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Connections -- Haley's Musical Buddies & Associates - Printable Version

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RE: Connections -- Haley's Musical Buddies - 30CamdenSquare - 04-18-2016

Looks like Breezy's having a good year.

Gary Clark Jr ‏@GaryClarkJr 11m11 minutes ago
Salute to @breezylovejoy and freenationals coachella killed it! ??✌? https://www.instagram.com/p/BEVSppXjc_K/


RE: Connections -- Haley's Musical Buddies - Tusk - 04-21-2016

I guess Casey sometimes just has to go outside and play in the streets...this time bringing some of PMJ w/ him, Ben, Lemar, LeVance and Sarah on the streets of Milano, Italy Smile




RE: Connections -- Haley's Musical Buddies - john - 04-22-2016

Maria Marcus - cowriter of Listen with Haley and Anders



2010 Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG8-ZHmMp2U


RE: Connections -- Haley's Musical Buddies - Tusk - 04-23-2016

Dina got some props for making THR's Power Lawyers 2016: Hollywood's Top Music Business Attorneys

Steven Tyler took out an ad to congratulate her

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Quote:LaPolt Law ‏@LaPoltLaw 7m7 minutes ago
Now that's an ad! #powerlawyers

Eddie Money also took some time to congratulate Dina

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Quote:Eddie Money ‏@ImEddieMoney Apr 22
A BIG Money congratulations to the one and only @dinalapolt! Thank you for all your support http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/power-lawyers-2016-hollywoods-top-885607/item/john-branca-power-music-lawyers-885605



RE: Connections -- Haley's Musical Buddies - Tusk - 04-24-2016

Quote:JAMES DURBIN ‏@DurbinRock 1h1 hour ago
caseybassy recording some guest vocals for an impromptu duet on my album!! #scratchersncheapbeer… https://www.instagram.com/p/BEmISLcryUT/

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RE: Connections -- Haley's Musical Buddies - Miguel - 04-24-2016

Haley knows Brandon Brown, bass player, from the Idol tour. He and Stanley Randolph, drummer, are featured on the album, "Better." It was noted in the "Better" thread that Randolph became the tour drummer for Stevie Wonder not long after he arrived from LA.

Both Brown and Randolph are from Memphis, TN. They were, possibly still are, members of a band called New Genesis Band.

Per a 2014 interview with Randolph, the band moved to Los Angeles in 2007/2008. They lived in a hotel for the first month. And busted their ass to network and sit in wherever they could -- because they only had enough savings to cover two months of living expenses.




RE: Connections -- Haley's Musical Buddies - john - 05-23-2016

John Notto is playing guitar for Haley on her upcoming tour. Some of his gigs in recent years:


"I am performing a song I cowrote titled "Runaway Train" with Shoshana Bean"


John Notto performing "In Your Arms" with Nico and Vinz on David Letterman. November 2014.


And one with the always lovely Haley Reinhart


Thomas Drayton is her bass player

Quote:homas Drayton – "Growing up Groovy"

Thomas Drayton

How many people do you know can say this?
“My dad used to play bass and guitar for Motown.”

And follow it up with this –

“He wrote for Motown as well. He wrote the song Life of the Party for The Jackson 5, Love Hangover for Diana Ross and the Supremes and then some stuff for Lenny Williams. That was my childhood – just listening to all of that stuff and really taking it in. I don’t know, I guess I got more exposure than most people (laughs) to that stuff!”

The list would be undoubtedly short; if it exists at all! But for Thomas Drayton, that was life.

Hailing from Portland, Oregon; Drayton began playing the bass when his family uprooted to L.A. Before long, he graduated from playing in the after school group at his church in West Covina to playing the main services. From there, Drayton has rarely sat still.

For the past year, Thomas has been touring incessantly with Childish Gambino, the dynamic alter ego of actor Donald Glover. We recently caught up with Thomas as Childish Gambino played a packed Summer Stage in Central Park, NYC.

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So… you were absorbing some good stuff growing up!

(Laughs) Yeah man, it was inevitable! My parents are both musically inclined – my Mom was a singer and dancer, so that just created this artistic, very musically inclined environment while I was growing up.

My dad always had instruments lying around and most of the stuff that I ended up listening to was from The Jackson 5. And listening to that, there was always that strong, prominent bass line courtesy of James Jamerson and all of the cats who played on those records. You hear that stuff and it sticks with you! Even though, I had not decided to actually play an instrument at that time.

What brought you to the bass?

What really did it was when I moved from Oregon to California, I didn’t have any friends! I was the new kid in school and it was hard to develop friends so music was one of my only friends. It started as a way for me to occupy my time and actually have some fun and it turned into this passion – this love. It just naturally happened – the bass seemed “right” to me.

And who were some of your influences?

The Jacksons Destiny and Triumph albums have some of the most killin’ basslines!
I would say of course James Jamerson and Louis Johnson because that man can slap like it’s nobody’s business (laughs) and comes up with some of the greatest lines too! Right now, what I’m listening to is the Stevie Wonder album, For Once in my Life. That, Innervisions and Talking Book – those have some great, great songs on them!

