Selene with Markbass rig

[@KhalDrogo76]

As a creature from another galaxy, Michael has done a tremendous job assimilating to Earth

[@michaelmanring1]

👽

[@mantra1229]

I never ever get sick of hearing those harmonics shift when you change the levers, there's nothing like that sound. It's nearly ethereal

[@michaelmanring1]

😊

[@vvondogmai8596]

This will forever go down as one of the most beautiful and inventive song ever to be created on the electric bass.

[@MrGul]

Agreed!

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@Mantium47]

This cant be said enough

[@ThirdEyeEdify]

Yes yes yes

[@crusiethmaximuss]

I found this in the early days of KZbin when it was still a search engine on the CandyRat channel. Absolutely love this song.

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you!

[@crusiethmaximuss]

@@michaelmanring1

[@mdcxcii643]

You are my source of inspiration Manring on bass, it is indescribable how deep you transmit (it reminds me of a very dear friend who left earthly 😔, she would have loved to hear your piece, very ethereal atmosphere) greetings from Mexico.

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@crieverytim]

I started on bass in 96. I was into everything and dug guys like Stu Hamm, Billy Sheehan, Michael Hedges etc. It's criminal that I never even came across this guy's name. Glad to see he's gotten a few viral videos - they certainly were hidden gems at some point and looks like there's a few more.

[@swiftymcgarnagle4567]

It’s kind of ironic. You mention Michael Hedges, as Michael Manring collaborated with him quite a lot I think.

[@TrveKvltBoi]

When I watched Selene's "Live On Toronto with Don Ross & Michael Manring" video when I was thirteen, I was truly fascinated and it increased my interest in the bass guitar even more. Now I am twenty seven years old, of course it's still impossible for me to play this well, but I still watch your videos with admiration and pleasure. Long live Michael and thank you for everything!

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you!

[@SavaPlukhooii]

This is one of my favourites of yours Michael , I'm happy to see its available on bandcamp and I hope to see you live in concert one day ✌

[@michaelmanring1]

Thanks, I hope so, too!

[@chakuseki]

Absolutely haunting and elegiac

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@DEATHMETALRUST]

I am a metal dude for the most part. My friend Ryne was kind enough to show me this piece several years ago. I was literally brought to tears upon the first listen. It is a beautifully haunting song. I was immediately a fan of Manring and sought out the material in this vein.

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you! I'm a metal fan myself.

[@juno3242]

@@michaelmanring1Man, I gotta know what metal you vibe with.

[@michaelmanring1]

@@juno3242 I'm a fan of technical stuff - Meshuggah, Animals As Leaders, Cynic, Sepultura, Faith No More, Tool, Periphery, etc.

[@budharris7337]

Same here. And I'm a metal bassist. Manring and Pastorius influenced me to the point where I primarily play fretless. Such expression. Such influence these people have. Quite beautiful.

[@Yoshoggutha]

The emotional power behind this song is freaking massive.

[@ueleBassPlayer]

This isn't only music, it's also magic

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you!

[@soundandsavor7955]

i will never get tired of watching and listening to you play this brilliant piece

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you, my friend!

[@zanderzon]

Beautiful performance, Michael!

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you, Zander!

[@hahnsmantra7276]

I can barely stand how wonderful this piece is....I'll carry this with me beyond this lifetime...and into the heavens. I well up....every.....time....

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@UBRLND-X]

As an amateur bassist and lover of the instrument, I am drawn to watch the mechanics of how you play, but as a lover of your music as a listener, I always find myself with my eyes closed so as to not miss a single note or tone. And the grace of that song… man! every time just takes me to a higher place. The recording quality was also outstanding on this one.

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you, Joel!

[@sheernin6096]

The way you play is incredible ! And this piece of music is so deeply emotional ! One of the most sensitive tunes i heard in my life. Thank you so much.

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼😊

[@mrshankly213]

That intro is pure sci-fi majesty. Michael this performance was out of this world.

[@michaelmanring1]

🙂

[@umajalil8907]

It´s very comforting, it made me fell undestood among those harmonies. Thank you very much. a beautiful song.

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@sacredwinter5449]

Was listening to you for many years, sir. Pure magic. Thank you.

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@robbiestanley4573]

As a bass player myself (using the term very loosely in your company) I'm very late to the Michael Manring party. More than making up for it now having discovered you! Truly hypnotic, what a performance

[@michaelmanring1]

Thanks so much, Robbie! I hope I get to hear you play sometime.

