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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.

CITED SOURCES  "Markbass - Michael League." Markbass - Michael League. N.p., 2011. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. .  "Snarky Puppy on BandFrame." Snarky Puppy RSS. Bandframe, 2014. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. .  Johnson, Kevin. "From the Ground Up: An Interview with Michael League." No Treble RSS. N.p., 13 Feb. 2014. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. .  Johnson, Kevin. "Snarky Puppy: Skate U." No Treble RSS. N.p., 31 May 2011. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. .

 "Snarky Puppy." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Feb. 2014. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. .

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