SOULRESONANCE

About me:

Tim Bertsch has been a disciple of the guitar and it's resonance since the age of 10. Timothy has long since lived, composed and performed in three very different musical worlds being equally at home on the electric guitar as well as acoustic guitar/harpguitar. Heavily rooted in jazz, bebop, fusion, flamenco, rock, classical, blues, new age, celtic, and gypsy music his unique musical talents are equally as diverse. He has been a longstanding member of the rock dynamo Jaded Mary, as well as a valued member of the seasoned jazz group H.D. Fusion, sharing the headliner billing with many national acts. His versatility and competency on guitar, harpguitar, bass, mandolin and sitar have made him an in demand studio musician as well as a successful full time private music instructor. Tim studied music and composition formally as a music major in college and received many outstanding soloist awards while performing with the Olympic College jazz band and vocal jazz groups. His other interests include lutherie, musical physics, and a keen interest in the spiritual qualities of music. "A seeker of lost knowledge and technologies, I am an eternal student of life and it's expression. My voice is of wood and steel. I am a composer, performer, an expressionist." Tim's latest solo release "SOULRESONANCE" is a collection of well traveled, thoughtfully composed and arranged original works written and recorded on harpguitar, parlor guitar, and various other rare, unique, acoustic guitars most of which were acquired and personally restored by Tim himself. "I've been blessed to have studied with: Larry Coryell, Emily Remeler, Beppe Gambetta, Joshua Breakstone, Don Lamphere and John Stowell as well as many other masters of the resonance". As a musical composer, performer, and recording artist, Bertsch is always looking for untapped resources of musical expression and inspiration. His lifelong goal: "To live a life of expression, to leave a lengthy, meaningful catalog of my soul's finest resonances". Tim's parting words: "Long after I am gone, my soul's song will carry on." T.E.B.