Michael Manring
Encyclopedia
Michael Manring is an American electric bassist
from the San Francisco Bay Area
, (Northern California
).
and moved to the suburbs of Washington, D.C in 1969. The Manrings were a very active family musically, providing a very fertile background for Michael's musical development. He and his brother Doug - a guitarist and drummer, later living a long time in Japan - formed a very active rhythm group still being at high school, venturing through jazz rock and fusion
, playing rock classics at beer parties or pop standards in restaurants and at weddings.
Manring was a pupil of bassist Peter Princiotto from Spring Hill area, Virginia. He began to study at Berklee College of Music
in Boston
, Massachusetts
in the late 1970s, but canceled his studies in 1979 because of the heavy workload he already had, touring with several different bands like the Prog Rock band However. During his time at Berklee College he used every opportunity to play with very different musicians and bands. In the 1980s he studied and toured with Jaco Pastorius
and began to develop his own style.
In addition to a long tenure in the 1980s as house bassist for Windham Hill Records
, Manring has recorded with Spastic Ink
, Alex Skolnick
(in the bands Skol-Patrol and Attention Deficit, also featuring Tim Alexander
from Primus
), Larry Kassin, Tom Darter, Steve Morse
, David Cullen
, Alex de Grassi
, Will Ackerman and many other noted musicians. He headlined his own band, Montreux
, throughout the 1980s. He has been a member of Yo Miles!, Henry Kaiser
and Wadada Leo Smith
's Miles Davis
tribute band, since its inception. 1994 Manring was polled Bassist Of The Year by the readers of Bass Player magazine. Manring's name is also tied with that of fingerstyle guitarist Michael Hedges
, who was a dear friend and fellow musician. Manring toured extensively with Hedges and played on all Hedges albums except one. Manring is known as a humble and gracious live performer with a gift for improvisation with guest musicians.
Since 2005 Manring is member of the band DeMania
with guitarist Alex de Grassi
and percussionist Christopher Garcia.
Michael Manring remains active, touring the world for performances and clinics. He lives in Oakland, California
.
musician. He doesn't see himself as belonging to a certain style or genre and often jokes about categorising his music. His album Thonk he termed for example "... the first New Age–Death metal
–Fusion
–album“.
Manring has a solid musical knowledge and uses the bass as a solo instrument usually in alternate tunings, with additional possibilities and patterns invoked on the fly with lever-activated de-tuners and bridges, somewhat like a pedal steel guitar
. He wants to show that the electric bass can be used in a musically rich and expressive way. Manring occasionally plays on two (or even three or four) basses at the same time during live performances. Manring is also a composer of experimental music, mixing technology and fretless bass with the sounds of kitchen implements and cardboard boxes, evidenced on his "Book of Flame" solo album.
He is a technical virtuoso, generally using his bass in very different ways. Mostly he plays a fretless bass, which gives him ample possibilities to change tone and pitch just like on acoustic bass. Manring is rhythmically very versatile and often uses polyrhythm
s. He's said to do "... things on the electric bass that haven’t been done before, are nearly impossible, and (are) illegal in most states.". A very special technique used by Manring is the tuning change of single or several strings in the course of playing a piece.
for every string and four Fishman Transducer
for the body signals of the instruments.
Apart from the Hyperbass, Manring uses a whole fleet of instruments. A listing at his website gives the following models:
Manring uses several bass amplifiers, among others the SWR Mo' Bass amp, a multi effect bass amp.
with Danny Heines
with Alex Skolnick
with Montreux
with John Gorka
with Paolo Giordano
with Turtle String Island Quartet
with Attention Deficit
with Jeff Loomis
with Yo Miles
with Sadhappy
with Scott McGill und Vic Stevens
with Larry Kassin und Tom Darter
with David Cullen
with Human Factor
with At War With Self
with DeMania
with Jeff Dodd
with Jeff Titus
with Jim Matheos
with Yves Carbonne and Dominique Di Piazza
with Justin King
(as King West Manring Vamos)
with Sándor Szabó
BMG compilations
other label's compilations
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
from the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
, (Northern California
Northern California
Northern California is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The San Francisco Bay Area , and Sacramento as well as its metropolitan area are the main population centers...
