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Martin Motnik
Martin Motnik (born 10 November 1972) is a German-American bassist, best known as the bassist for the heavy metal band Accept. He has also played in Darkseed and Eisbrecher.
Motnik has made two solo albums that include instrumental songs varying in styles from melodic rock, jazz, and classical music.
Motnik was born in Ludwigshafen, Germany on 10 November 1972. At the age of six, he started playing the flute but was not particularly interested in it. His parents agreed to buy him an acoustic guitar a couple of years later. At the age of ten, he switched to playing the electric guitar, and at the age of 13, encouraged by his older brother Frank, the bass guitar. After getting a bass guitar, he got inspired to play, and started practicing daily by studying bass players such as John Entwistle (The Who), Billy Sheehan (David Lee Roth band), Geddy Lee (Rush). Motnik has named them his biggest influences and role models.
At the age of 16, Motnik started playing in bands, and in the following years, he played in several bands in the Mannheim-Heidelberg area. At this point, he was not yet ready to commit fully to a musical career. First, he worked in a bank, and afterward, he completed an MBA at university. After graduating in 2003, he decided to pursue music full-time. Motnik moved to Munich for better opportunities to focus professionally on a musical career.
After moving to Munich, Motnik joined the German goth metal band Darkseed in 2003. He plays on the band's 2005 album Ultimate Darkness. Darkseed announced in August 2006 that singer Stefan Hertrich and bassist Motnik would leave the band and focus on their other projects. In the same year, both participated in the Atargatis band's album "Wasteland" recording.
In 2005 Motnik joined the hard rock band The Roxx. He plays on the band's Unleash Your Demon, released in 2007, and on the live recording The Roxx Unleash The Demon. At the same time, he was also a member of the German Neue Deutsche Härte band Eisbrecher and played bass on the band's tours.
In 2008 Motnik moved to Los Angeles, US. Ecotonic was the first band Motnik joined there. The band toured in Southern California and made the album When Sparks Fly with Motnik in 2010. Only shortly after moving to the US, Motnik joined Uli Jon Roth's (Scorpions) North American tour as a bassist. This encouraged him to continue his career in the US. Later, in 2009 and 2012, Motnik played again with Uli Jon Roth on his North American tours.
In 2010 Motnik moved to Las Vegas and played as a professional musician in casinos. He worked for Carnival Cruise Lines from 2014 to 2018, first as a bassist and later on as musical director. As a session musician, the playlist often featured various theme nights from Motown to country music, rhythm and blues, disco, jazz and Latin American music, which expanded Motnik's musical repertoire.
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Martin Motnik
Martin Motnik (born 10 November 1972) is a German-American bassist, best known as the bassist for the heavy metal band Accept. He has also played in Darkseed and Eisbrecher.
Motnik has made two solo albums that include instrumental songs varying in styles from melodic rock, jazz, and classical music.
Motnik was born in Ludwigshafen, Germany on 10 November 1972. At the age of six, he started playing the flute but was not particularly interested in it. His parents agreed to buy him an acoustic guitar a couple of years later. At the age of ten, he switched to playing the electric guitar, and at the age of 13, encouraged by his older brother Frank, the bass guitar. After getting a bass guitar, he got inspired to play, and started practicing daily by studying bass players such as John Entwistle (The Who), Billy Sheehan (David Lee Roth band), Geddy Lee (Rush). Motnik has named them his biggest influences and role models.
At the age of 16, Motnik started playing in bands, and in the following years, he played in several bands in the Mannheim-Heidelberg area. At this point, he was not yet ready to commit fully to a musical career. First, he worked in a bank, and afterward, he completed an MBA at university. After graduating in 2003, he decided to pursue music full-time. Motnik moved to Munich for better opportunities to focus professionally on a musical career.
After moving to Munich, Motnik joined the German goth metal band Darkseed in 2003. He plays on the band's 2005 album Ultimate Darkness. Darkseed announced in August 2006 that singer Stefan Hertrich and bassist Motnik would leave the band and focus on their other projects. In the same year, both participated in the Atargatis band's album "Wasteland" recording.
In 2005 Motnik joined the hard rock band The Roxx. He plays on the band's Unleash Your Demon, released in 2007, and on the live recording The Roxx Unleash The Demon. At the same time, he was also a member of the German Neue Deutsche Härte band Eisbrecher and played bass on the band's tours.
In 2008 Motnik moved to Los Angeles, US. Ecotonic was the first band Motnik joined there. The band toured in Southern California and made the album When Sparks Fly with Motnik in 2010. Only shortly after moving to the US, Motnik joined Uli Jon Roth's (Scorpions) North American tour as a bassist. This encouraged him to continue his career in the US. Later, in 2009 and 2012, Motnik played again with Uli Jon Roth on his North American tours.
In 2010 Motnik moved to Las Vegas and played as a professional musician in casinos. He worked for Carnival Cruise Lines from 2014 to 2018, first as a bassist and later on as musical director. As a session musician, the playlist often featured various theme nights from Motown to country music, rhythm and blues, disco, jazz and Latin American music, which expanded Motnik's musical repertoire.
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