Alene Bertman is the granddaughter of the late Henri Damski, orchestra leader and composer. She has also made a career in music for herself. Alene started her study of classical guitar under Steve Novachek at the Cornish School of Performing Arts. After teaching and composing herself, she took a hard turn by picking up the electric guitar and founded Seattle based rock band, “Clatter Bean,” produced by Don Gilmore (Pearl Jam, Linkin Park, Eve 6). “Clatter Bean” toured extensively and in-between tours, Alene co-wrote and co-produced the project “Lily White” where Don Gilmore also contributed. After recording acoustic guitars as a session player, Alene returned to her first love, the Classical guitar. She went on to record and perform live at Seattle's EMP with founding member of the band “Heart,” Roger Fisher. She co-wrote and performed live with Polygram's recording artist, Roxy Lopez and was asked to make a video and tour with Trent Reznor's record label, when she was discovered at the Lilith Fair auditions. Alene however has found her niche; an opportunity to share her aggressive and yet melodic guitar style via a medium so lending.