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About Me

I play lots of different music with lots of different people, and I love it. Mostly I play acoustic, electric, and key bass. I also do a bunch of horn and string arranging. I'm relocating to New York City after an incredible 6 years in Dallas. I'm really excited, but also a bit bummed about leaving the first place I've felt at home in.
Some folks I've been fortunate enough to create music with: (gospel) Walter Hawkins, Marvin Sapp, Myron Butler & Levi, Leon Timbo, Dave & Tamela Mann, Ted Wynn, the Potter's House (soul/R&B) Choklate, Sy Smith, Keite Young, Raheem DeVaughn, Badu, Yahzarah, Carmen Rodgers, Geno Young, Candy West (jazz) Dave Brubeck, Ari Hoenig, Zach Brock, Bernard Wright, Bobby Sparks, Keith Anderson, Wayne Krantz, (popish) Monica Mancini, Sarah Renfro, Jennifer Perryman, Danny Schmidt, Robert Gomez (world) Paddy League, Luca Mundaca, Laura Cortese, Michael Spiro, and plenty more talented humans.
I play full-time with these wonderful groups/artists. Please give their beautiful music a listen:
Myron Butler & Levi
Keite Young
Snarky Puppy
Hildegunn Gjedrem Group
I run a band called Snarky Puppy. We play jafunkadansion. Our third record is out and I'm proud of it. We just recently signed a record contract with Ropeadope in Philly and are writing for our fourth one. We also tour a bunch, so check out the dates on our myspace page if ya fancy.
I'm always trying to find fresh new music to listen to, so please get in touch with me if there's something you love and want to share.
Peace and community,
Michael

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/11/2007
Band Website: www.snarkypuppy.com
Band Members: Snarky Puppy's third album is now available (no tax, free shippping)! It sounds.

$15.00!

I play with these folks in various sitch-e-ations:
KEYS: Bernard Wright, Bobby Sparks, Daniel Jones, R.C. Williams, Shaun Martin, Jamar Jones
GEETAR: Chris McQueen, Mark Lettieri, Todd Parsnow, Boob Spaghetti Lanzetti
BASS: Braylon Lacy, Wes Stephenson
DRUMS: Robert "Sput" Searight, Jason "JT" Thomas, Rob Avsharian, Jose Aponte, Jamil Byrom, John Caruth, Peebody, Jeremiah Evans, Ross Pederson, Evan Gentry, Lil' Skeet, Nate "the enabler" Werth
HORNS: Keith Anderson, Justin Stanton, Mike Maher, Philip Lassiter, Brian Donohoe, Clay Pritchard, Stephen Smith, Sara Jacovino, Chris Bullock, Evan Weiss
VOCALS: Myron Butler (and all of Levi), Keite Young, Sarah Renfro, Bernard Wright, Hildegunn Gjedrem

"Native Sons" by Snarky Puppy at Gezellig in Fall of 2008.

Influences: BERNARD WRIGHT and all of the incredible musicians in the Dallas area. Music from Cuba, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Greece, Spain, Turkey, Quebec, Cape Breton, and India. American music, dern it. (BASSISTS) Pino Palladino, Tim Lefevbre, Braylon Lacy, Lefthand Kevin, Willie Weeks, Wes Stephenson, James Jamerson, Larry Graham, Ray Brown, Marc Johnson, and Dave Holland. (COMPOSERS) Wayne Krantz, Bjork, Astor Piazzolla, Bach, Debussy, Ravel, XTC, Rudder, Stevie Wonder, D’Angelo, Jeff Buckley, Radiohead, Rosa Passos, Jobim/Bonfa, Herbie Hancock, Lettuce, Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, Avishai Cohen, Chris McQueen, Adrian Hulet, Roy Hargrove, Steely Dan, Phill Aelony, and Gilad Atzmon.
Sounds Like: Bom bom bom bickety bom bom bickety bicket bom
Record Label: Hidden Beach, EMI Gospel, Ropeadope, etc
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Flood

Well, it's been almost 2 months of traveling antics with Snarky Puppy and we're back home. This trip had more highs and lows than any other we've been on, and I wrote about the, er, more appropriate o...
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 11:39:00 GMT

We can, and will

Every time I leave my friend Bobby's house in Mesquite, Texas, I find us having the same parting conversation. It has become more like a ritualistic affirmation of a collective belief- that real art c...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:16:00 GMT