Brett Epstein (born January 5, 1978) is a musician,

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and

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. He studied at the

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. Epstein is a writer on the

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(American Idol) debut album "Without Regret", co-writing "Taking Back My Life". The album was released by

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. He wrote and produced two tracks entitled "Perfect Stranger" and "Temporary Life" on the

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film

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. Epstein has had his songs featured on

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, specifically in a 9-11 special with the song "United States (Take A Good Look)", and he has had his songs used on the

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show

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. Epstein also had three songs on the USA Olympic Medalist

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's debut Album 'Back to the Beginning' distributed by

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. In 2012 Epstein worked with Korean girl group

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co-writing and co-producing their single ''Come With Me''. It was released on July 17, 2012, Brett played electric guitars on "Pride" off Cher's final album entitled, "Closer To The Truth" released Sept 24th 2013. Epstein performs on all of his recordings (mainly pianos, synthesizers, guitars, and drum programming).

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