).
Biography
Michael Manring was born as youngest of four children. His family lived in Norfolk, VirginiaNorfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....
and moved to the suburbs of Washington, D.C in 1969. The Manrings were a very active family musically, providing a very fertile background for Michael's musical development. He and his brother Doug - a guitarist and drummer, later living a long time in Japan - formed a very active rhythm group still being at high school, venturing through jazz rock and fusion
Fusion (music)
A fusion genre is music that combines two or more styles. For example, rock and roll originally developed as a fusion of blues, gospel and country music. The main characteristics of fusion genres are variations in tempo, rhythm, i a sometimes the use of long musical "journeys" that can be divided...
, playing rock classics at beer parties or pop standards in restaurants and at weddings.
Manring was a pupil of bassist Peter Princiotto from Spring Hill area, Virginia. He began to study at Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
in the late 1970s, but canceled his studies in 1979 because of the heavy workload he already had, touring with several different bands like the Prog Rock band However. During his time at Berklee College he used every opportunity to play with very different musicians and bands. In the 1980s he studied and toured with Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player....
and began to develop his own style.
In addition to a long tenure in the 1980s as house bassist for Windham Hill Records
Windham Hill Records
Windham Hill Records is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment specializing in Acoustic, New Age and Folk music. Originally founded in 1976 as an Independent record label by guitarist and carpenter William Ackerman and his then-wife Anne Robinson, Windham Hill was a successful and well-respected...
, Manring has recorded with Spastic Ink
Spastic Ink
Spastic Ink is a progressive technical metal band from the United States.-History:Spastic Ink was formed in 1993 by guitarist Ron Jarzombek of Watchtower after recovering from multiple hand surgeries that had sidelined him, unable to play, for a couple of years. He would be joined by brother Bobby...
, Alex Skolnick
Alex Skolnick
Alexander Nathan Skolnick is an American jazz and metal guitarist. He was a member of the San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band Testament from 1983 until his departure in 1993...
(in the bands Skol-Patrol and Attention Deficit, also featuring Tim Alexander
Tim Alexander
Tim "Herb" Alexander is an American musician, best known as the former drummer for the rock band Primus. Tim played on the Primus recordings Suck on This to Tales from the Punchbowl, before leaving the band in 1996, only to rejoin in 2003 for the EP Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People...
from Primus
Primus (band)
Primus is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, currently composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane. Primus originally formed in 1984 with Claypool and guitarist Todd Huth, later joined by Lane, though the latter two departed...
), Larry Kassin, Tom Darter, Steve Morse
Steve Morse
Steven J. "Steve" Morse is an American guitarist and composer, best known for his work in the hard rock band Deep Purple since 1994. He began his career to form the unique styled instrumental rock band Dixie Dregs in the 1970. Morse's musical inspiration comes from country, funk, jazz fusion, and...
, David Cullen
David Cullen (musician)
David Thomas Cullen is a Grammy Award-winning guitarist, as well as a performer, composer and arranger of various styles of guitar music including classical, jazz and World Music.-Biography:...
, Alex de Grassi
Alex de Grassi
Alex de Grassi is an American Grammy Award-nominated fingerstyle guitarist.-Early life and influences:Though born in Yokosuka, Japan, de Grassi grew up in San Francisco, California, where his grandfather played violin for the San Francisco Symphony and his father was a classical pianist...
, Will Ackerman and many other noted musicians. He headlined his own band, Montreux
Montreux (band)
Montreux was the name of an American fusion band, specializing in the blend of jazz and bluegrass, with jam elements. The band was active from approximately 1982 until 1990 and recorded on Windham Hill Records...
, throughout the 1980s. He has been a member of Yo Miles!, Henry Kaiser
Henry Kaiser (musician)
Henry Kaiser is an American guitarist and composer.Recording and performing prolifically in many styles of music, Kaiser is a fixture on the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. He is considered a member of the "first generation" of American free improvisers.-Biography:His grandfather was the...
and Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith
Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith is a trumpeter and composer working primarily in the fields of avant-garde jazz and free improvisation.-Biography:...
's Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
tribute band, since its inception. 1994 Manring was polled Bassist Of The Year by the readers of Bass Player magazine. Manring's name is also tied with that of fingerstyle guitarist Michael Hedges
Michael Hedges
Michael Alden Hedges was an American composer, Acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter.-Background:...
, who was a dear friend and fellow musician. Manring toured extensively with Hedges and played on all Hedges albums except one. Manring is known as a humble and gracious live performer with a gift for improvisation with guest musicians.
Since 2005 Manring is member of the band DeMania
Demania
Demania is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:* Demania alcocki Deb, 1987* Demania armadillus * Demania baccalipes * Demania crosnieri Serene, 1984...
with guitarist Alex de Grassi
Alex de Grassi
Alex de Grassi is an American Grammy Award-nominated fingerstyle guitarist.-Early life and influences:Though born in Yokosuka, Japan, de Grassi grew up in San Francisco, California, where his grandfather played violin for the San Francisco Symphony and his father was a classical pianist...
and percussionist Christopher Garcia.
Michael Manring remains active, touring the world for performances and clinics. He lives in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
.
Music and musical influences
Because of his association with the Windham Hill label Manring often was seen as a New AgeNew Age
The New Age movement is a Western spiritual movement that developed in the second half of the 20th century. Its central precepts have been described as "drawing on both Eastern and Western spiritual and metaphysical traditions and then infusing them with influences from self-help and motivational...
musician. He doesn't see himself as belonging to a certain style or genre and often jokes about categorising his music. His album Thonk he termed for example "... the first New Age–Death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
–Fusion
Fusion (music)
A fusion genre is music that combines two or more styles. For example, rock and roll originally developed as a fusion of blues, gospel and country music. The main characteristics of fusion genres are variations in tempo, rhythm, i a sometimes the use of long musical "journeys" that can be divided...
–album“.
Manring has a solid musical knowledge and uses the bass as a solo instrument usually in alternate tunings, with additional possibilities and patterns invoked on the fly with lever-activated de-tuners and bridges, somewhat like a pedal steel guitar
Pedal steel guitar
The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...
. He wants to show that the electric bass can be used in a musically rich and expressive way. Manring occasionally plays on two (or even three or four) basses at the same time during live performances. Manring is also a composer of experimental music, mixing technology and fretless bass with the sounds of kitchen implements and cardboard boxes, evidenced on his "Book of Flame" solo album.
He is a technical virtuoso, generally using his bass in very different ways. Mostly he plays a fretless bass, which gives him ample possibilities to change tone and pitch just like on acoustic bass. Manring is rhythmically very versatile and often uses polyrhythm
Polyrhythm
Polyrhythm is the simultaneous sounding of two or more independent rhythms.Polyrhythm in general is a nonspecific term for the simultaneous occurrence of two or more conflicting rhythms, of which cross-rhythm is a specific and definable subset.—Novotney Polyrhythms can be distinguished from...
s. He's said to do "... things on the electric bass that haven’t been done before, are nearly impossible, and (are) illegal in most states.". A very special technique used by Manring is the tuning change of single or several strings in the course of playing a piece.
Equipment
Manring plays a custom bass by Zon Guitars, the so-called Zon Hyperbass, a very flexible instrument, which was developed by Joseph Zon and Manring. Special tuning pegs and a special bridge allow instantaneous tuning change of single strings as well as of all strings simultaneously by the action of several tiny levers, a system like that of the TransTrem guitar. The development of this special model was caused by Manring's use of open tunings. When Manring began changing tunings during pieces by turning the pegs while playing, he soon realised the limitations of this approach. First he tried to overcome these limitations by changing a normal Music Man Sting Ray Bass, but then began to develop the Hyperbass with Zon. The Hyperbass has Bartolini pickupsPickup (music technology)
A pickup device is a transducer that captures mechanical vibrations, usually from suitably equipped stringed instruments such as the electric guitar, electric bass guitar, Chapman Stick, or electric violin, and converts them to an electrical signal that is amplified, recorded, or broadcast.-...
for every string and four Fishman Transducer
Transducer
A transducer is a device that converts one type of energy to another. Energy types include electrical, mechanical, electromagnetic , chemical, acoustic or thermal energy. While the term transducer commonly implies the use of a sensor/detector, any device which converts energy can be considered a...
for the body signals of the instruments.
