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Chris Kuffner

as a society we don't eat enough pumpkin pie.

About Me

i like to make music a lot!! it's really fun.
as a performer i have been fortunate enough to work with lot's of awesome artists in many different genres. those artists include but are not limited to . . .
Ingrid Michaelson
Regina Spektor
Jenny Owen Youngs
Bess Rogers
Gregory and the Hawk
Bumblefoot
Chris Garneau
Jim Bianco
Alan Semerdjian
Ian Axel
most of those artists i've played bass for on recording or live. some of them i've played guitar for. (not Bumblefoot)
as a producer i collaborated with ingrid michaelson and mark turrigiano on her latest record "Girls and Boys".
this is me playing live on Regis and Kelly with Ingrid Michaelson . . .
my solo bass music is hard to play but very rewarding. it lets me play a whole lot of notes by myself, which keeps me from playing too many notes when it's not time to. there are no edits in the solo bass music on this page. the bach prelude was played straight through in a room, and everything else was done on a stage in front of people.
The Beatles are my favorite band, Bjork is my favorite musician, Zach Galifianakis is my favorite new comedian, lobster tails with Butter is my favorite food, pink is my favorite new black and UFOs are my favorite natural phenomenon. i'm always down to make music with good people.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/22/2005
Band Website: chriskuffner.com
Band Members: my hands and feet.

an old Modulus 4 string tuned in 5ths from F to D.
Spector fretted 4 string or fretless 5 string
NS DESIGN BASSCELLO .
EMG Pickups

Digitech EX7
B.Y.O.C. Screamer
B.Y.O.C Trem
Line 6 DL4
Boss RC20XL
Digitech Jamman

Ayers acoustic guitar.
Influences:

Nikola Tesla. His electric car from 1931.

People that I make music with or have in the past:

Ingrid Michaelson
Regina Spektor
Jenny Owen Youngs
Bess Rogers
Chris Garneau
Jenny O
Kate Branagh
Bumblefoot
Dean Scala
Nathan Caswell
Allie Moss
Alan Semerdjian
Jim Bianco

People I think are cool:

Fire Flies
The Age of Rockets
Gregory and the Hawk
Saul
Gau
Barky
Al Boogie Carty
Andy Stack
Soce The Elemental Wizard
El Train ent.
Curious Records
Star Stuff
Josh Dion Band
Polly Amorous
John Schmitt
Funny Energy
Sounds Like: This when I'm by myself. The opposite of this when I play bass for others.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Lessons with me on the web!

Hey all! I know that every last one of you is burning with the desire to study the bass with me. Please, take a deep breath and relax so that we can keep compsed while we talk about it .This is a li...
Posted by Chris Kuffner on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:02:00 PST

Bass Sound...

I've gotten many inquiries about the sound of my bass on these recordings.  Here it is... THE BASS:  Modulus M92 4 string bass.  This is a single EMG DC pickup predecesor to the Fl...
Posted by Chris Kuffner on Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:22:00 PST

My 10 favorite Guitarists

This is a random blog taken from a journal entry that I made years ago on a friend of mines website. I know I'm a bassist and proud of it, but in order to progress we must study things foreign to us f...
Posted by Chris Kuffner on Tue, 13 Dec 2005 03:25:00 PST