Michael Manring - "Selene" / 2011 Canadian Guitar Festival 

Having met Michael and had the pleasure of chatting with him, you come to realize that his music is who he is. Gentle, kind, meditative, thoughtful, playful and bemused. He makes the music he wants to hear the way he wants to hear it. If you don't like his music, then in a way, you don't like him because his expression on the bass is as honest as it comes.

This man is at a completely different level of understanding harmony

Beautiful composition... clearly this is a piece that could be arranged for any instrument and sound lovely. Manring is not JUST an amazing bassist... he's an amazing musician and composer.

I have been mesmerized by this song from the first time I heard it in "92". It is like a mantra. I love how Michael brings his production sound with him. I saw him with my favorite, Michael Hedges in Maine along with the Flecktones. He really was the perfect bassist to accompany Hedges.

Some novices just don't seem to get the tuning aspects of Manrings songs. The tuning is part of the song. That's why he uses a hyperbass to be able to achieve a wide range or notes and octaves while playing. He can flip one switch or push one button and attain crazy range and sound. It's all the more impressive that it is a 4 string bass.. and good luck trying to get his hyperbass.. the hyperbass without his custom bridge is about 6 thousand. I asked for the custom bridge and they turned me down and said when they do make one you are looking at 9k+.. insane.

This is quite frankly the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard.

That's like, your opinion man. This song brought a tear to my eye. I was there when this video was recorded and it was an incredibly powerful moment to me. For you to say it lacks any real "depth and soul" is almost insulting

That bass changed more tunings in one song than my guitar does in a year

He Really Plays The Bass...Like A Gentlemanring !...

the best fretless bass composition I've ever heard

The intro he's doing here where he doesn't let any of the string talk through is like... whoa. A whole new experience. Crazy.

It's me or it is impossible to not only watch it once.. mesmerizing

Such an amazing player. Saw him with. Michael Hedges several times. Was he a student of jaco? He has definitely found his own voice. I just watched a documentary about Jaco and all the musicians were talking about how there has been no one to touch him. I disagree. Michael is doing some imteresting things. Taking it to another level. Its been 36 years since the sad tragic death of jaco. Lets never forget his greatness or his inovations but lets make room for a virtuoso like Michael Manring. Wishing Mr pastorious could have conquered his deamons but no such luck. Michael seems like a very together individual this is 2011 ? I need to look up what he is doing today.

The soul of four strings...wonderfull sound...

I could watch this for 6 hours straight. So awesome- seeing bass in a whole new light :)

Chills every single time I listen to this.

A complete masterpiece... every sound you could put of from a bass is in this song.. literally all the sounds with all the bass!!

Michael is amazing...one of my favorites! The name of the song is "Selene".

I like this version better than the DVD version!

Thank you Dear Mickael for being such an inspiring source for bass players!

Michael Manring is one of the greatest.

Beautiful harmonic 😍

Beautiful and captivating piece of music

Ladies and gentlemen, now that Mr. Manring has finished tuning his bass guitar, he would like to play something for you.

Como me gusta este tema!!! Gracias Manring!!! Gran musico!!!!

Brilliant. Period.

Incredible as Always!

I am so glad I have good headphones

ouch! this is so good it hurts!

Jaco would be [positively] going nuts over this...

Tai Chi on 4 strings.

Love this!

Brilliant!

Just sublime...

love it!

He is not professional, he is unique and for that there is no comparison ...

legendary!

i love your music

This dude is on another level...not sure which one though....😁

Here in 2021 & wow 😊 👍

Juste pour ce morceau , Michael Manring alias "L'homme qui sonne", doit avoir avoir sa place au Panthéon des musiciens.

None of you could recreate this and nor would you want to. He is an artist expressing himself in his own way, as you do. If it is not your thing then that's ok, move on.

The Jeff Beck of the bass. This is transcendent.

