Born in Chicago, Illinois, Sharay Reed is a bassist and producer. Worked with: R. Kelly, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams, Boyz II Men among others.
His biggest influences are: Marcus Miller, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clark, David Sandborn, Bob James, John Scofield, Luther Vandross, all 70s funk, Blue Magic, Stylistics, Motown, Miles, Tower of Power, Rick James, James Brown and church music.
Sharay Reed doesn’t practice alone, he just plays the music he has to play and work the parts.
According to Sharay, after a while, you start practicing in your head and it becomes your main practice, in addition to the shows. He also warms up a lot and uses his own hand strengthening exercises, which he demonstrates on his DVD Bass Foundation.
The most amazing thing is to realize the naturalness with which each sentence, each line is executed, you notice an influence of the old school of the Grooves with the most current lines, this is too beautiful.
For you reader and lover of Grooves, do a search on Sharay Reed, we can guarantee that you will not regret the wonderful content that you will discover, just enjoy the moment and each line executed by him.
Some transcripts by Sharay Reed:
Sharay Reed – JOY FOR THE WORLD
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