A TV show meant for the Web and for TV channels created by the bass player and renowned musician, Mike Clinton (Salif Keita -M-, Lamomali, De la Soul…), in partnership with Black Stamp Music, Musicliveproductions, Ayom Music and Seven Garden
THE CONCEPT
A seven-minute programme around the bass guitar. In each video, Mike Clinton will invite a famous bass player who will talk about the development of his career, his style and his latest musical news. Following this short interview, our guest will play with Mike or on his own. The emblematic bass players already scheduled are Thierry Fanfant, Allune Wade, Franck Boom, Laurent Cokelaere, Stephane Castry…
There will be twenty videos altogether which will be recorded on the premises of our partner MUSIC LIVE, located at 3 rue Arthur Auger, 92100, in Montrouge.
The partners who have confirmed their participation are Music Live studio,Aguilar amplifications, New York Bass Works, Bassiste Magazine, Bass club Paris et Eden Lutherie
A TV show meant for the Web and for TV channels created by the bass player and renowned musician, Mike Clinton (Salif Keita -M-, Lamomali, De la Soul…), in partnership with Black Stamp Music, Musicliveproductions, Ayom Music and Seven Garden
THE CONCEPT
A seven-minute programme around the bass guitar. In each video, Mike Clinton will invite a famous bass player who will talk about the development of his career, his style and his latest musical news. Following this short interview, our guest will play with Mike or on his own. The emblematic bass players already scheduled are Thierry Fanfant, Allune Wade, Franck Boom, Laurent Cokelaere, Stephane Castry…
There will be twenty videos altogether which will be recorded on the premises of our partner MUSIC LIVE, located at 3 rue Arthur Auger, 92100, in Montrouge.
The partners who have confirmed their participation are Music Live studio,Aguilar amplifications, New York Bass Works, Bassiste Magazine, Bass club Paris et Eden Lutherie
BASSES
Here are Mike’s favorite basses, used in the studio and on stage according to the demand and the musical genre.
Basse acoustique Rob Allen fretless Deep 5 – Sadowsky jazzbass with EMG pickups
Bluesman précision vintage – DNG 5 cordes fretless – Sadowsky UV 70
Bluesman vintage Jazz bass – MTD 535 US – Newyorkbassworks RS5 by David Segal & David Beasley
BASSES
Here are Mike’s favorite basses, used in the studio and on stage according to the demand and the musical genre.
Basse acoustique Rob Allen fretless Deep 5 – Sadowsky jazzbass with EMG pickups
Bluesman précision vintage – DNG 5 cordes fretless – Sadowsky UV 70
Bluesman vintage Jazz bass – MTD 535 US – Newyorkbassworks RS5 by David Segal & David Beasley
MIKE CLINTON
It cannot be said enough that any music is like the person who writes it or creates it. It feeds on the environment, feelings, traditions and life. Mike Clinton’s music is all that.
Mike comes from a musical family. His father Jean-Yves Messan, a bass player of Gabonese origin and his mother Esther Clinton-Célini, a Guadeloupean singer and dancer, met during one of Alan Chelly’s tours(1). At a very young age, Mike gains knowledge of music.
When I settled in Guadeloupe where I went to secondary school in Lamentin, I broke my arm during a football training. As I had to do physiotherapy, my grandma, who was a physiotherapist, advised me to take up the guitar to reinforce my arm. I borrowed the bass of a local friend, and I started to learn by listening to Sixun and by watching all live concerts. I developped a taste for it and with my friend Jean-Luc Arstand, we composed our own music ».
Musically, the young artist feels very close to Marcus Miller, Michel Alibo, Pino Palladino, Etienne M’Bappé, Guy N’Sangué, Richard Bona, among others.
The young Mike is fully aware he needs improving to pull himself up to the level of his idols. He swiflty understands that only hard work will enable him to achieve his aims. He explores Haitian, African and West-Indian music but also pop-rock.
The African and West-Indian conceptions of music are fully part of Mike Clinton’s DNA. Fortifed by his experience, Mike Clinton collaborates with many artists as a sideman : Saïan Supa Crew, Raul Midon, The Nubians, Kassav, Toups Bebey, Féfé, Delasoul, « M » Mathieu Chedid (Lamomali), Vianney, Gaëtan Roussel among others.
Today Mike writes his first and very personal solo album Koleksyon, produced by Sidney Regal with Black Stamp Music.
« I wanted to work spontaneously. I often have brainstormings with the producer, Sidney Regal, who is also a great music lover. This first project tells about the Caribean and Africa. The goal of our bainstorming sessions is to define who we want to work with, and how to develop the tracks which bring these two worlds together. My goal is to mix African, Caribean, French and even English-speaking artists. I have thought of artists who helped me grow and saw me evolve, and I created music which mixes African rythms with the codes of West-Indian music and pop music. I have invited Caribean icons like Dédé St Prix, Tanya St Val, Tony Chasseur… but I also want to invite artists from different musical backgrounds » Thus, Creole mixes with African, French and English languages. « I would like this wonderful mixing to give people the desire to travel, and especially to bridge gaps between cultures »
Samuel Nja Kwa
(1) Allan Chelly is a Caribean Rythm and Blues singer
MIKE CLINTON
It cannot be said enough that any music is like the person who writes it or creates it. It feeds on the environment, feelings, traditions and life. Mike Clinton’s music is all that.
Mike comes from a musical family. His father Jean-Yves Messan, a bass player of Gabonese origin and his mother Esther Clinton-Célini, a Guadeloupean singer and dancer, met during one of Alan Chelly’s tours(1). At a very young age, Mike gains knowledge of music.
When I settled in Guadeloupe where I went to secondary school in Lamentin, I broke my arm during a football training. As I had to do physiotherapy, my grandma, who was a physiotherapist, advised me to take up the guitar to reinforce my arm. I borrowed the bass of a local friend, and I started to learn by listening to Sixun and by watching all live concerts. I developped a taste for it and with my friend Jean-Luc Arstand, we composed our own music ».
Musically, the young artist feels very close to Marcus Miller, Michel Alibo, Pino Palladino, Etienne M’Bappé, Guy N’Sangué, Richard Bona, among others.
The young Mike is fully aware he needs improving to pull himself up to the level of his idols. He swiflty understands that only hard work will enable him to achieve his aims. He explores Haitian, African and West-Indian music but also pop-rock.
The African and West-Indian conceptions of music are fully part of Mike Clinton’s DNA. Fortifed by his experience, Mike Clinton collaborates with many artists as a sideman : Saïan Supa Crew, Raul Midon, The Nubians, Kassav, Toups Bebey, Féfé, Delasoul, « M » Mathieu Chedid (Lamomali), Vianney, Gaëtan Roussel among others.
Today Mike writes his first and very personal solo album Koleksyon, produced by Sidney Regal with Black Stamp Music.
« I wanted to work spontaneously. I often have brainstormings with the producer, Sidney Regal, who is also a great music lover. This first project tells about the Caribean and Africa. The goal of our bainstorming sessions is to define who we want to work with, and how to develop the tracks which bring these two worlds together. My goal is to mix African, Caribean, French and even English-speaking artists. I have thought of artists who helped me grow and saw me evolve, and I created music which mixes African rythms with the codes of West-Indian music and pop music. I have invited Caribean icons like Dédé St Prix, Tanya St Val, Tony Chasseur… but I also want to invite artists from different musical backgrounds » Thus, Creole mixes with African, French and English languages. « I would like this wonderful mixing to give people the desire to travel, and especially to bridge gaps between cultures »
Samuel Nja Kwa
(1) Allan Chelly is a Caribean Rythm and Blues singer
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