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Jazz & Free Jazz Music artist from Frazier Park, CA. New songs free to stream or download. Add to your playlist now.

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Thor the Bass Maniac

Thor is a soloist five-string fretted and fretless bassist who both composes and improvises single and multi-track pieces.

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Arial Whales Arial Whales

Improvised/Recorded on 2/4/07 Tracks: One (fretted) This title came to me one day when I was experimenting with echoes and string noise. Sliding a finger off of a string or bending a harmonic with an echo sounds like whale speech to me, but mo

Jazzy Beats

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Picture for song 'Atonality' by artist 'Thor the Bass Maniac'

Atonality Atonality

Written on 2/1/07, Recorded on 2/2/07 Tracks: Four (fretted) This was one of my first experiments with multitracking. I really went free-form on this one, not putting emphasis on keys or time signatures, but more on feeling and experimentation

Free Jazz

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Picture for song 'Don't Count on It' by artist 'Thor the Bass Maniac'

Don't Count on It Don't Count on It

Improvised/Recorded on 2/25/07 Tracks: One (fretless) his was the album's final recorded track, based once again more on feel and less on timing. This was the fourth take of recording, constructed through the 'last week of production' daze

Jazz Fusion

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Picture for song 'A Variety of Jellies and Jams' by artist 'Thor the Bass Maniac'

A Variety of Jellies and Jams A Variety of Jellies and Jams

Written/Recorded from 2/2/07 to 2/3/07 Tracks: One (fretted) This title came from my long time acquaintance Torry Haines. I used a number of chord-held hammer-ons and general hammer-ons along with banjo style picking to give this piece its va

Jazz Fusion

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Picture for song 'Sif's Baklava' by artist 'Thor the Bass Maniac'

Sif's Baklava Sif's Baklava

Jazz Fusion

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Thor is a soloist five-string fretted and fretless bassist who both composes and improvises single and multi-track pieces. Thor is always eager to collaborate with any and all musicians, so if interested, please send him an e-mail. For more information, please visit www.myspace.com/thor.
Have you performed in front of an audience?
I play live as many times as possible. Usually I am with one of my two bands, Down From Nothing or Walking Void. A special moment came when Down From Nothing played at the Whisky a Go Go and then a week later the remaining members of The Doors took the exact same stage. It was a blast before, during, and after!
Your musical influences
Musical influences range from Bela Fleck and the Flecktones to Opeth, The Mars Volta to Gackt, Kaki King to The Advantage. I enjoy the majority of music genres and attempt to pull from and contribute to every style of music.
What equipment do you use?
Basses: Schecter Stilletto Elite-5 (Fretted) Carvin LB75FP (Fretless) Carlo Robelli Acoustic Bass Amplification: Ashdown Electric Blue EB 15-180 Combo Ashdown MAG C410T-300 Combo Recording: Sound Blaster Audigy Direct Input Sound Card Creative Surround Mixer (customized effects) Audacity Sound Recorder
Anything else?
Sites Where You Can Find Thor: (A finished project)
Frazier Park, CA  USA
ID 658347
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