Michael League Interview | Solo Album | Snarky Puppy | Thomann

Julia had the absolute pleasure to chat with Michael League, the bassist, multi-instrumentalist and musical mastermind behind Snarky Puppy and Bokanté. Talking about his solo record that will be released this year, deep diving into music and composition and talking about life in general...

Gear used: http://tho.mn/gi7nr
We use Triad-Orbit stands for our cameras, lights and mics: http://tho.mn/triad
Recorded and mixed with Universal Audio: http://tho.mn/uadx1
Monitors optimised through Sonarworks: http://tho.mn/sonar

Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Intro
0:23 The Idea behind recording the solo album
3:30 Recording vocals
5:52 Recording drums and percussion
7:14 Songwriting process
9:55 Album release date?
11:00 Youtube and how it influenced musicians
14:13 Developing your own musical vocabulary
16:39 How did you start writing music?
18:10 Classical vs. non-classical perspective
20:11 Musical influence from living in Europe?
23:55 Musical tradition and identity
27:12 Practising a new instrument
29:32 Julia juggles
30:57 What would you do if you were not a musician?
32:53 Plans for the future
36:24 Thanks Michael!

Webshop: https://www.thomann.de
Facebook:   / thomanninternational  
Twitter: @thomann   / thomann  
Instagram: @thomann.music   / thomann.music  
Pinterest:   / thomannde  

Visit our blogs:
GER: https://www.thomann.de/blog/de/
ENG: https://www.thomann.de/blog/en/
FRA: https://www.thomann.de/blog/fr/
ESP: https://www.thomann.de/blog/es/
ITA: https://www.thomann.de/blog/it/
NED: https://www.thomann.de/blog/nl/
FIN: https://www.thomann.de/blog/fi/