................

Equipment List:

Exclusively Plays Pearl reference series drums and Ziljian cymbals. They sound amazing like Omar Hakim, dennis Chambers. ddrum triggers. Akia Z8 sampler, Alesis DM5 drum module. mobile live multi channel recording rig + samples

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