Apart from the Hyperbass, Manring uses a whole fleet of instruments. A listing at his website gives the following models:
- Zon Legacy Elite Special fretless, aka "Bub"
- Homemade Jazz Bass-style fretless
- Zon Michael Manring Hyperbass
- Zon Custom Fretless, aka "Junior" or "Son of Bub"
- Larrivee 5-string fretless acoustic bass guitar
- MusicMan Stingray fretless
- Paroutaud Music Laboratories 5-string fretless Infinite Sustain prototype
- PRS fretless
- Riverhead Unicorn fretless
- Riverhead Unicorn fretted bass
- Zon prototype headless fretted bass, aka "Vinny"
- Zon Legacy Elite 6-string fretless
- Zon prototype Legacy 10-string bass (5 x 2).
Manring uses several bass amplifiers, among others the SWR Mo' Bass amp, a multi effect bass amp.
Original work
- 1986 Unusual Weather (Windham Hill)
- 1989 Toward the Center of the Night (Windham Hill)
- 1991 Drastic Measures (Windham Hill)
- 1994 Thonk (Highstreet)
- 1995 Up Close 21 (Windham Hill / High Street Records / Boston Acoustic)
- 1998 The Book of Flame (Alchemy Records)
- 2005 Soliloquy (Manthing Music)
Collaborations
with Michael Hedges- 1981 Breakfast in the FieldBreakfast In The FieldBreakfast in the Field is the debut recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label in 1981. It was recorded live to 2-track, with no overdubs....
(Windham Hill) - 1984 Aerial BoundariesAerial BoundariesAerial Boundaries is the landmark recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label. Considered to be one of the greatest acoustic guitar records of all time, it was nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Engineered Recording....
(Windham Hill) - 1986 Watching My Life Go ByWatching My Life Go ByWatching My Life Go By is a recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released in 1985. After two solo instrumental albums, Hedges supplies vocals on this release.-Track listing:...
(Open Air) - 1987 Live on the Double PlanetLive on the Double PlanetLive on the Double Planet is a live recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label.-Track listing:All compositions by Michael Hedges except as noted.# "All Along the Watchtower" – 2:59# "Because It's There" – 3:13...
(Windham Hill) - 1990 TaprootTaproot (Michael Hedges album)Taproot is a recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label. It was a Grammy nominee for Best New Age Album.-Track listing:*All compositions by Michael Hedges except as noted....
(Windham Hill) - 1996 OracleOracle (Michael Hedges album)Oracle is a recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label. It won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. Oracle peaked at #7 on the Billboard New Age Album charts....
(Windham Hill) - 1999 TorchedTorched (Michael Hedges album)Torched is the recording guitarist Michael Hedges was working on at the time of his fatal automobile accident in 1997. It was released posthumously on the Windham Hill label.-Track listing:All compositions by Michael Hedges.# "Torched" – 4:51...
