Jacob Collier rehearsal - Ancona (warts & all) Robin Mullarkey 2014-06-06 | trying to get it together for recital!Jacob Collier - PianoJames Maddren - DrumsRobin Mullarkey - Bass
Jacob improv Cleveland 24 Robin Mullarkey 2024-09-28 | Here's a small taster of my "improv breakdown" on Patreon. Lots of tips for those curious how to approach groove improvisation and keep it fresh.www.patreon.com/robinmullarkey#bass #basslessons #basstheworld #jacobcollier #bassist #tutorial #improvisation #improvisation #groove #harmony
Rob Mullarkey Band - Virgo Rising 2023 Ronnies Robin Mullarkey 2024-03-26 | I assembled this crack team of fusioneers to pay tribute to our hero Wayne Shorter for 2 nights at @officialronnies back in December. Ronnies kindly gave me some great footage.Here's our outro to Virgo Rising that kinda takes off!!Richard Spaven - DrumsTom Cawley - KeysDave Okumu - GuitarGraeme Blevins - SaxRob Mullarkey - Bass
Stingray Special 5 HH - sounds only Robin Mullarkey 2023-10-02 | I treated myself to this very special instrument and wanted you to hear the range of sounds that perhaps you wouldn't expect from a Stingray! I'm not the greatest slapper but it's really helpful to hear how the high mids come through in each pickup combo.0:07 roundwound - fingerstyle (5 pickup positions)0:55 roundwound - slap (5 pickup positions)1:29 flatwound - fingerstyle (5 pickup positions)Full 15min review on my Patreon pagewww.patreon.com/robinmullarkey#bass #probass #bassist #musicman #stingray #hh #demo #sounds #tones #slap #fingerstyle #roundwounds #flatwounds
Boost the lows #bass #probass #musictips Robin Mullarkey 2023-09-01 | Pro bassist tip #1k Why does every festival set sound like a pool of sludge with no harmony? We can all take some blame...
Using your analogue synth to get meaty organic bass effects Robin Mullarkey 2023-03-08 | In the quest to apply an ADSR (attack, decay, sustain, release) envelope to my bass guitar, I ventured down the road of using my actual analog synth. This works the same way as normal synthesis, but instead of using the oscillators which produce a static tone, we can actually use our bass sound as the basis for the patch!Sorry about the soft focus - S-LOG fail...
Origin Effects - BassRig 64 |vs| Jad Freer Audio - Capo Robin Mullarkey 2022-10-28 | I'm putting these 2 high-end bass saturation pedals through a rigorous shoot out. Which one suits your needs?This is in no way an exhaustive review of all the pedals' features but hopefully gives you an idea what they sound like!Jad Freer added these comments regarding the Capo:1- If you are going to the F side and need more highs you can engage the BITE switch, it works just on that side of the preamp2- BLEND is not a blend with the direct signal but with a fixed gain clean preamp so you can use the CAPO without any saturation and go full clean with EQ. Note that at 18:00 you are using the pedal with also B side engaged: so you are not blending with a clean sound but the A side clean with the B side saturated.3- yes, its a low pass filter...it gently cuts over 10K to make drive tones smoother when going direct. I like it also for clean tones, a little bit more vintage.I think you fairly show that one is a coloured amp sim and the other is a full featured preamp.Signal chain:Elixir 45s Moollon J Classic passive bass(AB output switcher)BassRig/Capo(Lehle input selector)Little Labs Redeye DI boxMetric Halo mic pre (very clean interface mic pre)00:11 Introduction 02:16 My goal - subtle saturation 05:49 Bassrig ‘64 09:45 Capo12:39 Comparing heavy drive settings18:56 EQ 25:43 Summary28:32 Additional features 32:37 Goodbye Origin Effects - BassRig '64 origineffects.com/product/bassrig-64-black-panelJad Freer Audio - Capojadfreeraudio.com/prodotti/capoSee my Patreon page for lots of video lessons, charts, parts, playalongs, live show breakdowns and gear lowdownswww.patreon.com/robinmullarkey
Natalie Williams - Grace (Bass + drums performance) Robin Mullarkey 2022-02-06 | Rob Mullarkey and James Maddren play along to the multitracks from Natalie Williams cover of Grace by Jeff BuckleySign up to my Patreon for : Playalong audio files Lead sheet (chord sheet with some written parts) Bass transcription from the album in notation and tab Detailed breakdown of recording by myself and James in the studio Personal bass walkthrough vidwww.patreon.com/robinmullarkeyTrack personnel:Natalie Williams - VocalsRob Mullarkey - Bass, guitars, vocals, mixJames Maddren - Drums, vocalsPhil Peskett - Piano, vocalsEric Appapoulay - Guitars
