Brett Garsed is an Australian guitar player. He plays with, among others, John Farnham and T. J. Helmerich and is a former member of the band Nelson. Garsed was featured on Derek Sherinian's debut solo release 'Planet X (1999) and Planet X 'Quantum' (2007) Career Early life Brett Garsed was born in rural Victoria, Australia and began playing guitar at age 12 after hearing Deep Purple?s Ritchie Blackmore play ?Speed King'. After about a month of initial lessons he continued to teach himself and formed a band comprised of his two cousins and a mutual friend and began playing live. 1980s & 1990s In July of 1985, Brett was featured in Guitar Player magazine?s ?Spotlight? column, which was devoted to exposing new talent to the rest of the world. This encouraged Brett to give up his job as a licensed plumber and pursue a career as a professional musician, prompting him to send demo tapes to as many

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