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MICHEAL LEAGUE
BY MASON NAGY
Michael League is an American bass
player who is based out of New York.
Best known for his work with the band,
Snarky Puppy.
League was born in Southern California and
attended the University of North Texas
studying under their jazz program which he
graduated from after four years mastering in
Jazz Studies.
After graduation, Michael League
moved to Dallas and lived there for the
next three years of his life and was
mentored by the great Bernard Wright.
Wright was best known for some of his
keyboard work with such names as Miles
Davis or Chaka Khan.
Snarky Puppy was formed in Denton Texas in
2004.
The band is a Gospel, R&B, Jazz Fusion group
which sometimes includes up to 40 members.
The instrumentation branches out from
tradition jazz or regular band settings.
The ensemble includes various
percussion, a string quartet, horns,
organ, piano, various synthesizers,
guitars, drums, sometimes vocals, and
of course the band leader, Mr. Michael
League on the bass guitar.
MICHAEL LEAGUE’S GEAR
Vintage 1970’s Fender Precision bass.
Avella-Coppolo 5 string bass.
Markbass Bass Amplifiers.
Randy Jackson Signature TTE 500 Tube Bass Amplifier head with
a New York 804 4X8 and a Standard 104 HF 4X10 cabinet
configuration.
POG 2 (Polyphonic Octave Generator) by Electro Harmonix,
Pigtronix, Way Huge Electronics, MXR, etc.
Moog Sub Phatty Synthesizer.
SLEEPER
Sleeper is a track off of Snarky Puppy’s latest album,
entitled, “We Like It Here.”
Released in 2014.
The melody is shared between Synthesizer with a Talk
Box and The Horn and String Sections paired with
Electric Guitar.
Intro is in a slow simple duple meter and then the
song moves to a fast four then back to slow again.
For the most part, the harmony is in a minor key with
a lot of chromaticism and a lot of pentatonic
phrases.
Polyphonic with some Homophony.
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<http://www.markbass.it/artist_detail.php?id=1184>.
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<http://custom.bandframe.com/snarkypuppy/>.
Johnson, Kevin. "From the Ground Up: An Interview with Michael League." No Treble RSS.
N.p., 13 Feb. 2014. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. <http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2014/02/13/fromthe-ground-up-an-interview-with-michael-league/>.
Johnson, Kevin. "Snarky Puppy: Skate U." No Treble RSS. N.p., 31 May 2011. Web. 11 Mar.
2014. <http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2011/05/31/snarky-puppy-skate-u/>.
"Snarky Puppy." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Feb. 2014. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snarky_Puppy>.
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