[@crieverytim]

It's late night in early November, Halloween is still in the air. What a beautifully eerie song. Definitely suits my environs atm. And i really appreciate that there is nothing gimmicky going on here despite the zanniness of the bass. It feels like that composition couldn't be played any other way, the form of it seems to precede the function, if that makes sense. A truly singular voice on the bass

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@Why_o_Why]

Absolute Legend! I love how the shine has worn off on the head stock where he's grabbed it to de-tune & up-tune the strings. Someone practices a lot.

[@michaelmanring1]

Guilty as charged.

[@OrbitalDeathRay]

Michael, this is one of the most haunting pieces of music I have ever heard. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world.

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@ForestGiant-f1f]

Amazing and moving composition, thank you for blessing us Michael.

[@marcelosilva9429]

Morbidly soothing. The sounds tranquilize to a point of being ok with the end of it all, if this was the last thing to hear, though elevating the feelings of gratitude and eagerness to face another day. Thank you Mr. Manring. Thank. You. (all is good with me and this is not a declaration of intentions. Just what I felt to share after the trip of listening to Selene)

[@michaelmanring1]

😊

[@Valloneous]

Incredible. Have heard many times and never gets old.

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you!

[@claudioamaya8827]

Incredible sound, who says the bass doesn't have feeling?? You are a teacher Michael!!! Listening to this delight from Mendoza, Argentina

[@michaelmanring1]

@@claudioamaya8827 Thank you!

[@scottthepoet9040]

I am convinced that he is some kind of magician that coaxes sound out of wood and string and it casts its spell on to us and we travel to a whole new world as if in a dream

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@scottthepoet9040]

@@michaelmanring1 thank you for the reply i 1st heard your playing though a Michael hedges album (aerial boundaries) in 1985 and i have been a fan since that time

[@AlexAuld_auldydrums]

Love this piece, more often than not moved me close to tears. So much conveyed by so little.

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@coreyhathaway2202]

Astonishingly Beautiful.

[@therasbull]

The greatest living bassist

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@MoistMusic]

Nice work 🤘🤘🤘

[@BenCritchlow]

Wonderful. That sounded heavenly. This rig is worthy of your playing.

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you so much!

[@ManCaveStudio]

This beautiful piece of music sends me on a hypnotic journey that I don’t want to end. Also kudos to the camera man for the great videography and also to Zon for having the balls to create an instrument that didn’t exist before. I read somewhere that Michael had a very hard time finding someone to bring this masterpiece of an instrument to life.

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you, Ricardo! You're right -- it was hard to find someone willing to build an instrument like the Hyperbass and I'm very grateful to Joe Zon for taking on the project.

[@denzakrevsky848]

Oh my god what a genious you are! First time i heared song from dvd i was crying. Hello from Ukraine!

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you! 🙏🏼Sending best wishes for you and your country.

[@ricardopena9763]

Beautiful song ,pure feeling

[@autobiographyofanidiot6036]

I had this playing on an endless loop through my head today, trying to figure out what it was. After an entire day of frustration, I layed down and remembered 'oh! It's Michael Manring!' so happy I found this song again after so many years

[@michaelmanring1]

🙂Thank you, Alexander!

[@nicotravaini]

I came from the instagram post to watch this entirely, what a beautiful music! I remember probably like 13 years ago, a teacher show me your music but when I came back home I couldn't remember your last name, so I spend like three hours on the internet googling "michael bass player" until a found you ! It did totally worth it !

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you so much! And thank you for your effort in tracking me down. I'm a bit hard to find!

[@FuzFuz]

What a fantastic song. So magically emotional.

[@HouseOfSpheres]

I just wanted to say that you are a huge musical inspiration to me, and this is one of my all-time favorite compositions by anyone ever. Your playing has continued to improve and become more evocative over the years.

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you so much, Shane!

[@kingoimkenya]

I cannot begin to understand what is happening technically, but the music speaks to my soul. I get the feeling I got when I first heard Michael Hedges in 'Aerial Boundaries', someone giving an instrument new wings.

[@michaelmanring1]

I so miss Hedges 😢

[@joecastro6523]

@@michaelmanring1 WE ALL DO, he is how I discovered you, what a Pure soul he was

[@jdwxly]

"Giving an instrument new wings" is a perfect description. Michael Manring has taken the bass guitar to places no one ever envisioned.

[@nunyabiz1712]

This has always been one of my favorite pieces since I first heard it. If it was possible for a laser to wear down a CD my copy of Thonk would have need to have been replaced multiple times. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent with us all.

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you for the kind comments!

