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| Birth name | Brent Michael Kutzle |
| Born | (1985-08-03)August 3, 1985 (age 39) Fountain Valley, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
| Member of | OneRepublic |
| Website | onerepublic |
Brent Michael Kutzle (born August 3, 1985) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, and film composer originating fromFountain Valley, California. He is the bassist and cellist for thepop rock bandOneRepublic.
Much like OneRepublic's lead vocalist,Ryan Tedder, Brent has also written and performed with various other musicians from both underground music scenes and mainstream acts, includingBeyoncé,Matchbox Twenty,Ellie Goulding,Cobra Starship,Leona Lewis,Kelly Clarkson, ísland, Vermeer, Augustine, This Allure, Monarch, Venus Infers,Jessica Dobson, andKevin Max.[1]Brent has been married to Jackie Leslie since 2017.
He attended Ethan B. Allen Elementary and when Kutzle was thirteen, he attended Sarah McGarvin School located inWestminster, California. He also attendedLa Quinta High School in Westminster,California Baptist University inRiverside andVanguard University in Costa Mesa.[2]Kutzle began playing piano at an early age with his mother achurch organist and piano teacher, and his father a pianist and one of 84 pianists in theLos Angeles1984 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies. Kutzle was encouraged by his father to take on a second instrument, the cello, because the competition is far less than that of violin. Kutzle is aclassically trainedcomposer.[3]
Kutzle has a cameo appearance in the 2008 film,The Eye, starringJessica Alba. He appears in the opening scene playing cello as a member of the orchestra. He can also be heard playing cello on the title track, "Songs Like Rain" for the 2006 independent film of the same name. In 2014, Kutzle was asked by theJamaican diaspora about how manyinstruments he could play regarding film and he stated, “Not as many as I could in college, but somewhere around a handful.”[4] Kutzle scored asoundtrack for the 2016 international feature filmBehind the Water which stars activistFraser Kershaw.[5]
Kutzle joined OneRepublic early in 2007 after theband's former bassist left to pursue a solo career. He has played the cello since fourth grade and has commented that he would never play for a band that 'would not let him play his cello'. Kutzle has transformed the sound of the cello for a rock band by usingdelay,reverb andlooping effects. He made his mark on OneRepublic's debut albumDreaming Out Loud on the track "All Fall Down", which is based on a cello hook that is repeated throughout the whole track.
In addition to playing the cello and the bass guitar, Kutzle, along with guitaristZach Filkins, also aids friend and frontman,Ryan Tedder, in songwriting and composing music for the band. Many of the songs on the band's second albumWaking Up were co-written and co-produced by Kutzle, including the lead single "All The Right Moves" and the single "Good Life", as well as "Feel Again" and "If I Lose Myself" which are both singles from their third albumNative. At live concerts, he can be seen playing bass guitar, cello, and singing background vocals alongside Filkins, drummerEddie Fisher and guitaristDrew Brown.
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