Sebastian Breitenbach
My Name is Sebastian Breitenbach and I compose classical and film music, metal, jazz & ambient and electronic stuff, mostly 8bit stuff.
Please visit my website at: www.sebastianbreitenbach.de
If you got a contract (film music, video games), please contact me via mail@sebastianbreitenbach.de
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
It's actually crazy how the years fly by, actually it has been six years since I wrote the last update of my profile. So, yeah, I'm born in '84 and have always been a music geek. I studied musicology, but actually ended up in science and I'm currently finishing my PhD in educational psychology. I'm still composing music though :)
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I used to play live with my melodic thrash metal band as a drummer, but we've pretty much disbanded. You know the drill, family, jobs, getting older. So yeah, but that was a fun time. Played some cool locations, had a lot of fun. But all good things must come to end some time, I guess. 10/10, would do again.
Your musical influences
Gustav Mahler, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Angelo Badalamenti, recently a lot of Bernard Herrmann, also a lot of metal.
What equipment do you use?
The whole thing here is actually pretty old, but I updated it a bit. I guess nobody cares that much for equipment, but anyway.
Drums:
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Tama Rockstar: 22" Bass, 8",10",12",13",15" Toms with Emperor, second hand snare atm, 14" Zultan Aja China, 16" Zildijan, 14" Anatolian Crash, 18" Sabian HHX, 20" Paiste Ride, 18" Zultan Aja China 14" Meinrl Classic Hi-hat, 14" Sabian Hi-Hat. Tama Snare with Evans Genera Dry. (currently not played, in the attic)
Pearl Export, 22" Bass with Evans E-MAD, 12", 14", 16" Toms with Emperor. (currently not played, in the attic)
Roland TD-20 with Axis Longboard George Kollias Edition pedals.
Guitars:
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Ibanez RG-370DX, black, tuned to D with Seymour Duncan SH-8 Invader
Schecter Damien 6 7-String, black, with EMG HZ, tuned to A
Ibanez V72ECE-BK, black, Accoustic, tuned to D.
Basses:
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Ibanez SD-GR Soundgear 5-string, oak, tuned to A.
Accordion:
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Hohner Piano Accorion, fully chromatic 120 basses, no idea which model, but it's OLD (pre-1970 i guess)
Amps & Cabs & Guitar related
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Bugera 6262
Behringer V-Amp
Behringer 4x12 Cab
Peavy Rage 158
Korg AX1500G
Keys & MIDI Enquip:
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AKAI MPK88 Midi-Controller
Akai EWI USB USB-Windcontroller
Interface:
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M-Audio Profire 2626, M-Audio Black Box (for laptop)
Art Tube MP Studio MicPre
Mics:
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Rhode NT-2A
Shure SM57
some noname mics
DAW:
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Intel Core i7-3830K @3,2 Ghz, 32GB DDR3-1600 Ram, W7 x64, GTX980TI, 6TB diskspace, 128 GB SSD, Cubase 6.5
Samsung S34E790C 86,36 cm Curved Monitor