[@felipenicholls6434]

Thank you Michael for “drawing” such beautiful musical paintings 🙏 Music is far beyond you’re technique, which is already huge and In all evidence only at the service of the latter. Thank you

[@michaelmanring1]

🙂 Thank you, Felipe!

[@avpostbox]

It's been a beautiful trip. Thank you!

[@mymateroog42]

Amazing just amazing :) thankyou for writing and performing this piece x

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@MoJonesBass]

Amazing composition Mr. Manring. Best version yet, and I love the rich tone you got out your Markbass rig!!!

[@michaelmanring1]

Markbass does good work!

[@apocobring]

This is one of those magnetic songs that I always come back to. Fantastic performance - thanks for sharing.

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you!

[@Dyshof]

The Master.

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@RockStar85674]

I would say when I saw many years ago first live version of Selene I was shocked. Now I shocked more. As bassist I wan't say Michael changed my mind and vision of bass guitar. Bass not just for groovy lines. Bass as a singer instrument. Every musician and instruments around the world have soul. Michael through his play taught me to look my bass different. Everything in this video perfect. Tone, tunning, techniques. And ofcourse the bridge. This still a big question for me) All of my heart Michael - biggest Thank you. You really changed me.

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you so much for your very kind words! I agree -- the bass is capable of creating all kinds of music!

[@tonycarel1785]

All I can say is MASTERPIECE!! Thanks for sharing to your talent with the world!!

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@seodophy]

Just breathtaking

[@billkirbymusic]

One of my musical heroes. Thank you so much for your music and influence!

[@FelipeAndreoliBass]

Fantastic! 👏👏👏

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@ombass606]

@@michaelmanring1 I didn't get that (all), due to a emoticon glitch...!!

[@musobill]

Magnificent! Such emotional depth to this playing and composition along with virtuosic skill.

[@ALIASZARDOZ]

Powerful ! Beautiful ! Phil.

[@Thorgalli]

Incredible.

[@JeffreyTitusguitar]

Brings me back to the first time I heard you play this live at, I think, the Jazzschool in Oakland. It was with me for days and days afterward. Thank you, brother! See you at Musicarium in July. :)

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you, my friend!

[@charlestonl7884]

Pure magic

[@slashclash21bharat]

Truly phenomenal 🙌

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you!

[@BrunoChazaBass]

So so so beautiful Michael

[@michaelmanring1]

Thanks, Bruno!

[@110380michael]

Such a beautiful song. I think it is the most beautiful song performed on bass.

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@1010abcdefgh]

Goddamn..... thats stunning

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@joecastro6523]

The first time I saw you Play this song was at Berklee College of music, you played a seminar right after Drastic Measures came out, and seeing you do live what I had only been listening to changed me forever.

[@michaelmanring1]

Many years ago! Thank you for remembering.

[@TommyGravenOfficial]

Wow! My favorite bassist of all time! Thank you brother!!!

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you, Tommy!

[@ombass606]

The first 22 seconds is like an outtake from 'Apollo', (Eno/Lanois/Eno) Gorgeous track!!!!!! THANK YOU, Michael!

[@virtualknight3571]

What a beautiful sound ,Music 🎵 For My Ears and the Power of the Bass On This Hands

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@darrenmichaels]

Holy wow... that ending! Put on headphones gang. Michael, that's brilliant and stunningly gorgeous. I'm so glad you continue to evolve your pieces.

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you so much, my friend!

[@kramkalisthenics]

He's the Jimi Hendrix of the bass.

[@michaelmanring1]

That's very kind, indeed! Thank you.

[@flavy1000]

Thank you Master Miike! It makes you get to a spiritual space that is so hard to get this days You are unique..and your soul is too, thanks for this wonderful Music!

[@flavy1000]

I still can´t figure out, how can you have so many notes and scales and ideas in your mind...while playing this tuners' changes.ajajaj And never will. But ...that's part of the Magic! Really admired !

[@togue777]

I have loved this composition since it was released on Windham Hill Guitar Sampler Vol. 2. This is by far the best live representation of it I have heard to date. The execution and production are mesmerizing. It's really like a mantra I could listen to for an hour.

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you so much! It's been lovely to explore it all these years.

[@marysefonta8371]

Very nice to hear ! I discover your Sound by Watching songs of Michael Hedges, and by listening the Beautiful "In lake'ichn, you made with Calum ! These notes, the écho and Harmony between the notes are really nice and relaxing ! Awsome way of playing bass ! Thanks Michael.

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you!

[@marysefonta8371]

@@michaelmanring1 Have a beautiful Bandcamp with Andy, Calum, Trevor Gordon, and others friends. Hello from Marseilles.

