Markus Böttner
@MarkusBoettner
Waldkappel Germany
Markus Böttner (*1979) is a German pianist, singer, keyboarder and guitarist. He shares his hometown Eisenach with Johann Sebastian Bach and jazz-, blues- and boogie pianist Alexander Blume.
Markus and his fellow school band members toured Eisenach and its surrounds extensively as support acts with local bands and as headliners from 1996 to 1998.
His college years in Bamberg saw further musical collaborations, small gigs and the recording of his first own albums of instrumental music. Markus lived in Ireland for 11 years and developed an interest in songwriting and broadened his pianist and guitarist persona to include folk, country, jazz, blues, bossa nova and blues rock.
Markus has been blind since 1999 and now appreciates the accessibility of Apple products, namely Garage Band and Logic Pro X, which allows him to put his ideas into music independently.
He has produced trailers and openers for radio shows on internet radio stations.