Wilcock Bi-Sonic short scale bass Robin Mullarkey 2022-01-21 | This is a short-scale bass designed by UK luthier Viv Wilcock with a single Bisonic pickup (as found in the Guild Starfire bass). It's a hefty and unique sounding instrument and i did my best to show it off making a track with only my Octatrack sampler and the bass. All the music was recorded in one passWilcock BiSonic shortscale bass - www.wilcocklondon.com (mahogany body, maple neck, rosewood fingeerboard)Avalon U5 preamp - www.avalondesign.comElektron Octatrack ii - www.elektron.seMorningstar MC6 midi controller - www.morningstarfx.comMission EP1 expression pedal - www.missionengineering.com0:00 just playin0:28 my history with Wilcock0:53 the BiSonic1:06 looping harmonies1:28 tones3:25 demonstrating pickup tap4:38 playing by the bridge5:20 playing by the neck5:40 digging in5:53 muted6:20 tone pot6:30 plectrum8:00 construction8:45 shredding9:34 amp sim demos
Mullarkey / Spaven: interpreting classic hiphop beats with live rhythm section Robin Mullarkey 2021-05-02 | My Patreon collaboration with Richard Spaven continues with each monthly episode. We're going deep with the micro-timing studies! So far we've covered numerous techniques to nail that wonky Detroit swing feel. Episode #2 includes MP3s and charts so you can play along to Rich and work on your own feel.www.patreon.com/robinmullarkey
Robin Mullarkey now on Patreon Robin Mullarkey 2021-04-15 | www.patreon.com/robinmullarkeyI've been working on this for over a year now so there's plenty of material to work through and lots more coming up!Here's what you can expect: Vids - lot's of em. There are bass exercises, technique tutorials, various series on subjects such as EQ and compression plus hours of footage in a real world bass/drums setting to breakdown the whole groove thing. Some of the vids look at my favourite basses and what I use them for, while others break down how I approached recorded tracks Lessons - depending on the tier, you may be entitled to monthly one-to-one lessons to work through anything you may have learnt in the videos , or whatever you're working on. Discord - you may choose to sign up to the Discord server where you can chat with the other Patrons or consult me personally in a WhatsApp kinda way Other stuff - music charts, audio playalongs, cheat sheets and various downloadable goodiesHave a look at the site and you'll get the idea. Hope to see you thereRob
Brotherly DTs (ft Donny McCaslin) session breakdown Robin Mullarkey 2020-10-26 | Join me as i open the project and show you how the arrangement was constructed and how Donny gave the track a new lease of life.
Vincent Akkurat 5 demo - Rob Mullarkey Robin Mullarkey 2020-08-29 | Here's a chance to hear my new Vincent Akkurat 5 bass guitar. www.vincent-bassguitars.deIt's a passive 5 string bass in the style of a precision but with a host of new features which i think add up to a really unique sound and playing experience.I made a little beat on my Elektron Model:cycles with a reference to Teen Town chords. Patrons can download the audio to play along with from www.patreon.com/robinmullarkey.00:05 jammin01:41 yakkin03:09 features:03:12 zero fret03:30 bridge 03:58 honeycomb chambers05:12 fingerboard05:44 strings07:50 tone pot08:35 palmin08:48 slappin09:48 neck10:28 goodies
Moda - Jordan Rakei: Rob Mullarkey playalong Robin Mullarkey 2020-07-03 | Celebrating the 1st anniversary of Moda from Jordan Rakei's 2019 LP "Origin"Rob Mullarkey re-plays his bass linecopyright: Ninja Tune Ltd
Whats the hardest thing you ever had to play? Robin Mullarkey 2020-06-27 | hmm, quite. tough decision but this one is way up there!!There is so much information contained within a Jacob Collier song although it's often well concealed. Here is a teaser of only a small section of "Hajanga" which i discuss in full on my Patreon pageFor only £4 you can have access to all my videos and for £12 we can go over what ever you're working on at the moment in a 15 min chat or lesson. £50 gets you a full 45 min 1-on-1 which is considerably cheaper than my 'old world' lesson rateTake a look herewww.patreon.com/robinmullarkey
System playalong session livestream Robin Mullarkey 2020-06-15 | Brotherly - System: Resolve session breakdownJoin me as i pull up the session for the multiple video contributions for the grand System re-edit
Brotherly - System (2020 play-along reboot) Robin Mullarkey 2020-06-12 | At the end of April 2020 (lockdown was setting in) I issued a challenge. Film yourself playing along to the System playalong challenge audio files and use the hashtag #systemplayalongchallenge by June 1st to be included in a grand fusing of talented musicians from around the globe. Audio is still available at www.robinmullarkey.bandcamp.comCharts still available at www.patreon.com/robinmullarkeyWell... there are some spectacular entries here as you will see. The editing job was wayyy bigger than I imagined but hopefully worth the effort. Thanks you all soooo much for your beautiful contributions and continued support. I love this version!!Rob MCredits: (in order of appearance)Chris Eldred - keysRob Boyette - beatboxShreya Bhattacharya - vocalsTitus Max - guitarAndré Silva - drumsRuss Parker - drumsRiccardo Oliva - bassDeanna Rusnock - Keys / vocalsAdam Betts - drumsAntonio Miguel - double bassOlly Sarkar - drumsBen Jones - guitarNino Zuppardo - drumsAvishek Dey - bassEmma Smith - vocalsPanos Vassilopoulos - drumsAndy Bartol - bassCameron McLaughlin - bassPablo Garay - drumsEoin Walsh - keyboard drumsSarpay Ozcagatay - fluteLoz Garratt - bassAndrew Spencer - elektron:cyclesJacob Collier - synth solo
