Of all the virtuoso solo bass players around Manring is one of the few, if not the only one, to capture my attention on a deep emotional level. His playing is not just a showoff, a showcase of awesome and terribly complicated techniques. It's beautiful, haunting, otherwordly music.

@8ulls3y3

8 жыл бұрын

junipree Thank you my friend, I will.

@k.c.lejeune6613

6 жыл бұрын

Check out Grant Stinnett who is highly influenced by Michael. You won't be disappointed.

@linzeedawn

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely. I think thats one of the nicest things about this video. Its a performance, but its not ostentatious. He seems so humble with his talent and it focuses all of the attention onto this incredible piece. I dig it.

@iamalpharius9483

4 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely correct.

@jrgilbert

3 жыл бұрын

Well said

Never has a fretless been used so completely, and in such an ingenious way. This song blows me away every time.

@stewartross13

4 жыл бұрын

Nemesis Bass21 totally agree.

@linzeedawn

4 жыл бұрын

This is so incredible. I could listen to it all day

@erikkennedy8725

3 жыл бұрын

That’s not just any fretless. That’s a custom built Zon, from a master luthier. I’ve got a beautiful Warmoth z-bass I’m in love with. I’m not worthy of a Zon.

@gorryman

2 жыл бұрын

Portrait of Tracy was the moon mission this is just the natural extension , dude is super talented but he’s only standing on the shoulders of a true giant

That guy smiling at 130 is exactly what I looked like.

@CTDWindsor

9 жыл бұрын

Ben Carney wish i could thumb up this comment more

@wizman440

9 жыл бұрын

EliminatorBF1942 I'll do it for you.

@jasminedakota3958

4 жыл бұрын

* 1:30 *

@jamesongarnett6292

Ай бұрын

… sexual.

me: what tuning are you in? michael manring: yes

@iamalpharius9483

4 жыл бұрын

Thats ALL the tunings! Lol

@wxb200

Ай бұрын

also me: What key is this song in? michael manring: absolutely

I always get tears in my eyes when I see that grown up man at 1:25 looking in awe at Michael, just like a little boy who just saw the coolest thing in his life!

I've been a Windham Hill lover (since the mid '80's) & following Michael's music through the years. Somehow this performance slipped by my greedy lil' ears. At this point in my life, I am a single middle aged Mom raising 2 kids with autism. I don't have the luxury of being able to get away for vacations & my stress level can get very high. I find 2 things in life help me to cope (& sometimes escape into my own head): my own sense of spirit & music. Michael has no idea just what a joy his gift of music brings to me.

@wizman440

8 жыл бұрын

Michael has rereleased "Unusual Weather" and autographed copies are available at his website, FYI...

@gabbygryphon

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian! Better yet.... I'm going to tell every music nut friend I know I had a conversation with Brian Wilson!

@Alanoffer

8 жыл бұрын

Good luck to you

@PyroKP

8 жыл бұрын

+Catherine G This is a beautiful comment, you are a good soul.

@Raphael-jo1rp

8 жыл бұрын

+Catherine G I feel the same about his music. It can heal for some reasons. I had the chance to see him twice in France, and have an autograph of him signed on the DVD "Resonance". I would like to add one thing : with such beautiful music, words become useless. God bless you Catherine.

Stuff like this makes you feel like you could live forever and still experience something new. Come to think of it, that’s exactly what art is.

Whenever i see a person who is at the highest level of their craft im always astonished that they wear pants, they brush their teeth, they eat food...like they haven't advanced that aspect of their lives and it makes me feel really special because i also wear pants. Ya know?

This man proves that you don't need to play 16ths at 200bpm or slap all the time to have incredible technique. I don't think I've ever spoken a word while listening to this song, how many hundreds of times I've listened to it.

How can this performance even be possible? The incredible memory he must have to be changing the tuning in his strings constantly to feed both the bass notes and the HARMONICs too is insane! Its as if he added 4+ strings and created a new instrument entirely out of the bass sequence of notes/chords. To get so much more out of the old stodgy 4 string bass is amazing to me. I feel lucky to have a recording I played on where Michael accopanied myself with Carl Weingarten.

@hazardeur

4 жыл бұрын

lowkey flex right there lol

@fzotbp7225

4 жыл бұрын

That will only work if the knowledge has reached the DNA level.

As a guitarist, i cant express it more than this guy. This song is so pure, pure from the earth.

That's talent right there. Damn, I would have never thought of de-tuning for the sake of harmonics.... Brilliant.

I never cried listening to a bass solo... 'till now

@pepas346

7 жыл бұрын

i recomend listening to Portrait of Tracy by jaco pastorius!

