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Michael Krätz

Michael Krätz -
Drummer, singer and songwriter

About Me

First of all, Michael is the drummer of the danish band Kandis!
Click here for further information about Kandis
Besides Kandis, he's currently working on own material, wich is to be released sometime in 2007. This place is dedicated to his solo work.
Watch this space for news on the upcomming release.
Some Bio facts:
- Michael was born on february 3th, 1972
- Started playing drums in 1980 (damn, that means 26 years of drumming, no wonder my bag is killing me these days :o))
- Been fulltime musician since 1999
- Has been playing drums on several studio recordings, for various artists since 1993
- Has been playing live with several wellknown danish artists, since 1990 (before that he played with some of the local guys)
- Joined Kandis, january 2004.
- Released 3 albums with Kandis, which all earned awards (Gold records)
- Plays 170 concerts every year with Kandis, mostly in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Farao Islands and Germany
When he's not playing music, he runs and own his company Bandweb , with his longtime friend and buisness partner, Henrik Bank.

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Michael Krätz releated websites:
www.michaelkratz.dk , www.krätz.dk , www.krätz.com
www.kandis.dk
www.myspace.com/mkratz
www.bandweb.dk

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Music:

Member Since: 12/4/2006
Band Website: michaelkratz.dk
Influences: In no particular order:
Duran Duran, Andy Taylor, Richie Sambora, TOTO, Elton John, Simon Phillips, Huey Lewis, Bon Jovi, Tico Torris, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Steve Ferrone, The 80's, The Beatles, Bryan Adams, U2, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Thunder, Eric Clapton, Level 42, Robbie Williams, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Tony Royster JR., Billy Cobham, Dave Weckl, Peter Erskine, Billy Joel, Eagles, Paul McCartney, MLTR/Jascha Richter, Kim Larsen, Giant, Gary Moore, The Police, Phil Collins, George Michael, Georgia Satellites, R.E.M., Michael Jackson, Steve Lukather, Hall & Oates, Maroon5, Take 6, Robert Palmer, Chic, The Power Station, Tony Thompson, Nile Rodgers, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Gadd, Jeff Healey, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Heart, Lionel Richie, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Randy Crawford, Mezzoforte, Van Halen, Steve Morse, John Scofield, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, The Rembrandts, The Proclaimers, Crowded House, Rickie Lee Jones, Westlife, Ronan Keating, Earth Wind & Fire, etc etc etc.
Sounds Like: Hoping someday to find somthing, that sounds like Michael Krätz :o)
Record Label: OliKat (Own label)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Thanks and Merry Christmas!

I wanna thank everyone for a good year and wish you all a very merry christmas and a happy new year.I'm going to the studio in january and start the recordings of my new project.I'm looking forward ...
Posted by Michael Krätz on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:28:00 PST

Demo tilføjet i afspilleren...

Jeg har lagt en DEMO sang op, som du kan lytte lidt til hvis du har lyst:o)Det er KUN en demo og er optaget i mit eget lille hjemmestudie - og kvaliteten er der efter...Værsgo at lytte og god fornøj...
Posted by Michael Krätz on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:46:00 PST

Demo song added...

Just added a DEMO song - totally different from a newer version, which might make it to the album.It's just a demo and should be considered as that. It was recorded at my tiny studio at home.It...
Posted by Michael Krätz on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:12:00 PST

Hello folks.... and welcome!

Finally here it is - the official Michael Krätz MySpace profile.Why have this profile? - why not? - everybody else has one.....Well, I think it's a great place to let people know about what I'm...
Posted by Michael Krätz on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:44:00 PST