(Windham Hill) - 2000 Michael Hedges – The Best of Michael Hedges (Windham Hill)
- 2001 Beyond Boundaries – Guitar Solos (Windham Hill)
- 2003 Platinum & Gold Collection (RCA Victor)
- 2006 Pure Michael Hedges (RCA)
with Danny Heines
- 2001 What Worlds They Bring (Vadadisc)
with Alex Skolnick
- 1997 The Skol-Patrol (Pluto-Bound)
with Montreux
- 1985 Chiaroscuro (Windham Hill)
- 1987 Sign Language (Windham Hill)
- 1989 Let Them Say (Windham Hill)
with John Gorka
- 1991 Jack’s Crows (High Street)
- 1992 Temporary Road (High Street)
- 1994 Out of the Valley (High Street)
- 1996 Between Five and Seven (High Street)
- 1998 After Yesterday (Red House)
- 2001 Company You Keep (Red House)
- 2006 Writing in the Margins (Red House)
with Paolo Giordano
- 1994 Paolo Giordano (Step Musique/New Sounds)
- 2000 Kid in a Toy Shop (Step Musique/New Sounds)
with Turtle String Island Quartet
- 1995 By the Fireside (Windham Hill)
with Attention Deficit
- 1998 Attention Deficit (Magna Carta)
- 2001 The Idiot King (Magna Carta)
with Jeff Loomis
- 2008 Zero Order Phase (Century Media)
with Yo Miles
- 1998 Yo Miles! (Shanachie)
- 2004 Sky Garden (Cuneiform)
- 2005 Upriver (Cuneiform)
with Sadhappy
- 1998 Good Day Bad Dream (Periscope Recordings)
- 2005 Outerspaces (Periscope Recordings)
with Scott McGill und Vic Stevens
- 2001 Addition by Subtraction (Free Electric Sound)
- 2003 Controlled by Radar (Free Electric Sound)
- 2006 What We Do (Free Electric Sound)
with Larry Kassin und Tom Darter
- 2001 Scatter (MKD Music)
with David Cullen
- 2001 Equilibré (Solid Air Records)
with Human Factor
- 2002 Human Factor (Human Factor)
with At War With Self
At War With Self
At War With Self is the project conceived by multi-instrumentalist Glenn Snelwar, best known as one of the guitarists on the Gordian Knot debut which featured members of King Crimson, Cynic, Watchtower and Dream Theater....
- 2005 Torn Between DimensionsTorn Between DimensionsTorn Between Dimensions is an album by At War With Self. It was Glenn Snelwar's first album after he appeared on the first Gordian Knot album.-Track listing:# "The God Interface" # "Torn Between Dimensions"...
(Free Electric Sound)
with DeMania
- 2006 DeMania (Tropo Records)
with Jeff Dodd
- 2007 Falling Awake (Aesthetic Records)
with Jeff Titus
- 2007 Wood Dragon (Musician101 Music)
- 2011 What We Don't Know (Jeff Titus Music)
with Jim Matheos
Jim Matheos
Jim Matheos , is the American guitarist and primary songwriter for the progressive metal band Fates Warning. As of bassist Joe DiBiase's departure in 1996, he is the band's only permanent member...
- 1999 Away with Words
with Yves Carbonne and Dominique Di Piazza
- 2005 Carbonne - Di Piazza - Manring
with Justin King
Justin King (guitarist)
Justin King is an American musician and artist from Eugene, Oregon, recognized as a pioneering guitarist for his percussive "tapping" playing style which consists of a variety of influences ranging from Flamenco to Celtic music...
(as King West Manring Vamos)
- 2008 I-XII
with Sándor Szabó
- 2010 Inner Smile (Indie Europe/Zoom) (ASIN: B0035W8QIS)
Compilations
Windham Hill compilations- 1982 An Evening with Windham Hill Live (Windham Hill)
- 1985 Windham Hill – Winter (Windham Hill)
- 1985 Windham Hill Sampler '86 (Windham Hill)
- 1985 Windham Hill Sampler '85 (Windham Hill)
- 1986 A Winter’s Solstice II (Windham Hill)
- 1989 Windham Hill Radio Sampler I (Windham Hill)
- 1990 Windham Hill – The First Ten Years (Windham Hill)
- 1990 A Winter’s Solstice III (Windham Hill)
- 1990 Restore the Shore (Windham Hill)
- 1991 Windham Hill Sampler '92 (Windham Hill)
- 1991 Windham Hill Guitar Sampler II (Windham Hill)
