THESE GUYS ARE HOT !!!!
Mike Varney: Guitarplayer Magazine Says," A versatile musician, Steve plays in a variety of styles, and displays an excellent vocabulary of licks in his material that ranges from Funk to Fusion and even Country.
Current Events:
Bill and Stephen reunited in March of 2000 to record their first cd ON FIRE! consisting of six original compostions, all instrumentals, with a variety of jazz genres from hard driven fusion to smooth jazz. Permanent Solution went all the way up to no# one on MP3.com on the Jazz fusion genre approx twenty days and stayed on the top forty about six months. Funk-A-Tash selected to be one of the songs preloaded on a popular mp3 player, Eastech company based out of Japan, hand chosen by Javamusic.com professionals.
The second cd RISK FACTOR! was recorded the following year in July of 2001. This cd consist of seven original compositions and also of many jazz styles, Skyline Drive is a smooth instrumental guitar piece with a keyboard intro and outtro, this song was selected by Judivor productions for a compilation cd The Jazz Room Jazz Mix Volume 1. along with other accomplished artist like Carmine D'Amico Ensemble, Morris Code , Daniel Martina, Triad to name just a few.
The Bernd Brothers music have been listened to by more than 140,000 listeners on MP3.com and are very grateful for the recognition they have recieved since uploading their terrific music free to all on the internet musical highway!
Artist Description:
The Bernd Brothers is a blend of instrumental jazz, funk, rock and latin grooves, this integration of styles features smooth as well as sizzling guitars played by Stephen Bernd, serious funk and smooth growling fretless bass lines played by Bill Bernd, outstanding drums and percussion by seasoned performer Jeff Geyer And red hot keyboards By David Hicks.
Artist history:
Both Stephen and Bill Bernd are extremely versatile musicians. Stephen has been featured in Guitar Player magazine's, Spotlight for new talent, and has opened or appeared with some of the biggest names in the business. Bill, a well known bassist in central Florida, has also opened and appeared with many big names as well. Together they have played the casino circuits, the fair circuits of nothern Calif and clubs all over the US. Jeff Geyer is a well known percussionist and studio player in central Florida, playing drums and congas in many styles. David Hicks is the owner and studio engineer at Labyrinth recording, audio/visual productions Inc. an excellent engineer and keyboard player. Special thanks to Lynn Crochet for his contribution of keyboards on Mammoth Mountain, Smooth Shave and Forever Land, Vitaminic.com Version.
Group members
Bill Bernd, bass guitars, Stephen Bernd, Guitars, Jeff Geyer, drums and percussion David Hicks keyboards
Instruments
1962 Fender Statocaster, Custom Telecaster, Ibeanez Artstar,Hammer five string and Fender jazz fretless bass, Yamaha drums, Sabian and zildjian cymbals. Cosmic percussion congas and bongos!
Albums
The Bernd Brothers "On Fire"! copywrite 2000 RISK FACTOR! copywrite 2001
Press reviews
Guitar Player Magazine March 1984 issue "Spot Light for New Talent"
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.theberndbrothers.comTrack List:
1. Permanent Solution
2. Sweet Dreams
3. Funk-A-Tash
4. Steppin Out
5. EM9
6. White Sands
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