Brentini

My name is Alen Brentini and I am a guitarist / singer / songwriter, composer and arranger. I started playing guitar when I was 9 years old in my hometown Rijeka (Croatia). At the age of 15, I formed my first band called 'Challenger' and performed consistently in Rijeka. At this time, I had long hair and played hard 'n' heavy. :-) Following my years in high school, during which I had played in several rock bands, in the autumn of 1996, I met my friend with whom I formed a duo called 'Adriano & Brentini', which is today called '20 Fingers'. This was the start of my journey as an acoustic guitar player. These days we have about 200 gigs a year, all across Europe... but never enough. :-)
I also play electric guitar and my influences, among others, are Stevie Ray Vaughan, Pat Travers, Jimmy Page, Hendrix, Robert Johnson, Carl Verheyen, Brent Manson etc. I have done many recording sessions with established Croatian artists such as Dado Topic, Fiumens & Neno Belan, Aki Rahimovski etc., who I've also performed live and toured with. I have also played with many world-class musicians such as Woody Mann (NY, USA) and Franco Morone (IT) on fingerstyle guitar festivals in Croatia. I had also played with one of the most popular and respected Croatian artists called Aki Rahimovski. We finished an Australian tour in 2007 and recorded a double album called 'U vremenu izgubljenih', on which I had recorded guitar tracks and written some lyrics. The album was recorded in Los Angeles and features several amazing guest musicians from USA, such as Marco Mendoza (Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy), Scott Henderson, Joey Heredia, Renato Neto (Prince) etc., along with some of the best Croatian musicians.
In 1994 I started writing lyrics and music. I released my first solo single in the winter of 2006., under the label of Croatia Records. I have since done new tracks and arrangements for my first solo record, along with my friend Ivan Pešut. A new instrumental track called 'Transexpress' features an amazing guest keyboard player Michael T. Ross from Los Angeles (Hardline, Acomplice, Lizzy Borden etc.) He is a great person and a killer player! Thank you for everything, Michael! :-) I had also done promotions and video material for my upcoming CD, which will be released through Croatia Records very soon.
Touring and making music is my life. It is all I have ever done and I am very grateful to all of the people around the world who have made that possible.

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