- 1993 A Winter’s Solstice IV (Windham Hill)
- 1995 Heal the Bay (Windham Hill)
- 1996 Sanctuary – 20 Years of Windham Hill (Windham Hill)
- 1996 Redbook Relaxers – Daybreak (Windham Hill)
- 1996 Redbook Relaxers – Dreamscape (Windham Hill)
- 1996 Carols of Christmas (Windham Hill)
- 1997 Summer Solstice – A Windham Hill Collection (Windham Hill)
- 1997 Redbook Relaxers – Lullabies (Windham Hill)
- 1997 Redbook Relaxers – Dinner Party (Windham Hill)
- 1997 Redbook Relaxers – Between Friends (Windham Hill)
- 1997 Redbook Relaxers – After Hours (Windham Hill)
- 1997 Redbook Relaxers – Piano Reflections (Windham Hill)
- 1998 Thanksgiving – A Windham Hill Collection (Windham Hill)
- 1998 Yoga Zone – Music for Yoga Practice (Windham Hill)
- 1998 Conversations with God II (Windham Hill)
- 1999 Sun Dance – Summer Solstice III (Windham Hill)
- 2000 Windham Hill Classics – Morning (Windham Hill)
- 2000 Windham Hill Classics – Journeys (Windham Hill)
- 2000 Windham Hill Classics – Harvest (Windham Hill)
- 2000 Windham Hill Classics – Angels (Windham Hill)
- 2000 The Mozart Variations (Windham Hill)
- 2002 Spirit of Life (Windham Hill)
- 2003 Windham Hill Chill II (Windham Hill)
- 2003 Prayer – A Windham Hill Collection (Windham Hill)
- 2003 Adagio – A Windham Hill Collection (Windham Hill)
- 2003 A Winter’s Solstice V (Windham Hill)
- 2003 A Windham Hill Wedding Album (Windham Hill)
- 2004 Winter Wonderland – A Windham Hill Collection (Windham Hill)
- 2004 Lullaby – A Windham Hill Collection (Windham Hill)
- 2005 A Quiet Revolution – 30 Years of Windham Hill (Windham Hill)
- 2005 Essential Winter’s Solstice (Windham Hill)
BMG compilations
- 1997 Twilight Jazz (BMG)
- 1997 Meditation – Revive (BMG)
- 1997 Candlelight Moments – Romantic Moments (BMG)
- 1997 Candlelight Moments – Meditative Moments (BMG)
- 1998 Moonlight Reflections (BMG)
- 1998 Quiet Moods – Romantic Reflections (BMG)
- 1998 Quiet Moods – Meditative Moments (BMG)
- 2000 New Age Christmas (BMG)
- 2000 Awake (BMG)
- 2000 Yoga – Energy (BMG)
- 2000 Yoga – Balance Energy and Strength (BMG)
- 2001 Meditation – Relax Restore and Revive (BMG)
- 2002 Meditation – Renew (BMG)
- 2002 Meditation – Relax (BMG)
other label's compilations
- 1994 We Sing to Open Ears (High Street Records)
- 1996 Different Mozart (Philips)
- 1997 Heritage (Polygram )
- 1997 A Very Green Christmas (Seventh Wave)
- 1999 Moonlight Moments (Columbia River)
- 1999 Soundscape – New Age Reflections (Delta/BMG)
- 1999 Bass Talk, Vol. 6 (Hot Wire)
- 1999 Bass Day '98 (Hudson Music)
- 2000 Dreamscape (Delta)
- 2003 Guitar Harvest I (Solid Air)
- 2004 Healing Garden – The Art of Relaxation (Madacy)
- 2005 Brazil Duets (Adventure Music)
- 2006 "Woodsongs: An Acoustic Guitar Collection" (New Land Music)
- 2010 "The Quantum Activist Soundtrack" (Bluedot Productions)
DVD, video
- 1996 Bass Essentials (Hot Licks)
- 1998 The Artist’s Profile: Michael Manring (ecliptic productions)
- 1998 Bass Day '98 DVD (Hudson Music)
- 2000 Michael Manring: Instructional Bass (Video, Hal Leonard)
- 2009 The Quantum Activist Documentary Soundtrack (Bluedot Productions)
External links
- Official Michael Manring website
- Ask Steve Lawson and Michael Manring forum at TalkBass.com
- Solo Bass Night A recurring Bay Area, California solo bass show featuring Michael Manring
- Official Peter Princiotto website
- http://www.liraproductions.com/dmg/index.htm - the official DEMANIA site
- Bassist Michael Manring, an Interview With Editor Jake Kot
- Michael Manring: A Review of the May 2009 Portland OR Concert, 8/01/2009
- Michael Manring Interview with Blogger Tommy Landry, 2011