Commuovente, meraviglioso

incredible

Dear Santa ,I would like a hyperbass for Xmas. I swear, I'll be good

Very powerful

Thanks for pointing that out..yes of course it is :)

Genius !!!!!

there always HAS TO BE at least one negative individual on here, like "fretbuzz59"who has little or nothing good to say about new directions.I only read a few of his(hers)acidic remarks and that was enough.I would not be surprised if Fretbuzz59 also hates the Zon bass and the effects used!Its just art man,Manring can play anything,but chose to innovate.

Siempre amare esta canción hasta el día de mi muerte haha!

The intro reminds me of the Swedish poem Aranira(I forget how to spell it)

Maestroo!!!

My phone does well with listening to bass parts. This needed headphone to hear it all.

á true master ..

Nice!

JACO LIVES !

I don’t see him as just a bass player in the normal sense, but a musician that likes the tones he can get from a bass that aid in making beautiful music. Coupled with that Zon, which is just made for him, figuratively and literally. I mean, I’m more of a funky P-Bass kind of guy, totally opposite to this kind of thing, but I appreciate it nonetheless.

רק אדיר !!! Il maestro

Awesome

tool comes really close to the world record in number of time signature changes in a song. i think this guy holds the record for tuning changes in a song.

Just play the thing for a change

Innovative

To play a song almost exclusively with harmonics, you need to KNOW what you're doing, and certainly Michael knows his stuff...

Usually I can hear the song in Michael's work, but this one was too random and abstract. It took me a couple of minutes to realize he was playing, not tuning his Hyperbass...and I LOVE his work!!!

Sounded like Robert Fripp in the beginning!

This is how to play bass.

I first discovered this player and his unique style about a month ago. Now after ive seen and heard his many pieces i feel like i feel when i listen to highly specialized music,it tends to get quite repetitive,and not in a good way. But his technique and his use of mechanical levers to alter the notes is pretty amazing. I see this man more as an performance artist. I would like to see him in the role of more traditional bass player so i could get a reference as to what his real style is. Now he is masking himself in these techniques and soundscapes etc. But he is good at what he does.

Does Mike have drop tuning on all his tune keys ?? Sounds preeetttyyy coooool. WoW Edit: And what does he have on his bridge, just further drop tuners? Cheers

Is he playing through that markbass?

It's like this bass was made to his image

What do you mean 'gimmicky'? Crap like Nikki Manaj and Lady Gaga. Not to mention Bullshnae pop music is gimmicky. Michael is one most talented bass players on the planet. I would spend my hard earned money to see him play than the ones I mentioned above.

He should get together with Percy jones

Somebody. Tell me. What effect pedal is he using?

Bass is so easy to play :)

Няша-носяша

Where dafuq is "San Fransisco?" LOL

Меня одного дико раздражает ежесекудное трогание головки грифа?

I think he should have tried out for Metallica

so what music does have depth and soul to you? I'm insulted because given the technical prowess and how much soul he actually pours into his performance, it's still not full appreciated because somehow it's perceived as "gimmicky". Gimmicky is Michael Angelo Batio. Gimmicky is the myriad of "drifting" rip offs that have sprung up ever since Andy Mckee went viral. This is pure. At least to me >:(

LOL.

Why be insulted? After all, it's only, like, my opinion, right? To me this stuff has the depth and soul of a flowery Hallmark card.

Obviously inflections of one instrument don't necessarily translate to other. Decades ago, transcribers of rock guitar developed ways to convey some of the idiosyncratic things rock players do. If I found this Manring's stuff the least bit interesting, instead of mind-numbingly boring, I might be open to his techniques & the tricked-out bass. OTOH, Stanley Jordan makes "real" music (as opposed to soundscapes), & I can't stand that either. Though that's b/c of his sound more than the substance.

All his compositions like this sound alike. Music composed for specialized instruments rarely has any real substance, and this is no exception. It's gimmicky, and lacks any real depth and soul.

Nonsense. Bach's fugues can be played on any standard keyboard instrument, using standard techniques. What's more, they could be transcribed note-for-note for configurations of non-keyboard instruments. This new age rubbish can only be played on this non-standard instrument, using non-standard techniques. It's a gimmick.