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Michael Zander

About Me

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Born & raised in the northern part of Switzerland in Europe. During my schooling years I was entchanted by art & paintings. Ievolved an infatuated affection for the music and its world. From then on I realized my own musical fantasies to get to know andamalgamate the various styles and directions. My cosmopolitan parents (who temporary live in the USA, South Asia and Switzerland) &my brothers provided me with different cultural and ethnic arts & life styles. So you’ll find romantic, oriental, country,european, southern rock as well as jazz elements in my assortment. Such eclectic musical influence left its fingerprint andcontributed richly to the growth of my own personality.
British guitarist Ritchie Blackmore was my first guitar Hero & I still dig his playing to this day. In the mid eighties I cameacross Eric Johnson. He is one of my main influences. The versatility of Lee Ritenour was another big influence. Acoustic Guitar duo Strunz & Farah helped me to learn more about latin rythmus. I am a big fan of Flamenco music & blues music in general. I really like the piano playing and the arrangements of Keiko Matsui Other Artist I really admire; Classical Composers such as Franz Liszt, Frederic Chopin, Mozart & Igor Strawinsky to name a few.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/27/2007
Band Website: www.michaelzander.com
Sounds Like:
Liquor, Limes & the Treasures of Life - 2008

Dawn Of Dreams - 2006

The Kings Child - 2003

Wisconsin Northwoods - 2000

Lites, Camera, Action - 1999

Extravagance - 1999

Days Of Fire & Romance - 1998

Charlatan & Prophet - 1997
What Does It Take To Win Your Love - 1995
Journey Through Blue Regions - 1991

Band Recordings:
Zanderplanet - Hi Hey Hay - 2001
Zander Brothers - X-Mas Songs - 1999
3 on 6 - Jazz drive - 1998
ZigZag - Walking Your Talk - 1996
ZigZag - Seven Seas - 1995
JazzMob - The Mob Rules - 1995

Record Label: none

My Blog

NEW ALBUM OUT NOW!!!

ABOUT THE NEW ALBUM "LIQUOR, LIMES & THE TREASURES OF LIFE" There are three different main types of Music/lyrics I was influenced by. I wanted to have those textures hidden in the Title of the Alb...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:34:00 GMT

NEWS

New Album out !
Posted by on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:01:00 GMT