@justinandsheba

5 жыл бұрын

I did... I stepped on a lego while listening to Lemmy's solo in Stay Clean.

I'd never heard of Michael Manring before today. This is what happens when inspiration meets mastery of a craft and is played through a beautiful instrument. Sublime... especially his humility.

Proudly here in 2020!!!!! GOOSEBUMPS ALL THE WAY!!!

I cant think of a better definition for the word 'artist' than Manring. Totally original voice.

@EMTinVA

Жыл бұрын

Jeff D?

Probably lost count of how many times I watched this. I haven't said thank you before... So thank you very much sir!! Michael is one of the reason I want to get better playing bass.

I saw him play this not 5 feet away from him at a Zon seminar at Bass San Diego years ago. *blew my mind*

I know this was played in someone's living room so "thank you" for making the room a whole lot more enormous by sharing this wonderful performance with the world.

Stunning. This is level of excellence for which humans were designed.

@HenryMcGuinnessGuitar

7 жыл бұрын

David Smith Yes I think it's a good thing to aspire to

@alexgoldbergbass

3 жыл бұрын

Loosh producing like crazy ha

This song makes me feel like I'm floating in space. I think he had the same thing in mind when he called it the enormous room!

This gets me every time. This is what it means to be a virtuoso.

Im a death metal bassist but i prefere to hear bassist like Micheal Manring, you know the thing that most technical bassist forget is...the feeling.. damn this guy put so emotion in is song...so perfect and beautiful

Anyone else look and feel exactly as the bald dude on the couch did?? lol... heaven to the ears and mind

@GuitarBuilderatbluemoonguitars

8 жыл бұрын

+Mike Harkins Me too after 58 years LOL At one time I could sit on my hair .

@williampierce5579

8 жыл бұрын

+Rooster Blues Cigar Box Guitars I think he meant his face, not his hair lol

8 жыл бұрын

William Pierce lol yeah im not bald yet thank god!

@GuitarBuilderatbluemoonguitars

8 жыл бұрын

Mike Harkins After 5 kids its about gone !

@Anthony-bz2xs

8 жыл бұрын

+Mike Harkins i was like .. what bald guy? but then... lmao

That harmonics run at 5:31 is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.

Jaco would be so proud of Michael, insane playing

Michael's tone and these frequencies just completely transport me. I feel like crying like a baby at how much I feel from this piece. I just wonder how Michael can think about the piece and all these harmonic changes with the hips hots etc at the same time. Mind blown, heart open. Thanks for sharing

This peice is one of the most beautiful ones ive ever heard on bass. It just gives a good deep fealing inside.I'ts amazing how music can make you feel good inside.

the Bass guitar sing... like its from a different world. I can hear the beautiful soul playing from within. Michael Manring is not human.

@josegil707

10 жыл бұрын

FASCINANTE , MOLA .

first discovered this video 11 years ago when i got into playing bass in 2020 im still in awe !!

Saw this video a couple years ago and I had to find it again. Maaan, so beautiful.

Marvelous. I saw him several times with Michael Hedges years ago. Always inspiring

@edwardardzinski1381

Жыл бұрын

what a memory. cherish it

I really love this song. Manring's amazing skills are unbelievable. Also his humble personality...

I saw him, with Michael Hedges, at the Vic in Chicago in the early 90's; one of the many reasons why this Masterpiece makes me choke up when I hear it.

@nathanballein3035

4 жыл бұрын

John Wilkinson saw them both in a small community theater in Palo Alto way back when. Blew me utterly away.

here I am, 13 years later after watching this video and discovering Mr. Manring for the first time. thanks youtube and thank you Mr. Wilson.

He's done this mix of through and circular composition. It's so beautiful. I'm sad It's taken me 15 years to have heard this masterpiece. Thank you for sharing!

I use this video to fall asleep daily, it is pure magic

There is some real magic going on here, the ending gives me goosebumps every time!

Not only is Manring a musical genius, but songs like this are incredibly soothing to listen too

Some real beautiful stuff. I am drummer and LOVE MIchael. I saw him play in a music store concert. Just amazing person inside and out. he has a real love for the instrument and pulling everything out of it!!!! GO FOR IT MICHAEL... It's too bad the masses don't get into Michael Manring......

People like Mr Manring make it all worth it. Thank you!

Man! Emotion, emotion, and more EMOTION!

words cannot describe what i'm thinking right now... i'm not even a bass player, just the fact that he's such a great musician that he can make you feel exactly what he's feeling through his playing. absolutely marvellous.

This is proof that, in the right hands, a fretless bass can be one of if not the most beautiful instruments out there. It also doesn’t hurt to have one of the best bassists of all time playing it.

