As a musician... Hello! I’ve been a working bassist for thirty-five years with a healthy background on piano and guitar as well. I play most styles of music fluently and sight-read and improv well, while grooving is a forte. Throughout the years I’ve worked with the “Santa Monica Symphony,” Willie Bobo, the Drifters, the Ink spots, Edgar Winter, Cab Calloway, Martha and the Van Dellas, Ray Charles and others. I’ve played a good share of musicals, such as the “Rocky Horror Show,” “Reefer Madness” and “Lies and Legends”; played hundreds of casuals and various club gigs including Las Vegas/Reno cabaret acts, reggae groups, swing groups, big bands, celebrity look alikes, Polynesian shows, disco and R&B acts, Broadway-type acts, comedy acts, award ceremonies, Latin acts and “Knott’s Berry Farm” show bands. In the 70’s I performed at Tokyo and Osaka Stadiums with R&B/soul groups (50,000 people audiences) and have also worked in many Middle Eastern and world-music ensembles. For ten years I was the Music Director/bassist/guitarist for actress/singer Karen Black in her singing & theatrical show “A View of the Heart” (Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco). From 1980 to 1990 I lead my own casual group, Raw Silk, in Southern California and lead various jazz-funk trio ensembles as well. I’ve recorded jingles for NBC and CBS, needle drop libraries for Capitol Records and Soap Opera incidental music (All of My Children and Desperate Housewives), as well as a few Gospel and reggae/calypso albums and hundreds of songwriter demos mostly in the styles of pop, funk, country, soul and R&B. I currently live in Glendale, California, am freelancing, composing, being a music copyist and teaching bass, guitar and keyboard. You can hear some of my newest projects by going to my MySpace site, listed below; some playing at my Earthlink soundfile site (though the clips don't play in the Firefox browser), and a small assortment of my original music at My Podcast Site. Marty Buttwinick Glendale, CA (818) 242-7551 Toll free: 1-(866)-346-4893 buttwinick@earthlink.net MySpace/buttwinickmusic Sonata Publishing Personalized Music Lessons