Education
Born and raised in Portsmouth, Hampshire he attended Horndean Technology College until 2007.
Born and raised in Portsmouth, Hampshire he attended Horndean Technology College until 2007.
His second independent release was Brighter Days, which visited a full live band sound. The album was recorded in 2011 and released early 2012, pushing over 2,600 copies. In 2012 he recorded a new album titled Back Home, which was to be his biggest album to date.
Written by Bertram and produced by producer, musician and songwriter Tim Bradshaw, known for his work with John Mayer and David Gray, the album received over 20,000 downloads in just 5 days, still being independently released.
Bertram began his career in 2009 with a sound heavily influenced by popular rock and roll band Oasis, but became more popular-folk by 2010. In 2009 Bertram became popular across the globe but largely in the United States after being linked with popular star Miley Cyrus, although the relationship has never been confirmed.
In 2013 Bertram was nominated for best live act in Portsmouth and was featured on independent music website Reverb Nation. In 2011 Bertram was invited by the Twilight Movie to perform at an event of theirs held in Italy.
In 2012 he was also invited to perform by Noel Gallagher at his celebration party for his High Flying Birds Digital Video Disc and album release, and that same year he was invited to perform at The Queen"s Jubilee celebration.
Social Being socially active online Bertram built an online fan base in excess of 60,000 people through YouTube videos containing original songs and cover songs. He also thrives on giving away music for free and performs online concerts too. Bertram announced a world tour in 2014, which began in April throughout the rest of the year and into 2015.
Bertrams latest album, Dig To Locate, was released on July 2, 2015.
The album is his first full LP, consisting of 10 tracks all co-written and produced with Tim Bradshaw. Three tracks from the album Not Leaving Here World At My Feet and Burning Bridges have all had radio play on various stations including the British Broadcasting Corporation. Burning Bridges was featured on The Mark Forrest Show as a British Broadcasting Corporation Introducing track, which was aired on 39 British Broadcasting Corporation Station across the United Kingdom, with an estimated 43.8 million listeners.
The song became one of the most popular songs on iTunes the following day.