I love this song. It's really made me rethink my playing and particularly playing a solo. A solo doesn't have to be fast and filled with as many note as possible. Michael's playing is so interesting and the song has such a beautiful melody. It just slowly unfolds. Ingenious!

Makes me think of my dad I don't know why but when I'm alone and I listen to this I think of all the fun I had with my dad I have been a foster father for almost 20 years and I recently after a long time adopted a little boy and gave him my fathers name

Seriously, an orgasm just exploded in my ear and flooded it with beautiful harmonics and bass notes. So beautifully delectable. I could close my eyes and listen forever!!! This and "Selene" are my favorite.

This is the music equivalent of floating around in deep space. Beautiful song and Great musician!

beautiful.. just perfect

Somehow Hedges still lives... I love this song deeply.

@svteam2357

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, this is truly reminds me of michael hedges

I stumbled on this looking for Micheal Hedges and Micheal Manring collaborations, as I am a guitarist who loved Hedges music, but this blows me away. I now see such a different view of Manring. Thank you Brian Wilson for posting this so many years ago.

I've watched tons of bassist's videos. This is the one I've said "holy shit" to the most. Holy shit.

Never heard of him until now...mind=blown

Intelligent and beautiful music!

I love the guys face at 1:25, looking at Manring like he is some kind of deity. It's really good that someone with this much talent in such an unusual art is being recognised for how amazing he is :)

First time I heard this piece, it brought me to a better place. It still does.

Wonderful. Very relaxing and yet surprising :)

wonderful, what a mastery, thank you ;)

An enormous talent. Beautiful song that brings tears to my eyes each listen. Brilliant playing. I could've sworn if I close my eyes I was listening to the album.

Wow, I liked this. I've heard other stuff by him. Some does nothing for me, some can change my day if listen to it with the sunrise. He really has it in his hands.

I bet the designers of that bridge and those tuners never thought they'd be used in such a way. It's really amazing how it works, and how much he has to be familiar with alternate tunings to switch so often and quickly. Pretty awesome.

@EAPRaven1

9 жыл бұрын

Manring helped design that bass. It's called the Zon Michael Manring Hyperbass, so I think the designers how some idea how the bass would be used.

@MikeKobb

9 жыл бұрын

EAP Raven The Hipshots came around before the Hyperbass, and I sort of suspect they didn't expect to see four of them mounted on one bass. The bridge was designed specially for the Hyperbass, though.

Brilliant. The result of 10,000 hours of practice no doubt.

@yentamoon1808

9 ай бұрын

Add another 0 and you're spot on!

When I first discovered this song (and Michael), I was playing in a band. I showed him to every one of my bandmates and I said, "I want to be able to play like him." Everyone except the singer basically scoffed at me. Michael is one of the main reasons I strive to be a better bass player. I've only been playing for about four years come Christmas, but I think I still have a long way to go. A VERY long way to go. This is, in my own way, an "aspiration chain", of what I strive for: Technique: Michael Manring, Geddy Lee, David Ellefson (for picking), Geezer Butler, John Myung, Martin Mendez Humility for the Instrument: Michael Manring, Geddy Lee Experience: Geezer Butler, Geddy Lee, John Entwistle Rather corny way of looking at it, but these are all my main aspirations when it comes to the bass. But I hope that by playing with many different bands and seeing those still alive in concert, maybe I could learn something more by watching them or understanding them as people.

@6lillium

4 жыл бұрын

I've been listening to Michael since 1984( I've been playing since 83 ).....he still makes me feel that way. I had the good fortune of meeting him at a small show and watching from this same distance. A kind , gracious, and gentle soul indeed.

Absolutely ethereal and beautiful piece of music right here. I'm just completely captivated whenever i hear Manring play.

won't you listen to this just all day long?

Ok you build whole universes with those bloody fingers, so what? EEEHHHH? Ehm... ... ehr... A bass that becomes the only thing you need to create. Thanks.

I just can't get over this bass composition and performance!

My favorite solo bass composition. Amidst all the tuner pyrotechnics is a gorgeous melody and some fantastic (and unexpected!) changes.

I feel unworthy of the bass, every time I watch Mr. Manring performing anything.

Made me thing of opening up a book and looking at the fresh new young world evolving Before humanity started to murder it. Amazing how music can inspire you. :')

The most perfect synthesis of instrument, artist and composition. This is musicianship exemplified, and my favorite version of this piece.

Michael is definitely a musician's musician. His inner musical quality is so natural, and his passion, and enjoyment for it is what I think makes him so good.

Brian, how does one get a great musician to perform in his livingroom?

