Randy Houser, LeAnn Rimes, Richard Marx, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift (to name a few)
VICTOR BRODÉN BASS GUITAR (fretted, fretless, acoustic, upright, synth bass)
Relocated to the United States from Sweden in 1994 to study Bass and pursue a career in the music industry which so far has led to scholarships, awards (including a Grammy) as well as numerous recordings, TV performances and worldwide touring opportunities with several gold/platinum selling recording artists both in the States and internationally. The past few years Victor has been working mostly as a Musical Director/Bandleader, responsible for assembling bands for major label recording artist tours, recordings or major corporate events such as the world’s largest corporate event, the Microsoft MGX convention in Atlanta four years in a row to date. Victor recently added columnist to his resume as he accepted a position to write for Premiere Guitar Magazine.
PERFORMANCE/RECORDING ARTISTS CREDITS:
U.S & U.K
LeAnn Rimes (Musical Director), CURB Richard Marx, CAPITOL Mindy McCready (musical director) CAPITOL Chely Wright, MCA Brad Paisley, SONY/BMG Jessie James, MERCURY Little Big Town CAPITOL Johnny Rzeznik (of the Goo Goo Dolls) WARNER BROS Robert Bowden SONY/BMG U.K Mitch Malloy (Musical Director), RCA TAYLOR SWIFT big machine Frankie Ballard, WARNER BROS Boys like girls RCA The Jane Dear Girls, WARNER BROS Shanna Crooks, ATLANTIC Shelly Fairchild STROUDOVARIOUS Ronan Keating, POLYDOR U.K Craig Morgan, BNA Mark Slaughter (of Slaughter) CHRYSALIS Jessica Andrews, DREAMWORKS John Rich WARNER BROS Ty Herndon, EPIC Plus One, ATLANTIC Danielle Peck, BIG MACHINE Randy Houser, UNIVERSAL Jake Owen, (Musical Director), RCA Rachel Proctor BNA Luna Halo UNIVERSAL Emma Mae Jacob, (Musical Director) BLACK RIVER Thompson Square, (musical director) STONEY CREEK Cowboy Troy, WARNER BROS Randy Owen (of the group “Alabama”) BROKEN BOW Natalie Grant, CURB Casting Crowns,
(Appeared on grammy winning album) PROVIDENT Billy Dean CAPITOL John Paul White, Solo , (The Civil Wars) CAPITOL Rissi Palmer (Musical Director), 1720 ENTERTAINMENT Jennifer Hanson, UNIVERSAL George Ducas LIBERTY DANN HUFF -(sessions for multi platinum producer Keith Urban, Faith Hill, Rascal Flatts etc.) MIKE HEDGES –(sessions for Multi Platinum producer for U2, The Cure, Travis, Siouxsie and the Banshees etc..)
Sweden:
John Norum (of Europe), SONY/EPIC Mats Ronander (of the ABBA band) UNIVERSAL Magnus Johansson CAPITOL/EMI Lili & Susie, RCA/BMG Tommy Nilsson RCA/BMG Jan Johanssen LIONHEART, BMG
TV PERFORMANCES: (Selected from over 120 broadcast performances)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (multiple performances) The Late Late Show with Craig Kilbourne The Late Late Show with Crag Ferguson Good Morning America (multiple performances) The Today Show (multiple performances) CMT All Access GMC Country on the Gulf Oxygen, Live by request The View The Grand Ole Opry (multiple performances) The ACM Awards ABC July 4, with the Boston Pops TNT, Nascar Daytona 500 Extra Jimmy Kimmel Live Fox News (multiple performances) Larry King Live The Ellen DeGeneres Show Live With Regis & Kelly AUSTRALIAN TV SWISS TV SWEDISH TV etc…
ENDORSEMENTS: Kloppmann Pickups Sandberg Basses Jim Dunlop-MXR Pedals D’Addario Strings
