About Brent Magstadt...

Brent Magstadt began playing drums at age 15. He found the instrument thrilling and physical and gratifying. Boston had just pressed their first self-titled album and he learned the entire release on kit. After about a year (and as these volume-oriented things tend to manifest occasionally...) a time came when a vociferous request was put forth to perhaps be a little... quieter.

So, in the wan fading light of a winter day, an old plastic body guitar was uncovered from the very back of the closet...

Two years later, High School thankfully became part of history. Gigs were prevalent, attitudes were edgy, and power chords figured quite heavily in the continued advancement of the young Brent's playing.

Through the Metal Years (MY) he lived (somewhat surprisingly?); he and his band "Prophecy", opening for the likes of Black Oak Arkansas, Badfinger, Rail, and other even less noticable entourages.

Until one day he awoke with a start to a new musical phase. And he moved, to the lung-clogging air of Los Angeles, where he studied Jazz, and consistently overdrew his bank account. As age so often does, it made him wiser. He moved out of LA and landed back in the world of the sky - Montana. One college degree later, and riding a string of big band performances with the likes of Randy Brecker, Paul Mckee, Steve Houghton, Carl Fontana and hundreds of solo and small ensemble gigs... the reader could find him taking off for the quaint shire of Victoria, BC; and thus eventually migrating into the Seattle acoustic music scene.

As those dark political days progressed, Brent became more deeply entrenched in his one true passion: music. He penned charts for the small ensembles he played in; writing scores for everything from software sales CD-Rom's to series of Rounds, composed on his commutes.

With the release of his first solo CD in July of 2005, Brent began surfing the Seattle acoustic singer/songwriter scene.

With the close of 2007, Brent has found his way into the Hawaiian Islands, looking for more musical inspiration. In Hawaii Brent resumed his role of singer/songwriter, formed The Elementalz with his amazingly talented life partner Sherri Thal (vocalist/violinist/percussionist/composer/arranger), took up occassional sideman chores, playing guitar for the Eco-educational Lava Jam Band (inluding opening for Jack Johnson on Keiki Day at the Kokua Festival 2008 in Honolulu) and Jazz Mele, all while continuing to write in wider realms than previously.

In July of 2009, The Elementalz released their freshman effort, and EP of solid original acoustic grooves. Most notably on this CD is the track "Hello" by the multi-talented Sherri Thal;, a lively acoustic romp that invites sing-a-longs from the very first verse.

The year 2011 saw many of Brent's small film/tv pieces get picked up in a variety of production libraries, providing yet another avenue for creativity. Additionally Brent released numerous singles this year, including the much lauded "Miss That Whiskey", where his mlti-instrumental talents are displayed again, this time on mandolin.

And so the Journey of Brent continues. A journey of imagination. Not only the music in his head, but hope for the world to exist as a peaceful centered place, where people are equals, the instruments are tuned and ready, and money is not a fools tool of measurement...
Stay tuned...