Rob Mullarkey livestream Robin Mullarkey 2020-05-14 | Brotherly - System DAW breakdownThis was my first livestream so forgive me for a few rookie errors. Thanks to all who say in on the session. I plan to do this more often
Jacob Collier 7/4 piano solo improv (Dont You Know) Robin Mullarkey 2020-02-02 | From March 2019 show in Munich - This is one part of Jacob's show where anything goes. I think it's so important to have genuinely improvised music within a live concert. Jacob Collier as always thrilling on piano and Christian Euman supportive and exciting on the drums.This is my Yamaha BB2025x through a HX Stomp
Rob Mullarkey - Subspace Demo Robin Mullarkey 2019-08-28 | I got my hands on this cool new drive pedal from Hamstead Soundworks and mucked about with it. I'll show you what it can do ...hamsteadsoundworks.com
Wilcock 51 shortscale bass Robin Mullarkey 2019-06-06 | Here's me having some fun with a new and particularly handsome bass from Wilcock - London named the "51". It's a short scale affair with a Lindy Fralin split 51 pickup and it sounds pretty great if you ask me.Recording chain : UA 610 - UAD SVT plugin
Wilcock JV-S2 short scale bass Robin Mullarkey 2018-08-29 | Rob Mullarkey gives a demonstration of the new model from Wilcock bassesThe JV-S2 is a new passive bass guitar conceived by Viv Wilcock and Rob MullarkeyBody - alder Neck - flamed maplePickups are a matching set of single coils by Armstrong Pickups, , overwound at the bridge and an RWRP at the neck.Vol / Tone / 3-way pickup selector switchwww.wilcocklondon.comwww.robinmullarkey.com
Natalie Williams & Robin Mullarkey - Grace (Jeff Buckley) Robin Mullarkey 2017-02-08 | Natalie Williams and myself, re-enacting our version of this Jeff Buckley classic from Natalie's latest album Kaleidoscope
Rob Mullarkey bass solo Bateu Messias Robin Mullarkey 2016-05-19 | I attempted Gian Correa's solo from Bateu Messias from here : soundcloud.com/giancorrea/bateu-messiasQuarteto AeromoscaHope you don't mind Gian!
System by Brotherly - explained Robin Mullarkey 2016-02-06 | Robin Mullarkey - co-writer of Brotherly's musical mind melter "System" - breaks down the rhythms and harmonies of the piece with a blunt pizza wheel to make it a bit more digestible.www.robinmullarkey.comtranscript:Hi this is Robin from Brotherly. Just thought I'd make a video to try and explain some of the technical, musical elements from this song System from the album One Sweet Life by Brotherly which we wrote a long time ago! It's had a lot of attention from music students and people who are interested in the rhythmic and harmonic elements which are quite complex actually and difficult to notate, even though i've had a go at it. You'll see that later. This is me plonking along. This is the A section of the song. It's in 6/4. So it's kind of a pushed "1". You can see in this example it's the 2nd stave down is the bass line. And that's where i feel the beat. I know that some people don't, and that's fine! Some people feel it more... and actually my perception of where the "1" is kinda changes throughout the song anyway. It's a funny one. That Eadd4 over Bb is a bit of a juicy one. It's not something I'd use every day but it just serves as a tension element really. OK here's the B section. Lots of juicy chords. That bit was just a little descending device that i did, alternating major and minor 7 chords that kind of got me back to F minor. So the top score is the beat that you're hearing in this 6/4 section and the bottom one is the kind of time-shift that happens in a second. It kind of pivots around this tsss-ka....... and what's happening is the red snare note that you see that has moved, is the only thing that has changed in the kick and snare pattern. The green kick is the one that becomes the one that sounds like the "1" in the slower hiphop 4/4 implied tempo. It's a bit of an aural illusion. This is a new C section with different harmony and the chords in the right hand stay the same throughout this whole section, even tho the bass notes change a lot and just add some more tension and colour. You'll hear now that all the chords seem to have a different quality