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MullMuzzler
Keep It To Yourself
(Magna Carta)
Release year: 1999


Relevant Track Listing:

1. His Voice
2. Statued
3. Shores Of Avalon
4. Beelzebubba
5. Guardian Angel
6. Sacrifice
7. Lace
8. Slow Burn


Personnel:

James LaBrie - Lead and Background Vocals
Matt Guillory - Keyboards, Piano
Mike Keneally - Guitar
Bryan Beller - Bass
Mike Mangini - Drums
Trent Gardner - Keyboards, Trombone, Programming
Mark Shannon - Bass
Greg Critchley - Drums
Dave Townsend - Guitar Sweeps
Michael Stewart - Trumpet, Alto Sax


Equipment used:

Mike Lull Custom "Modern 5" 5-String Bass
MTD 535 5-String Bass (on "Beezlebubba")
SWR Super Redhead
Raven Labs PHA-1 Headphone Amp
T.C. Electronics Chorus/Flange Pedal

The first installment of the Produce-Your-Own-Bass-Tracks show, made even hairier because I barely knew James LaBrie when this project first got off the ground. We talked a couple of times beforehand, and he was very cool about wanting me to be me, but it was a little disconcerting to do it this way to existing tracks (some scratch and some real). Show up at the studio, pop the ADAT in the machine, say hi to the engineer, start the clock, twelve hours and counting. Go! I think I did fine with it, but the final mixes ended up less than bass-friendly, and the methodology made it tough to be truly creative and collaborative. Certainly the fastest I'd played in some time. It's a good record, don't get me wrong, but I think everyone involved really likes the follow-up, MullMuzzler 2.

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