Double Bass

I had a great session the other night with Sebastiano Dessanay, a talented double-bass player and composer, born in Sardinia and now based in the UK.
He played some astonishing parts, both with the bow and pizzicato. It's always a privilege and a real pleasure to see what tones, notes and rhythms talented musicians add to your songs.

This session almost never happened though. Three times in the last few months it was cancelled due to heavy snow. When last week Seb emailed me saying 'I'll see you on Monday, snow permitting' it was meant as a joke, after all London has enjoyed a rather mild weather of late and we all thought we'd already had our fair share of snow this winter. Not so! Monday morning comes, I look out the window and, guess what? ...yep, snowflakes were falling with glee on my window sill. I took it as a sign and accepted the fact that the session would probably never happen.
Thanfully the snow didn't settle on the roads and I could safely drive to pick Seb and his big instrument up. Great thing too as Seb is a very busy man as he's also working on a new album.
Sebastiano and his too-old-to-mention bass
The track we recorded was extremely challenging as it requires great precision with the bow as well as the use of harmonics on the high part of the fret board. It was very fascinating to sit there and watch Seb's hands gently touching the string and producing more harmonics than I thought it was humanly possible.

Snow storms and commitments permitting, Sebastiano and I should have at least another recording session to work on ISSYF and SEL