Steffen Bott on SoundBetter

Session guitarist, composer and producer specialised in Rock, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. I would love to work together with you and make your vision a reality!!! Drop me a line, let's chat. I'd love to hear about your project. Click the 'Contact' button above to get in touch.

Former Lead Guitarist of German band „JedermannTheraPie“ who hammers professional studio tracks. Inspired by so many musicians of the last decades I love to make music and I want to give you the energy to receive the next level of your music!! Doesn’t matter if you need rhythm, melody or leads parts.
I'll also produce your song to a professional level. Together we get your project done.
As I’m producing my own songs in my studio, I also offer this possibility to you!

Some facts:
In the studio I use iMac/Logic Pro X, Soundcraft Audio Interface.

Microphones I use:
Aston Origin, Rode NT-1, SM57, AKG´s.

Guitars include:
ESP
Fender Strat custom
TheLoar Acoustic Guitar
Hagstrom
Fender Bass

Amplifiers:
Kemper-Profiler
Hughes & Kettner
Orange
Trace Elliot

I'd love to help you take your passion to the next level

- Steffen

Send me a note through 'Contact' button above and I'll get back to you asap.

Would love to hear from you. Click the contact button above to get in touch.

Credits

7 Reviews

Endorse Steffen Bott

by CHANDLER MOGEL
Verified (Client)
Great experience working with Steffen! He is a pro and knows exactly what he wants, and granted nice artistic freedom, and I felt I could make the track my own. Thank you, and hope to work again with you sir !
by Michael Gildner
Verified (Client)
It was once more a pleasure to work with Steffen!
Great songwriter and producer! Highly recommend him!
by Randall T.
Verified (Client)
Steffen trusted me enough to have as much creative freedom as I wanted and we ended up with a monster of a song. I will 100% work with him again. Great music!
by Scott Foster Harris
Verified (Client)
Another wonderful experience working with Steffen!!! It's such a pleasure each and every time. His songs are delightfully inspiring and wonderfully powerful. On top of it all, he's a great guy to work with. Truly a great experience from start to finish. As ever, highly, highly recommended!!!
by Michael Gildner
Verified (Client)
Once again a fantastic experience working with Steffen! =D
Very uncomplicated and a great producer! Really looking forward to the next one!
/michael
by Michael Gildner
Verified (Client)
Steffen was a fantastic client! He gave me all the creative freedom I needed to express myself as an artist and was super easy to talk to. Communication was fast and always on point! I cannot wait to work with him again and highly recommend him as a producer! =D
by Scott Foster Harris
Verified (Client)
What a great song and what a great person! Steffen rocks. His writing is killer and his professionalism as well as his personality are top notch. He was truly a joy to work with on all accounts and his song was an absolute pleasure to sing. Highly, highly recommended!!!

Interview with Steffen Bott

Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Can you do that? .....Of course
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: When do you what to have something ready.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Puhhh, difficult to say because that really depends on so many things, mood, current mindset, stage of life. I would just say, open to everything and just appreciating to collaborate with so many other music lovers out there.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: James Hetfield, just to be astonished on what he is doing. And of course to laugh me to death we he is going crazy.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: To remain open for different solutions. That affects all!
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Getting into the subject and coming up with something brilliant.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Writing and recording guitar parts and producing songs at all.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Metallica, Foo Fighters, Queen and sooo many more.
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: The song „Live For Today“ was really mindopening for me as musician and producer. So exciting to collaborate with other musicians on that project and in the end going through that inspiring and creative process of the mixing and producing.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Up to three songs in row right now.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Have a listen to Scott Foster Harris and Michael Gildner. Both are awesome singers and musicians!
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both, why choose ;-)
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Giving the best of me, as guitarist and/or producer! I will handle each and every project as it was my own one.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Being creative and see what arises from it.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That creative processes can be done within an hour. It needs two :-)
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Be precise with your wishes, but I‘m here to help with it!
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: ESP-Guitar, Amp, Interface, MacBook, Plektrum
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: Typically started as musician in different bands and become inspired producing on my own while being in studios with my bands for recording.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: It‘s never done :-))
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: I really like heavy guitar stuff, but also nice acoustics.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Different views and approaches
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Guitars, Basses (all come with different Amps and miced with different mics) E-DrumKit (more for creativity, I’m not a drummer) Working with Logic on Mac through Soundcraft Interface.

PREY OF WAR from B.Studios

I was the Musician and Producer in this production

ProducerAverage price - $400 per song
Mixing EngineerAverage price - $150 per song
EditingAverage price - $50 per track
Electric GuitarAverage price - $150 per song
Acoustic GuitarAverage price - $150 per song
Bass ElectricAverage price - $125 per song
Mastering EngineerAverage price - $70 per song

Basic tracking - around 4 guitar tracks per song, 3 revisions, additional costs for more time spent recording/additional tracks within reason. Also 3 revisions for Mix/Master/producing your project.