michael Manring "Greetings, Earthling"in montreal(incomplet)

[SuperEnigmation]

Anyone who says you can't slap on a fretless bass: 0:00 - 0:03.

[sinceilostmytooth]

man, that is some mullet.

[patrick61503]

This guy is like if jaco and wooten made a baby and raised it to be a bass master

[xxbeholderxx]

Ohh fuck this is insane! how come i never heard of this bassist O_O!

[gebass6]

@xxbeholderxx It depends on the types of music you listen to.He started out playing in the group Montreux,then was the "in house"bassist for Windham Hill records.Then he started to release his own solo discs.If you're into radio and pop music,you're in the wrong universe.

[xxbeholderxx]

@gebass6  No am not a bassist so i never bother looking for good ones. Am a guitarist. Thnx for the history. and dont insult me man, pop universe :S ...come on lol

[gebass6]

@xxbeholderxx That's what I call them.Genres,to be exact.What I mean is that if you only listen to Pop and whats on the radio,you will never be exposed to him.Also most will admit.Michael IS in another universe!!

[xxbeholderxx]

@gebass6 Dude....radio is weak man :S in fact, i dont even EVER listen to it ever....as well as am a professional guitarist and simply i never heard of him before. tis not bout radio or wutever the fact, it's just i never heard of him. i discovered him by luck cause i like Andy Mcee, so i was watching this live and he was there so i was like this guy is interesting! and thus life begins .... lol....not everything has a reaons ya know :P sometimes stuff Slips

[afterthought9]

I don't think any other living musician has his flare.

[OmegasWill]

he lols when he goes out of tune. great attitude

[Nikkitbas]

fantastic specialy in the end in gredible

[gebass6]

The tune is Greetings Earthlings from the Soliloquy disc.

[Mastafly7]

1 man show

[mackjhonson]

what a freaking awesome song

[BamBam56]

It was probably "Adhan", which is a muslim call to prayer.

[ZombieHordeLord]

no

adhan is played with 2 e-bows

[kukenimunnen]

2 e-bows and one nutsack.

[huginandmunin]

i love you

[Flemmingdoerken]

His performance of this song off of Thebassvault [dot]com is mindblowingly intense. This was okay.

[DavcomBass]

Harmonic madness at its finest!

[BamBam56]

i got to have the privlage of having a lesson from him

I got to hold one of his Hyperbass's!

[Dabudas]

soliloquay, the best solo bass record ever. I have it signed by the man himself.

[fryBASS]

wow! cool!

[ImperfectxCircle]

It is indeed "Greetings, Earthlings!" off of Soliloquy.

[prasiddha]

Hey, are we THE ONLY Manring fans who can recognize this song? Manring rules!!!

[ThomasRiekki]

Sounds like you know your Manring. I saw him in concert around the same time as this and he played this Egyptian sounding song. Any Idea which song it is? Thanks.

[prasiddha]

Hmmm, you'll have to tell me:

1. Which bass was he using (cause he only uses specific basses for specific songs). For example, he will ONLY use the red bass for this video playing right now.

2. When playing solo, he mostly only plays songs off of his best albums, "Soliloquy", "Thonk" and "Book of Flame". That narrows it down for us.

3. Any idea how long the song was? 8 minutes? 5 minutes?

[ThomasRiekki]

I'm almost positive he was using this red bass. The song was quite long, probably between 8-10 minutes. I think he may have done a solo in the middle that was not off the album because I remember hearing a Metallica riff as a joke...hope this helps!

[prasiddha]

Metallica, haha...

Well, seeing as how he's using the "Junior" bass (as he calls it...he names his basses), added to the fact that it sounded "Egyptian", it was definitely something off of "The Book of Flame".

He often times extends a song for an extra 5-10 minutes.

But I've narrowed down the list:

. The Book of Lies

. The Book of Living And Dying

. Dromedary

. La Sagrada Familia

. Theseus In The Rains

I'm pretty sure it's "La Sagrada"...but it could be any of those...

[ThomasRiekki]

It was La Sagrada Familia! Thanks a lot! Awesome song!

[Flemmingdoerken]

You are good...

[prasiddha]

This is definitely off of "Soliloquy".

If I'm not mistaken, it is "Greetings, Earthlings!"

Thanks for the upload. Been waiting for stuff off of Soliloquy. Please tell me you have Selene or Helios!

Especially HELIOS!!