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Evan Marien
Evan Marien is an award-winning bassist, composer, producer, and budding 3D artist born and raised in Decatur, Illinois. He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2009 and has lived in the NYC area since 2010.
He’s known primarily for his solo recordings and a duo project with Dana Hawkins, but more recently he has been heard playing bass in the bands of Tigran Hamasyan, Wayne Krantz, Elliot Moss and was honored to be the last bassist in guitar legend Allan Holdsworth’s band.
He has collaborated on his own albums with Cory Wong, Tigran Hamasyan, Plini, Fredrik Thordendal, Tim Miller, Intervals, Mario Camarena from Chon, Louis Cole, Nate Wood, and so many more.
His latest release is the album ‘Elysian’, featuring Dana Hawkins, Tigran Hamasyan, Fredrik Thordendal, Plini, Intervals, J3PO, Tim Miller, Cory Wong, Zac Zinger, Button Masher, and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson.
His bass playing can be heard on the Mitski song Nobody (receiving a gold record) from the album ‘Be The Cowboy’, and the songs Should’ve Been Me & That’s Our Lamp from her most recent album “Laurel Hell”.
Evan composes commercial music in partnership with MadeMusicStudio, composing music for the likes of AT&T, Lexus & NPR, and most recently won a 2022 CLIO award for composing the sonic logo and anthem for Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
In his spare time, he hangs out with his wife Danielle & dog Pepper and loves playing video games like Elden Ring, FFVII, & Skyrim.
Gear
Marien is an Artist Endorser for GHS Strings, Markbass amplifiers, Pigtronix EFX pedals, Source Audio EFX pedals, Callowhill basses, Campbell American basses, Ken Smith basses, Nordstrand pickups, Guardian Pro Cables, Lehle Volume pedals and Gruv Gear straps.
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Tigran Hamasyan: The Call Within
by Chris M. Slawecki
Tigran Hamasyan had already demonstrated that he's an excellent pianist: He won the Montreux Jazz Festival's piano competition in 2003. He was only seventeen when he released his first recording (World Passion, Nocturn) in 2005 and then he claimed top prize the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition the year after that. Hamasyan's Nonesuch Records debut Mockroot (2015), won the Echo Jazz Award for International Piano Instrumentalist of the Year. But The Call Within also illustrates Hamasyan's remarkable ...
read moreBassist Evan Marien's Debut "Between Worlds" on Art of Life Records
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Michael Ricci
Art of Life Records is pleased to present bassist and composer Evan Marien's recording debut for Art of Life Records. Joining Evan on Between Worlds are Jovol Bell on drums, Andy Berman on guitar, David Fiuczynski on fretted and fretless guitars, Thomas Hartman on drums, Evgeny Lebedev on keyboards, Randy Runyon on guitar, Jeffrey Villanueva on drums and Jeremy Vovcsko on alto saxophone. All songs were composed by Evan. Between Worlds" was recorded by Eric Kilburn and Matt Hayes at ...
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"...there's a new bass monster in town...armed with ridiculously fluid finger style chops and a strong sense of groove.... -Bryan Beller, Bass Player Magazine (2009)
"highly original harmonic approach to soloing....an emerging bass talent...one who backs up his stunning bass work with music of depth and subtlety" - Mike Flynn, Bass Guitar Magazine (2009)
Primary Instrument
Bass, electric
Willing to teach
Advanced only
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Primal Virtue
From: Between WorldsBy Evan Marien