but actually they're all the same at the top. Just the bass notes have changed. Whoops - made a mistake. This is the section where i got my friend Jan to play guitar and just said "improvise on the pentatonic but catch that little bluesy hook every time". I think they were just his 2 1st takes and i just panned them left and right and it was finished. Sounded so good. Little pedal - C pedal there. OK this is the A section again. the next thing that's going to happen rhythmically is I'm going to use the chords from the B section along with the time-shift so it's all still technically in that original 6/4 but feels like it's in 4/4. The final step that i took with this was to take the implied feel of this section and make that the actual pulse AND turn into 6/4... So this is the first time the length of the measures has actually changed throughout the whole piece. So it's all been elongated even though the subdivisions are the same as before ... those are the semiquavers from the earlier section, but now they're kind of semi-quaver triplets in this new feel and i think there's 36 of those in a bar instead of 24 which there were earlier. That's the best i can explain it. If anyone's got a better way can you have a go?.. I think that's everything. Obviously I'm completely paying no attention to the lyrics but that'll be another video from Anna maybe one day. Anyway if you've enjoyed this, you can buy our music. It's on iTunes and various other places so here's a link and yeah, enjoy. Seeya later
Natalie Williams - Butterfly - basscam Robin Mullarkey 2015-09-29 | Hi. I found this recording on my ipad from Soul Family Sunday back in March 2015. Unfortunately it's a view directly up my nose, which is attached to my weirdly bobbing head and also in the middle of my gurning face. Anyway it was a great gig as is always the case at SFS (our monthly sell-out gig at Ronnie Scott's).
26 2 Robin Mullarkey 2015-09-24 | This is one of my favourite John Coltrane tunes. It's incredible the way he made music from such complex maths, but the patterns are just a springboard for inspiration. I'm still struggling with this one but here's my best effort for now. I enjoyed messing with 3 note chord voicings through the changes. You have to decide what you can leave out and still be descriptive, particularly without any backing harmony.
Just My Imagination - Rob Mullarkey solo bass Robin Mullarkey 2015-09-23 | This is just my improvisation over my all time fave Temptations track using only my Lakland 44-51 and an old Boss RC2 looper pedal.To those of you asking about the strings, they are Labella Vinyl wound
Rob Mullarkey - Blackbird (Bobby McFerrin) Robin Mullarkey 2014-12-25 | I always said Bobby was the greatest bass player... So i finally got around to learning his brilliant version of McCartney's "Blackbird". It's incredible the way he spells out the harmony using only single notes. He nails every note - improv, soul, everything. And the pitch is true start to finish. What a dude.I decided to crack out the Vulcan Harp (Goodfellow Classic V) as i needed it's whole range and the midrange clarity.
Rob Mullarkey U-bass Robin Mullarkey 2013-11-21 | My new Kala U-bass ukulele. Looks silly. Sounds awesome
Love Me Like This - Rob Mullarkey bass noodling Robin Mullarkey 2013-05-11 | Robin Mullarkey dossing about on Floating Points' "nonsense dub" remix of Real to Reel's "Love Me Like This". Can you spot the seamless edit?!Listen on headphonesrobinmullarkey.com
Natalie Williams BVs session - Gone at Last Robin Mullarkey 2013-04-25 | Fun times recording cuddly backing vocals for Natalie Williams' upcoming release. The song is Paul Simon's "Gone At Last"Rob Mullarkey engineering
Rob Mullarkey - FXpansion BFD Robin Mullarkey 2011-08-27 | Work in progress using BFD and DCAM synths only
Note head bug ruins session Robin Mullarkey 2010-09-03 | This little git screwed up my take. He was running along the line i was reading at the same rate the music was playing! What are the chances!?
Allan holdsworth - red alert - Ronnie Scotts Robin Mullarkey 2010-06-05 | London 5 June with Gary husband and Jimmy Johnson. Apparently the 1st time they've played the uk!
Heath Sledger and Snowboy Robin Mullarkey 2010-01-12 | ... tackle the infamous black run at Hampstead Heath. Jan 2010.
Zero7 - Ghost sYMbOL live rehearsal Robin Mullarkey 2009-10-29 | Live from rehearsals @ Grove Aug 09. Filmed for 4Play
Zero7 live in rehearsal - Mr McGee Robin Mullarkey 2009-10-29 | Zero 7 in rehearsal Aug 09. recorded for 4PlayEska - VocalsHenry Binns - KeysSam Hardaker - ElectronicsEddie Stevens - Keys and AbletonTom Skinner - KitRobin Mullarkey - Guitar
Brotherly DTs @Hifi, Leeds Robin Mullarkey 2007-07-03 | Brotherly playing high energy bizniz. Femi Temowo on guitar
