Mike Flynn: “Oysters” Fretless Meshell Ndegeocello Remix, with Victor Wooten

Bassist Mike Flynn sent us this unique video showcasing the bassist’s terrific fretless playing – and typical creativity in video and music production.

We’ll let Mike set it up: “I took a chorus from a beautiful Meshell [Ndegeocello] tune called ‘Oysters’ from her album Weather and made a remix of it in Ableton Live. I also added a quote from an interview I did with Victor Wooten. It’s a classic Vic quote that I used to bounce off the Meshell track – and I added some of my own fretless bass, all of which was played / recorded / filmed in a single take. It came out pretty well and I sent Meshell a link on Twitter and she replied – “thank you – it’s beautiful” – which is good enough for me.”

Beyond good enough for us. See if you agree.

Mike has the track available on his Bandcamp page.

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  1. Like the bass playing, could have done without all the other stuff. Drum track especially! IMHO. Great job otherwise.

  2. Wonderful player, nice touch and tone. The track is a train wreck though. Where is the groove?

  3. Loved it, along with the track.

  4. Drum beats are more Techno. Bass solo nice (more easy listening). The two in this case are not compatible.