17 Facts About Thomas Leeb

Thomas Leeb grew up in the small Austrian mountain village Turracher Hohe, Carinthia, as the youngest of four children of a hotel-owner's family.

Thomas Leeb was fifteen when he decided to become a musician and had his first concerts, even though his parents made him finish high school.

Thomas Leeb produced his first CD Reveller when he was seventeen.

In 1999 Leeb published his third CD, Riddle, on the web portal MP3.

Thomas Leeb's teachers were percussionists Kobla and Alfred Ladzekpo, and guitarist Miroslav Tadic.

Thomas Leeb graduated in 2003 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Thomas Leeb produced his fourth album, Spark, in 2004 and went completely indie, selling the CDs from his website.

Thomas Leeb irregularly teaches as freelancer at two music schools in Los Angeles.

Thomas Leeb taught master classes at the London Music School and the Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood.

Thomas Leeb was featured in several international guitar magazines, such as Guitar Player and Acoustic Guitar.

Thomas Leeb is an influence especially for young guitarists, for example Newton Faulkner.

Thomas Leeb is married and lives in Val Verde, California.

Thomas Leeb calls his music "the bastard child of acoustic guitar", combining unusual techniques, ideas and harmonies with a frank tongue-in-cheek attitude.

Thomas Leeb's friend, Irish guitarist Eric Roche, called him "my brother in strings" and was a major support for his development.

Thomas Leeb follows his own path as guitarist and composer, displaying a very idiosyncratic and particular guitar style.

Thomas Leeb is an endorsee of Lowden guitars and Parkwood Guitars.

Thomas Leeb's guitars are amplified with a Fishman Rare Earth system.