Adrian Schmidtke - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Bassplayer from Goettingen/Germany. Born 1972, playing bass since 1985, preferably funk, soul, jazz, blues & gospel.

Played and plays with Ease Back, Soul Cake & the Horns Deelite, CrossSing Gospel Choir, NB-Houseband, Sam White & Friends, Late Show (jt), Daniel Ott, Dirk Erchinger, Greg Perrineau, RRROCK!, Dick van Dango Disco Show, renfield, Midnight Flash, Blues Agency, Soulution, Soulshine, The Big Ten Inch,...

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Discography: with renfield: Hempshires Grove (2000); with Soul Cake and the Horns Deelite: Soul Survivor (2001), Potatoes and Alligators (2002), Lokhalle 2003 - Pop Meets Classic (2003), Last Train to Motown (2004); with Ease Back: soulfunkjazz (2001), ease back (2002), Groove Yard (2004), Velvet Waltz (2005); with Soulshine: soulshine (1996)

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Member Since: 6/17/2007
Band Website: adrianschmidtke.de
Influences: Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, James Jamerson, Jimmy Earl, Marcus Miller, Jaco Pastorius, Oteil Burbridge, John Patitucci, Jeff Andrews, Rocco Prestia, George Porter Jr., Roscoe Beck, Lincoln Goines, Tom Kennedy, Billy Sheehan, Ron Carter, Nils-Henning Orsted-Pedersen, Zappa, Jimmy Smith, John Scofield, Dave Specter, The Allman Brothers Band, Tower of Power, Mike Stern, Soulive, Yellowjackets, Prince, Little Charlie & the Nightcats, Otis Redding, Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers, Rick Holmstrom, Brian Setzer, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, Blood Sweat & Tears, Weather Report, Chick Corea, Brian Wilson, Gov'T Mule, Johnny Cash, Wes Montgomery, Kim Wilson, The Fabulous Thuderbirds, Van Morrison, Soulive, Iron Maiden, Mr. Big, The Meters, Jackson 5, Steely Dan (of course!) Richard Wagner, David Lynch.
Sounds Like: Himself...? Hopefully.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

So lets talk about time

(say in Walter Becker voice) Keith Carlock rrrocks. ...
Posted by Adrian Schmidtke on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:56:00 PST

Wooooaaah....

Jeff Beck, Vinnie Colaiuta, Tal Wilkenfeld, Jason Rebello @ Crossroads, Chicago, 07/28/2007. Enjoy. ...
Posted by Adrian Schmidtke on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:01:00 PST

The amazing Jeff Andrews.

On the bass. How I love his tone! ...
Posted by Adrian Schmidtke on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:44:00 PST

Everyone loves Tal Wilkenfeld...

...so do I! Explore the secret of looking like a cute little girl but playing with balls at http://www.myspace.com/talwilkenfeld ...
Posted by Adrian Schmidtke on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:29:00 PST

So you think your drummer is too loud, eh?

Go over the guitar and the bass solo and watch Kirk Covington bash his set on this nice version of 'Big Wave'. Pure violence meets true mastery... ...
Posted by Adrian Schmidtke on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:19:00 PST