Music Insights With Niclas Jeppsson

Nathan East - One Of The Top Bass Players In The World With Over 2000 Credits


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Nathan East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music with over 2000 credits to his name. He has recorded, performed and co-written songs with artists such as Eric Clapton, Daft Punk, George Harrison, Phil Collins, Michael Jackson, Toto and many others.
It was a real pleasure talking to Nathan and delving deeper into what made him such a successful session musician, his cramp inducing bass-line from Footloose, how success leaves clues, meditation, magic and much much more.
There are a lot of useful tips from Nathan that you can apply to your own career as a musician so please enjoy!
In this interview, Nathan spoke about:
• Nathan’s baseline for Footloose and how it always made me cramp up when playing it live
• How he started playing bass
• How Nathan set himself up for success as a session musician with over 2000 credits
• What he listens to before laying down his bass tracks
• Learning to meditate from George Harrison and Nathan’s meditation routine
• How success leaves clues and being mentored by Quincy Jones
• Being a magician
• Life in lockdown
And much, much more!
Check out Nathan’s website:
https://nathaneast.com
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Music Insights With Niclas JeppssonBy Niclas Jeppsson