In this episode of The Creative Life Podcast I talk with Michael Manring, one of the world’s leading solo bassist with over 500 recordings. Michael tells us about his passion for the bass guitar and doing solo recordings and concerts. He also talks about how he got involved with the Windham Hill label and shares his biggest strengths and weaknesses.
“Every performance is a failure. Failing in Music generally is a great chance for growth” – Michael Manring
MICHAEL MANRING SHOW NOTES: on the biggest challenge as a musician on becoming a music teacher and getting a lot of gigs as a professional musician on working on his solo records and with percussionist Chris Garcia on the difference between playing with a drummer vs a percussionist on following your own stream of consciousness Favorite Tools: Logic Zon Guitars Soft Step Controller by Keith McMillen VB99 by Roland Favorite Book: War & Peace by Tolstoy Favorite Record: UpanishadsJoin James's Facebook fans: https://www.facebook.com/jamestaylordotme
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This is The Creative Life, James Taylor's weekly YouTube show.
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ABOUT JAMES
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As a creativity expert Taylor is a frequent guest speaker at universities and international conferences. He has given keynotes and talks at Apple, Subscription Site Summit in San Francisco, the British Music Show in the UK and at several universities across Europe including University of Dundee in Scotland and University of Macerata in Italy. He is often called upon by media outlets to give his views on trends in creativity and innovation. He has been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, Columbus Dispatch, STV, Business Insider and San Jose Mercury News as well as featured on BBC TV and being the subject of a 30minute program on his life for BBC Radio Scotland. As a host on shows about creativity and innovation he has interviewed legendary investor Maynard Webb (Yahoo.com, eBay.com & Salesforce.com board member) and New York Times best-selling writers Chris Guillebeau ($100 Startup), Rolf Potts (Vagabonding), Brand Cooper (The Lean Entrepreneur) and Ryan Holiday (Trust Me I’m Lying). James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA).
Meet James at http://www.JamesTaylor.me
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ABOUT THE CREATIVE LIFE
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The Creative Life is a weekly self-improvement show full of #motivation, #inspiration, and #creativity strategies with creativity speaker and author James Taylor.
The Creative Life blog can be read at: http://www.jamestaylor.me
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