Steve Shone

Bass player: 45 years experience

Professional session guy Writing & producing music for film & tv since 1985

Profile

Instruments

Genres

Influences

What is music to you? What does it give you?

an income

What is your music dream?

a bigger income

If you could change the world - what would you start with?

web sites like this

Which is the most memorable song from your childhood?

7 little girls sitting in the backseat

Who are your favorite musical artists or bands?

Charley Parker, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Return to Forever, Weather Report, Headhunters, EWF, Tower of Power, Chic, George Benson, James Jameson, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Stealy Dan, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Free, Deep Purple, Yes, Jethro Tull, Sly & the family Stone, Larry Graham, Jaco Pastorius, Frances Prestia, Stanley Clarke, John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, Neils Henning Petterson, Oscar Peterson, R. Django Reinhardt. Joseph Reinhardt. Lousson Reinhardt. Canut Reyes. Lawson Rollins. Romane. Jimmy Rosenberg. Stochelo Rosenberg Wayne Shorter, Brecker Brothers, John Scofield, Larry Cornell, Les Paul,Charles Mingus, Carol Kaye, Bernard Edwards, Leland Sklah, Ray Brown, Chuck Rainey, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, George Duke.

What inspires you to make music?

Drugs, Sex, Money, Love, Respect, Admiration

What is the message you want to send with your music?

buy me, love me, respect me

How do you feel when you perform in front of an audience?

depends

How do you see the musicians’ reality nowadays? What could be improved?

don’t make me laugh

What do you think of Drooble?

I’ve yet to find out

What frustrates you most as a musician?

amateurs who go out for low fees

Do you support your local scene as a fan? How?

What qualities should a musician nowadays have in order to get their music heard by a larger audience?

talent, education, charisma

Share some awesome artists that we’ve never heard of.

check my influences