[@michaelmanring1]

@@marysefonta8371 I wish you could join us!

[@marysefonta8371]

@@michaelmanring1, I can't because I had to receive my second vaccin Pfteizer-Biontech on 26th of July. I saw Andy in Marseilles in 2016, Calum in Paris 2019, so I could discover the world of fingerstyles. I saw you in vidéo playing with Michael Hedges, really BeautifuI ! I like the sound of Guitars, I'm a fan of Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan. I travel to Canada in 1994, Québec-Ontario but I never came to USA. The Bandcamp of Andy in Santa Rosa is surely Fantastic, place, Guitarists ! I hope I can see vidéos. Thanks to answer. Have nice concerts if you can.

[@michaelmanring1]

@@marysefonta8371 Thanks, Maryse! I'm glad you are getting the vaccine. Santa Rosa really is nice. Almost as nice as Marseilles!🙂

[@ScottNorris]

Fantastic, as always!

[@carlasker9285]

I love how it’s a completely different way of playing the bass. Of thinking bass. Of hearing bass.

[@michaelmanring1]

🙂

[@laura.sefchik]

Michael Manring🕊Beautiful soul🕊Beautiful artist 🕊Beautiful🕊Music 🙌🏻“Selene” 🌝 Masterpiece 🎸Brilliant + clear🎸 🕊“Bass…the most beautiful sound in the world…"Manring🥳

[@davidemiozzi8589]

You and this piece never grow old!

[@michaelmanring1]

☺️

[@hraj283]

Beautiful composition and excellent video editing as well!!!

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you! I'm getting there little by little 😄

[@hraj283]

@@michaelmanring1 Thank you for setting new levels of creativity!!

[@kramkalisthenics]

Sublime

[@Chuckles378]

Love love love!!!

[@michaelmanring1]

😊

[@Musician_Robert]

Extremely, Satisfying to my ears!

[@inkblowout]

Watching you play this always inspire me to continue playing my bass. Amazing work as always Michael. :)

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@AbdiasI]

Amazing Michael! Greetings from Chile!

[@dash_spb]

💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@charmanfer]

I literally just saw you live and my jaw was on the floor. Thank you for being awesome!

[@michaelmanring1]

😊🙏

[@steverolfeca]

Michael makes statements which indicate that he thinks of himself as a bit of a weirdo. I disagree- he's an under-rated genius, and the composer of some of the most beautiful solo bass works I've ever heard. My wife and I saw him perform Selene and other tunes in a small winery in London, Ontario back in the mid-2000's. Guitarists Don Ross and Andy McKee were there as well, and it still remains one of my lifetime favourite concert experiences...

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼😊

[@jkgrooves]

Absolute stellar performance! You have such a wonderful approach to the modern electric bass guitar.

[@jonahcombs451]

So incredibly beautiful. Thank you

[@manlioyllades]

Beautiful!

[@gianlucajackpagano]

Magica atmosfera creata come sempre con gusto e una tecnica incredibile.... Sei geniale, grazie per queste emozioni

[@simo7393]

so beautiful and peaceful, thank you, Michael!

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@110380michael]

Never gets old

[@dizleran9276]

This is fascinating . Nice vid.

[@BryanrasonCa]

Just wow. Michael. The song is from somewhere else.

[@jdssurf]

Hey Michael………………I’ve got a playlist I go to sleep to every night to relax………………….this song is on it about five times, along with Come With Me My Love, I Left America, and A Better Place…………and then some Enigma songs, some Peter Gabriel like Mercy Street, This is the Picture, Blood of Eden and such. A few mellow Tony Levin songs. All of your albums are terrific. Hope to watch you in person some day, take care bud.

[@michaelmanring1]

I'm so glad this piece has been helpful to you!

[@jdssurf]

@@michaelmanring1 it’s an amazing song. What you can do with that bass, to bring out those tones and the notes you chose are just meant to exist.

[@michaelmanring1]

@@jdssurf 🙂

[@rodiaz6652]

Gah damn, that's the tastiest bass sound I've heard in a while, I'm marveled

[@ray4c13]

❤️

[@PaoloBassman73]

grande

[@dakotarose06]

Bravo my friend! You are truly the G.O.A.T.!!! Much love & respect!

[@michaelmanring1]

Thank you, Adam!

[@bassbass9175]

Amazing music with a great tone! You're always my best bass player in the world!

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼

[@Cagkan_Ocay]

Play this at my funeral

[@michaelmanring1]

🙏🏼