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Seth Horan is a touring singer/songwriter. And there are thousands of those.
He left RCA band Vertical Horizon in 1998, right on the brink of that bands multi-platinum success, and decided to play his songs alone on his bass rather than pick up the traditional six-string acoustic guitar hailed as the universal standard for songwriters. He did this to push the envelope of modern songwriting and performance; he did it to see how far he could go while still being accepted by the mainstream; he did it to explore a new sound in a market that becomes more homogenized every day. But most importantly, he did it because he has been a bass player since he was twelve years old, and he really, really, really sucks at guitar.
Originally hailing from Buffalo NY, he has been touring the USA (literally) since March of 2002, building a sizable following and turning heads with his blend of fingerpicking, slapping, tapping, harmonics, and chording to accompany his voice. To say that Horan plays the bass like a guitar is a vast understatement. More to the point, he plays it like a dulcimer, a drum set, a harp, and a xylophone all at the same time.
This quote from the Ocean City Beachcomber sums it up: “He plays solo bass guitar like Victor Wooten, sings songs like John Mayer and Ani DiFranco, and performs with the intensity of Martin Sexton. Hes a freak of nature, and hes phenomenal.”
For the last five months of 2008, Horan opened the production process up to his mailing list, offering bonafide production credit to anyone who invested in the creation of his next work. Each week for twenty weeks, Horan emailed his “producers” an MP3, which they would rate and give feedback on.
He left RCA band Vertical Horizon in 1998, right on the brink of that bands multi-platinum success, and decided to play his songs alone on his bass rather than pick up the traditional six-string acoustic guitar hailed as the universal standard for songwriters. He did this to push the envelope of modern songwriting and performance; he did it to see how far he could go while still being accepted by the mainstream; he did it to explore a new sound in a market that becomes more homogenized every day. But most importantly, he did it because he has been a bass player since he was twelve years old, and he really, really, really sucks at guitar.
Originally hailing from Buffalo NY, he has been touring the USA (literally) since March of 2002, building a sizable following and turning heads with his blend of fingerpicking, slapping, tapping, harmonics, and chording to accompany his voice. To say that Horan plays the bass like a guitar is a vast understatement. More to the point, he plays it like a dulcimer, a drum set, a harp, and a xylophone all at the same time.
This quote from the Ocean City Beachcomber sums it up: “He plays solo bass guitar like Victor Wooten, sings songs like John Mayer and Ani DiFranco, and performs with the intensity of Martin Sexton. Hes a freak of nature, and hes phenomenal.”
For the last five months of 2008, Horan opened the production process up to his mailing list, offering bonafide production credit to anyone who invested in the creation of his next work. Each week for twenty weeks, Horan emailed his “producers” an MP3, which they would rate and give feedback on.
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| FULL TRACK Ivory Tower | 3:57 |
| FULL TRACK Stronger Still (featuring Petteri Sariola) | 3:53 |
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yslsl wrote:
Ok. It might be nothing, but i somtimes feel same hmm or fall in a same emotional state when listen to John Wesley. Two first albums of his, was recorded with Sean Malone, and have lots of acoustic songs to, so i listen his songs for the same reason as Yours. Because i like the voice (good technically but not without heart), i like the lyrics (simple but not dumb and with meanin but not pompous) and i like the BASS. And i think it would be nice for me to hear both in one radio just say whadaya think (i actually played your radio today and really there was You and jazz bass soloists, to it's just eee... wrong :)
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yslsl wrote:
I did as told. I tagged You as "singer-songwriter", "pop", "rock",and i errased my "bass" tag, but i don't know anyone that soudns like You - well, that could be a complement :P
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sethsbase wrote:
Hi folks!! Please help me out by TAGGING me and my songs. I really need to shake this "jazz" label that Last.fm has thrown on me, and the way to do that is by having my listeners teach the site how to categorize me. That's what tags are for! Please take a moment and tag me here on my Artist page -- possible tags could be "singer-songwriter", "pop", "rock", or "sounds like (other artist here)". Please don't use "bass" or "solo bass", as those seem to be just as good as "jazz". I appreciate the support!! Thank you for listening!! All the best... Seth :]
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Rocketsauce7 wrote:
new here - am a HUGE fan of Seth - can anyone tell me why last.fm seems to label him as jazz? i try to listen to his station and all they play is fusion. cant stand it. :-(
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Khaoz_angel wrote:
One of my bass heroes :) Seen live in Madrid and was crazy.
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Warlock1963 wrote:
Any knowledge when he's coming to the UK? A great bass player.
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dyo wrote:
kann mir jemand sagen, woher ich in Deutschland die CDs bekommen kann? :)
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A word from our feature presentation.
13 Nov 2011 | from sethhoran.wordpress.com
If you and your friends went to a movie theater, sat down to
enjoy a movie, and then another group of people got into the row in
front of you and STOOD UP while the movie played, you’d probably be
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stefanstepic13, cbopworldwide, JenniLPrice and 1 other person added Seth Horan to their libraries. Monday evening
- Seth Horan posted a news item ‘A word from our feature presentation.’. November 2011
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Arik-Buka, comarato, Brown_bass and 2 other people added Seth Horan to their libraries. November 2011
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coregaming tagged Seth Horan with rock, pop and singer-songwriter. September 2011
- Seth Horan posted a news item ‘The Kids are Alright. And thank goodness, because I need to get out and PLAY.’. September 2011
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leomcdb, mattdevonshire, nerdy_girl_dani and 1 other person added Seth Horan to their libraries. August 2011
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justinrotnluk tagged Seth Horan with western ny, western new york, wny and one other tag. June 2011
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- Seth Horan posted a news item ‘I believe the children are our future…. well, okay; actually not the children so…’. June 2011
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