Stewart McKinsey audio samples

Gregory Bruce Campbell · #1 12-05-2004, 09:45 PM

I recently ran across some nice clean samples of Stewart McKinsey on his BEE fretless 8 string bass! Check these out!

http://www.nolabands.com/jamroom/bands/126/music.php

Most of us know stew as a very cool guy!

I for one am a huge fan of his fretless playing!

Enjoy!

James Hart · #2 12-05-2004, 09:57 PM

thanks Gre9! You coulda posted this in Bassists, we need us a Stew thread over there

I was just listening to "Olivia's Lulaby" I got the track from Au6 a while back... nice work!

James Hart · #3 12-05-2004, 10:19 PM

so.... we are in Bassists....

Anyway, Nice noodling Stew!!!! I really dig #2.

DEFELDUS · #4 12-05-2004, 11:41 PM

niiiiiiiiiiice. some parts i would never know were on a fretless. very nice tone stew!

Gregory Bruce Campbell · #5 12-05-2004, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by James Hart

so.... we are in Bassists....

Anyway, Nice noodling Stew!!!! I really dig #2.

Dude, don't get pissed

did you move this then? sorry about that...

ok, wait a minute! you know Au6 ? and even better, he uses Au6 outside of e-mails to me?

he started all that by spelling my name Gre9

its funny, i don't think i have even heard Au6's finished version of the tune written by me for my daughter!

LOL

I gotta check in with him!

Gregory Bruce Campbell · #6 12-05-2004, 11:55 PM

Stew does some seriously great fretless work, and he's so modest that sometimes it can be hard to stomach!

One these days I want Stew to freak me out and say, ok, yah, I am a bad ass! but I’m sure he never will say that....

James Hart · #7 12-06-2004, 12:06 AM

Au6 and I go way back! We both took lessons from Stan Penridge (song writing credits on a few Kiss albums and guitarist on the Peter Criss solo album too). Au6's father even married my ex and I back in the early 90s (he was Mayor of the little town we are from). I use to hang at his house and jam for hours... we use to hook up when he's back in Jersey, but the last time was like 4 years ago now.

I don't think it's done... he sent me a bunch of rough takes to listen too. Do you play in the Hip hop thang too?

Anyway, I didn't move it, I posted in "Basses" but then I saw it in "Bassists".

Stew is a great player... thanks for posting the link!

Alvaro Martín Gómez A. · #8 12-06-2004, 12:15 AM

Stew is definitely a top class bassist. After listening to the audio samples in his website I knew of the valuable musician that visits these forums and now, with this new material, it is more than confirmed. Great job, Stew!

Gregory Bruce Campbell · #9 12-06-2004, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by James Hart

Do you play in the Hip hop thang too?

i wish! we used to have a band called campbell's soup, august came in after 2 or 3 gigs... it was a dirty hip hip hop funk disco reggae improv band... stew even did two nights with us...

it was a very loose group!

snoop dog was coming to town, and the guys wanted to have something happening at a hip local club just incase...

but it was the band 9 and Zen's debut as a duo in big sky montana... so what was Campbells soups grabbed a variety of other players and did the gig... and now that group is "the hip hop side project" they are really popular here...

Au6 later started playing guitar in 9 and Zen as well, once we realized we were not pleased as a duo...

so, to answer, no i'm not in the hip hop thang...

but as you can see its all connected

bozeman music is like a volley ball game... when ever the teams switch who has the serve, we all just rotate!

Stewmc5222 · #10 12-06-2004, 10:21 PM

whoa!

I don't check the forums for, like, a day and look what happens!

thanks, cats. you are all way too cool! wow, I am just blown away!

I posted those clips for local cats who were thinking of hiring me, just so they could have some idea of what I can do. what Greg failed to mention is that those were recorded when I hadn't had a fretless in my hands for something like 15 months! there are some serious clams in there!

I sign off with a hearty

from blushing lows,

Stew

Dave Grossman · #11 12-07-2004, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Gregory Bruce Campbell

I recently ran across some nice clean samples of Stewart McKinsey on his BEE fretless 8 string bass! Check these out!

Cool! I love this sort of thing. Reminds me of the stuff at my web site ( http://www.unpronounceable.com/solobass/ ) except people like his stuff.

Nice sounding bass too.

- Dave

Gregory Bruce Campbell · #12 12-07-2004, 08:20 AM

Dave, people like your stuff too!

Stewmc5222 · #13 12-07-2004, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave Grossman

Cool! I love this sort of thing. Reminds me of the stuff at my web site ( http://www.unpronounceable.com/solobass/ ) except people like his stuff.

Nice sounding bass too.

- Dave

hey Dave,

I think your stuff is killin'; I wouldn't even have the nerve to compare my playing with yours! the bass does sound nice, though. that's all Fred's work.

from the lows,

Stew

Dave Grossman · #14 12-07-2004, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Stewmc5222

I think your stuff is killin'; I wouldn't even have the nerve to compare my playing with yours!

No need to be sarcastic.

Seriously though, thanks. I appreciate it. Means a lot coming from you (and you too Gre9). You both have my utmost respect.

It's hard to know. I get hundreds of downloads of my tracks every month but pretty much zero feedback. I know it's all very rough so I haven't been surprised.

- Dave

Stewmc5222 · #15 12-08-2004, 01:54 AM

you're a serious player, Dave. believe it!

from the lows,

Stew

Stewmc5222 · #16 12-09-2004, 01:31 PM

hey all,

just wanted to thank everyone for checking out the sound samples. the added attention has pushed me to #8 on the nolabands.com website, which I am pretty sure is a first for a solo bassist! how very cool!

you cats just rock!

from the grateful lows,

Stew

James Hart · #17 12-09-2004, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Grossman

It's hard to know. I get hundreds of downloads of my tracks every month but pretty much zero feedback. I know it's all very rough so I haven't been surprised.

I hear that! I check my logs every few days... I get more stuff downloaded that I care to admit and only a handful of comments offered up.

Stew, I just gave a listen to it on my "no speakers attached" computer at the office

Maybe we can get you to #1

Stewmc5222 · #18 12-09-2004, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by James Hart

... Maybe we can get you to #1

well, as we say in the Old Country...

thanks for the listen, James, and for the vote of confidence!

from the blushing lows,

Stew

Stewmc5222 · #19 12-22-2004, 11:17 AM

hey all,

I just wanted to thank those who have checked out the samples at nolabands.com because I just moved a notch higher in the top 10 artists on the site and am currently #7!

thank you!

from the blushing lows,

Stew

Aaron Saunders · #20 12-22-2004, 03:08 PM

Damn, this is some swank playing. The first one is easily my ideal form of fretless solo playing, and generally what I aspire to myself. I'm a few years and several strings behind, but I definitely hope to catch up with that one eventually! That's mean, and you've got chops, but more importantly, taste. Very swank.

PS: I'm also generally pretty elated that I could just click on it and listen to it instantly...but that's more of my newfound high-speed glory.

Great tracks though!