chris_b Posted March 24, 2021 Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) There are some great players around these days. . . but IMO this guy takes the prize Edited March 24, 2021 by chris_b 5 Quote
silverfoxnik Posted March 24, 2021 Posted March 24, 2021 Great stuff there @chris_b! I really like his tone, as well as what he plays too... And that band - they're absolutely rockin'. 👍👌😊 1 Quote
Owen Posted March 24, 2021 Posted March 24, 2021 I went to his masterclass in London. Took a day off work. Had a nice lunch. Enjoyed MONSTEROUS tone and feel. Came home. It was a lovely day. 1 Quote
bubinga5 Posted March 24, 2021 Posted March 24, 2021 I love Sharray Reed but he is a session guy. Mono Neon blows him away for playing the bass he plays on this alone. He's a much more exciting bassist. And he plays his bass upside down. Quote
Kiwi Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 Yeah Sharay is an absolute gospel improv monster thanks to his theory training. But he plays a lot of bland, easy listening, worship stuff and it kind of squashes his buzz a bit. 1 Quote
Barking Spiders Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 7 hours ago, Kiwi said: Yeah Sharay is an absolute gospel improv monster thanks to his theory training. But he plays a lot of bland, easy listening, worship stuff and it kind of squashes his buzz a bit. Yep it's a shame there are a lot of great players plying their trade in pretty dreary genres (IMO) like worship/gospel, jazz, fusion and prog. I'd listen to SR more but am put off by the music he plays 1 Quote
Jakester Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 10 hours ago, bubinga5 said: I love Sharray Reed but he is a session guy. Mono Neon blows him away for playing the bass he plays on this alone Why does it need to be a competition? They're both great. SR was backing Corey Henry a while back - absolutely fantastic: I really want to know how he keeps the beanie perched on the back of his head in the first song! If I tried that it would ping off somewhere never to be seen again! 2 Quote
Owen Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 13 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: Yep it's a shame there are a lot of great players plying their trade. There it is. Right there. That is why we know about them and they do no know about us. Imagine living in a world where not EVERYTHING you do is absolutely stellar. I know that that certainly does not apply in any way shape or form to my career. Phew. 1 Quote
chris_b Posted March 25, 2021 Author Posted March 25, 2021 I can appreciate a great player no matter what genre/style/band he's in. Some guys are exceptional players and transcend their surroundings. Sharay Reed is certainly one of those. Quote
Burns-bass Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 Monster players but god I hate that sort of late 70s/80s smooth jazz. All so horrendously over produced and oddly soulless. 1 Quote
Barking Spiders Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 6 hours ago, owen said: There it is. Right there. That is why we know about them and they do no know about us. Imagine living in a world where not EVERYTHING you do is absolutely stellar. I know that that certainly does not apply in any way shape or form to my career. Phew. Actually until this thread I'd never heard of Sharay Reed. Then again until joining BC 2 years or so ago I'd never heard of 90% of players that get regular mentions and that includes Victor Wootten, Carole Kaye and Chuck Rainey. Quote
Dad3353 Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: Actually until this thread I'd never heard of Sharay Reed. Then again until joining BC 2 years or so ago I'd never heard of 90% of players that get regular mentions and that includes Victor Wootten, Carole Kaye and Chuck Rainey. Conversely, I'd never heard of The Chameleons, Comsat Angels or House of Love until you brought them forward (assuming that that's not the same 'Les Caméléons' that we crossed paths with in a past touring life...) Quote
Barking Spiders Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 20 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: Conversely, I'd never heard of The Chameleons, Comsat Angels or House of Love until you brought them forward (assuming that that's not the same 'Les Caméléons' that we crossed paths with in a past touring life...) Not many have heard of them! Unless you were a John Peel / post punk aficionado in the 80s these would've gone unnoticed by everyone else on the planet. 1 Quote
AxelF Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) I guess like a lot of people this was my first introduction to him That lick at 2.05... The genre leaves me cold but damn... Edited March 26, 2021 by AxelF 2 1 Quote
stewblack Posted March 26, 2021 Posted March 26, 2021 Like Chris I can appreciate a player regardless of what music he plays. What I can't do is enjoy certain genres enough to listen to them. So no matter how great the player, I'll never really know them. 1 1 Quote
Barking Spiders Posted March 27, 2021 Posted March 27, 2021 18 hours ago, stewblack said: Like Chris I can appreciate a player regardless of what music he plays. What I can't do is enjoy certain genres enough to listen to them. So no matter how great the player, I'll never really know them. And that was the gist of one of my posts here. I've heard several fine players from the gospel/worship genre but I can't listen to gospel/worship as a. I dislike the music and b. I'm an atheist. I can't abide fusion/jazz rock but the scene has thrown up more than it's fair share of great players from Jaco, Stanley Clarke and Jeff Berlin to Richard Bona and Hadrien Feraud. I'll watch and listen to these guys and fully appreciate their skills but as for the music? 😞 1 Quote
chris_b Posted March 27, 2021 Author Posted March 27, 2021 Sharay Reed has played plenty of non religious music. It's all out there. Quote
lowdown Posted March 27, 2021 Posted March 27, 2021 On 24/03/2021 at 22:54, bubinga5 said: I love Sharray Reed but he is a session guy. Mono Neon blows him away for playing the bass he plays on this alone. He's a much more exciting bassist. And he plays his bass upside down. What's going on from 3:30 onwards..!! 1 Quote
spencer.b Posted March 28, 2021 Posted March 28, 2021 On 24/03/2021 at 22:54, bubinga5 said: I love Sharray Reed but he is a session guy. Mono Neon blows him away for playing the bass he plays on this alone. He's a much more exciting bassist. And he plays his bass upside down. I love mononeon and think he's the most exciting and original player around but can't see what that has to do with Sharay Reed You say Sharay is just a session player but he like mononeon has original music under his own name out there , they're both coming out of church too and mononeon has depped for Sharay in Corey Henry's band, Sharay is way more in the contemporary gospel tradition and one of the masters of it whereas mononeon is a maverick trailblazer and for me a total genius but why on earth use this thread about appreciating a great player to say he's not as good as someone else? 3 Quote
diskwave Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 We're all here cause of that crappy clip of him in church playing that wicked version of Joy to the World....He's live and every ones watching him and hes pulling off lightning licks that I've never heard before.....Guys not only got a handle on melody but hes almost like a modern jacked up version of Jamerson. I think he's pretty unique and I'm an A1 religious non believer. The guy above is sat in his bedroom kinda widdling really. Quote
Jakester Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 11 minutes ago, greavesbass said: The guy above is sat in his bedroom kinda widdling really. Not really... 2 Quote
Dad3353 Posted March 30, 2021 Posted March 30, 2021 10 minutes ago, Jakester said: Not really... That's ^^ about as good a definition of 'widdling' as I've ever seen. Respect for the technicity, but that's ^^ widdling. 1 Quote
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