Good luck finding this inside-industry, promotional-only, not-for-sale compilation, but if you can, you'll wonder how the hell I ended up on a CD with such ridiculous jazz/fusion bass royalty. Other tracks are by artists such as Oteil Burbridge, Jimmy Haslip, Adam Nitti, Gary Willis, Michael Manring, Steve Bailey, Ric Fierabracci, Mark Egan, and to spice things up, Megadeth's Dave Ellefson. I offered the good folks at D'addario either "See You Next Tuesday" or "Seven Percent Grade." Give them credit - they went for the edgier and riskier tune.

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