As far as what I’m listening to now for bass players… Ethan Farmer man (laughs)! I’m trying to steal as many basslines as possible from him! That’s my boy! Ethan and Thundercat both have solos albums that are phenomenal! They really take their own approach to the bass and it causes you to open your mind a little more.

And who are some of the artists that you have played with?

I’ve had the pleasure to play for a number of artists that I never thought I’d be able to play for. Van Hunt - as far as his approach to music – is my hero! The way that he writes is genius and his basslines are amazing! I had the opportunity to play for Faith Evans and Colbie Caillat. I got to play double bass with Gorillaz at Coachella in 2010. Childish Gambino is my main gig right now.

I like to do gigs that challenge me in a creative way. With some artists you are playing to tracks and in that you think, “Well, I can stick to what this is or I can make it… me”. And that’s something that I’ve found to be extremely important. I don’t want to sit here and just play the lines – if you want me to, I can but if you want me to be creative and develop the live show a little more; I need to throw myself into it. You should be able to throw yourself into any musical situation – no matter what genre it is. Just take it and make it a part of you - put yourself into the music.

What is something invaluable that you have learned from working with these artists?

Developing you own sound is one of the most important things I’ve learned over the years. Pino Palladino has his own sound - you can tell it’s him right away! Derrick Hodge from The Robert Glasper Experiment has his own thing. These musicians have created a sound for themselves that is desirable, that makes people say, “I want this person playing on my album.” That is why they stay so busy – they have developed something that is unique to them! They found something that is different about them and embraced it. And people want that.

How do you approach the music for Childish Gambino?

With Hip-Hop, it is still very limiting sometime where I’m playing the same four chords the whole song, so how do you do something different? In my opinion, when you come to a live show, nobody wants to hear the album verbatim. You don’t want to hear exactly how the album sounds – and this all depends on what your musical director is telling you to do but for this situation, the first couple of shows were very much, “this is how the album is”. As we continued to do more shows, and listening to the album over and over and over and over, you start to figure out, “what can I do here? How can I make this more interesting? How can I make this feel more like me without making it feel less like the song?”

That’s kind of the way that I approach it, “how can I make the song more interesting”. And as far as the people who come to appreciate the music as well as the lyrics, how can I do something different here? How can I grab their attention, without distracting? It’s finding the balance between being yourself and creative and overplaying and taking away from all that stuff. You want to draw a little bit of attention but just enough that catches people for a moment as opposed to embellishing the entire song. Nobody wants to hear that!
http://www.aguilaramp.com/interview_thomasdrayton.htm


No Words · Erik Hassle (Drayton on bass)


Favorite Star · Quadron


Quote:Thomas Drayton ‏@TDrayBass 16 Oct 2012
GO Check out @zzward 's album "Till The Casket Drops". This girl is KILLIN!! and I had the Privilege of playing on a few songs.

Childish Gambino - Outside @ Lollapalooza 2012


Quote:Thomas Drayton ‏@TDrayBass 24 Jul 2012
Just met Bill Nye the Science Guy while having breakfast with my Pops @claydrayton in Pasadena. BEST. MORNING. EVER!!! #90'sKids



RE: Connections -- Haley's Musical Buddies - john - 05-24-2016

Ray Moore seems to have a modest but dedicated following in Fresno.



Ray Moore - "Love Ballad" (L.T.D.) | Vibe Soul Lounge [05.10.15]



RE: Connections -- Haley's Musical Buddies - 30CamdenSquare - 05-24-2016

I thought I'd put this link here in case any of you guys want to see this. Haley & ZZ know each other so I thought it'd be OK to put it here. The lineup is ZZ Ward, Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top - in case any1 didn't know), Orianthi & Frankie Ballard. ZZ tweeted a pic of herself & Billy Gibbons practicing a song together so it might be kinda epic.

‏@ZZWard - TONIGHT!!! Check out @SkyvilleLive at 8/7c! Download the @go90 app (to watch on smartphone or tablet) or watch on (computer) @AOL at http://aol.it/1PHPlqu


RE: Connections -- Haley's Musical Buddies - john - 05-24-2016

Thomas Drayton speaks of James Jamerson as being a major influence (via his father as a writer for Motown).

Wiki says this about Jamerson
Quote:He is reported to have played on some 95% of Motown recordings between 1962 and 1968. He eventually performed on nearly 30 No. 1 pop hits—surpassing the record commonly attributed to The Beatles. On the R&B charts, nearly 70 of his performances went to the top.

Quote:According to fellow Funk Brothers in the 2002 documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown, Gaye was desperate to have Jamerson play on "What's Going On," and went to several bars to find the bassist. When he did, he brought Jamerson to the studio, who then played the classic line while lying flat on his back.


He also mentions Louis Johnson, who played bass on several of Michael Jackson's albums and played with many, many other bands and musicians.

Wiki says about Johnson
Quote:His signature sound was from the Music Man StingRay bass which Leo Fender especially made for him to first use and promote, and from his slapping technique.
Slap bass guy