@wizman440

9 жыл бұрын

Ask.

@bb_lz9790

3 жыл бұрын

@@wizman440 A number of years ago when Michael was in the Chicago area, I had the good fortune of attending a couple of his SWR clinics at local music stores on consecutive nights. While not as intimate as this performance, it was a real treat to interact with Michael in small-group settings. He's such a sweet guy and his skills leave me speechless every time I see/hear him play! At once clinic someone commented that what he does "sure beats playing Led Zeppelin covers" to which Michael replied, "I'd probably make more money doing Led Zeppelin covers!". Thanks for sharing this video!!!

From e.e. cummings "The Enormous Room".

@thomaspatrickhenry

4 жыл бұрын

Brian Wilson Thanks for posting such an amazing and intimate concert....

Thank you, Mr Manring. Brings tears of joy to my eyes every time I hear it. Tapped into something really great - a classic forever. Timeless. Technique and newnesss - astounding. Beauty and melody and song - beyond. Thank you again.

I've watched this video now about a thousand times, and it is just as mesmerizing and transporting now as it was the first time. Thanks so much for sharing.

4,377 REAL musicians like this video; 42 drummers dislike it.

@wizman440

8 жыл бұрын

THANK you.

@Austin4a

8 жыл бұрын

+Tim Lane As a drummer, I love this stuff! Why the hate?

@timlane9371

8 жыл бұрын

+Austin4a Sorry, man. I meant no hate. I have nothing but love for the rhythm section. Couldn't do much without you guys! I was just making a "drummer" joke. In fairness, Q: How do you shut up a guitar player? A: Put sheet music in front of him!

@Maxilainen70

8 жыл бұрын

+Tim Lane I play drums AND bass. Help, should i like or dislike ;-) ....

@marcusblackfellow2850

8 жыл бұрын

Did you really just use a throwaway like-bait comment as part of a reply to a message dissing you for your use of a throwaway like-bait comment?

Yes, that's all fantastic...but please, next time tune up your bass before to play and not during the exibition....I have always to explain everything to these young beginners! wtf

@insaneflames100

8 жыл бұрын

That's his style using the hipshot xtenders you obviously didn't know this.

@lucasinfabula7161

8 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, it was a joke. I know Manring and i love his music. :-)

@jennifervincent739

7 жыл бұрын

Luca Shardan Hahaha!!!!

@TheGrundigg

6 жыл бұрын

You obviously missed the joke.

@NEVU_GRUV

5 жыл бұрын

@@insaneflames100 baited hahaha :D

I just keep coming back to this video...beautiful!

This is astonishing. Beautiful music.

I can do that on my $10.00 Epiphone flying V bass and no hipshot tuner. And a Laney 1 x 15 1980s combo with absolutely no effects!! I must confess that I do get my ex to keep time by clapping lightly. (To her credit - great rhythm and timing but moans a lot) just saying. Ps - keep practising because you got potential and getting there

@RME76048

10 жыл бұрын

Yeah, right. Dream on as your "ex" gives you that wet-dream hand job.

@gbrety

10 жыл бұрын

You my friend are a baffoon...

@JgHaverty

10 жыл бұрын

You;re an idiot lol

@bummegood

10 жыл бұрын

Ladies, please .....I'm messing and sending myself up. Of course this guy is awesome. As for being an idiot - well i can definitely tell from comments who is serious and who is playing. I written my little piece with a sense of irony. (My cheap - fictitious Gear vs. Top drawer / mega expensive) un-twist your panties and have a think about a witty retort instead. Just saying

@RME76048

10 жыл бұрын

Justin, just give up now. What you said was, well, stoopid to the extreme. Everything you add just makes you that much stoooopider... so, give up, please? I am tiring of Google notifications on this ridiculous thread, OK?

it's so touching, absolutely love it!

Wow. A beautiful song - the composition is just amazing. The technical abilities aside - gorgeous playing. Thanks for sharing this!!

Dude this piece brought me tears it was so good

Astonishingly beautiful.

What a lovely piece of music.

Thanks for this beautiful moment................

I have heard it manytimes.. everytime it touches me a lot ♥

Breathtaking ability. Bravo!

impressed doesn't even begin to convey how i feel about this piece! superb!

It gets better the more I listen to it. What a gift you have. Seriously awesome.

Simply fabulous!

how could you not cry to this

15 years later i still listen this song

absolutely beautiful.

I just can't stop listening to this.

Michael never ceases to amaze! MASTERPIECE!!

I just love the tone! It's amazing!!

I never, never tire of watching this extraordinary man perform this beautiful piece.

Wow...this is so soothing yet, mind bending.