Sound painter with string instruments

Andreas Schulz is a guitarist and bassist, composer and arranger, as well as a producer and media creator with his own studio. He has also been known to the guitar scene for many years as the editor-in-chief of the trade magazines AKUSTIK GITARRE and ACOUSTIC PLAYER. Andreas studied with German jazz guitar icon Michael Sagmeister and attended master classes with top international players such as John Abercrombie, Ralph Towner, and Mick Goodrick. He has also been the musical director at Frankfurt's renowned TIGERPALAST variety theater for almost 30 years.

QUIET

This collection of 20 songs offers tranquil acoustic guitar music at its finest. Created in 2023 and 2024, QUIET showcases the guitarist's more tranquil side. Not only are the tempos somewhat reduced, but the instrumentation is also less dense. The focus is more on the gently developing melodies than on groove and drive. This is no surprise, given that 10 lullabies (lullabies or lullabies) are a central part of the repertoire. However, they are more like lullabies for adults, with the unique feature that, despite all the reduction and focus, there are still plenty of little musical surprises to discover in the details. A musical contribution to the 'magic of simplicity'.

Story

This is what the musician says about QUIET: "While I was still working on the rather large-scale pieces of SKETCHBOOK 2023/22 in 23, a parallel preference for small and simple musical ideas and forms developed. Perhaps as a contrast to the sometimes quite dense ensemble arrangements of my previous productions. I began to collect ideas that were particularly suitable for creating small, miniature compositions – simple songs, initially played entirely solo on many different guitars and related string instruments. This, in turn, developed into a series of 10 matching pieces with an almost naive, childlike character – the 'Ten Lullabies'. However, some pieces then asked whether another instrument might be of some benefit. So pianist Tom Schlüter contributed another timbre. Thank you very much for your inspiring contributions, dear Tom – not only on the piano, but also in the string arrangement of Lullaby #5."