Ryan Martinie

Infobox musical artist | Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | Instrument = Bass guitar
Name = Ryan Martinie


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Born = birth date and age|1975|8|6
Peoria, Illinois, USA
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Alias = Ry-Know Rü-d
Genre = Rock Alternative metal Heavy metal
Associated_acts = Mudvayne
Label = Epic Records
Notable_instruments = Warwick basses|Thumb bass, 4-string and 5-string, Vampyre model
years active = 1998 - Present

Ryan Martinie is an American bassist, best known for being the bass player of math metal band Mudvayne. He is also known for his very complex basslines. He has been with the band since 1998.

Biography

Early life

Ryan Martinie grew up playing bass in Normal, Illinois. His father gave him his first bass at the age of twelve, at which time he began picking out Metallica songs to teach himself. He studied jazz bass, and won several high school awards for classical vocals. [http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43283 Featured Artist #9 - Ryan Martinie - Music & Musician Forums ] ] He was also interested in sword swallowing. He was in a Dream Theater styled progressive rock band called Broken Altar.Fact|date=May 2008Former members of Broken Altar,Les Aldridge(guitarist)and Wes Pollock(drummer)joined heavy metal band LowTwelve of Bloomington,Illinois.Fact|date=July 2008

Ryans work on L.D. 50 was more brutal (sound wise that is) and technical. The newer mudvayne albums have a more polished sound but it is still mudvayne in the end. Ryan's bass playing now is not so much less technical but more, polished, and (no offense to anyone who reads this) weaker (compared to the older stuff)

tyle

Right hand

Ryan is known for pushing the envelope that most metal bassists limit themselves to. His right hand is one of the major reasons for this, as he pulls from many different techniques and genres. On "Nothing to Gein" you can hear a very funky verse line and very intense slap in the bridge. "Mercy, Severity" boasts a verse line that is reminiscent of Tony Levin. Chordal work can be found on such tracks as "Pharmaecopia," "Not Falling" and "Everything and Nothing". He is also known for flicks (found throughout his music) and a flamenco style. Ryan also uses a tapping technique on the neck where he will use his index and middle fingers to tap an octave chord while his left hand moves the chord.

Left Hand

Martinie is known as a precise player. Even when playing his Pedulla fretless he uses quick movements and jogs up and down the neck. Ryan tends to accentuate his work with thick low end, double stops, and chords that add warmth (as in "World So Cold") or awkward tension (bridge of "Not Falling"). He also uses harmonics that add a bright sound to his variety of styles, such as the intro to "Death Blooms" and also in "Not Falling".

Equipment

Basses

Main bass: Warwick Thumb Bass 5-string, ebony fingerboard, chrome hardware, nickel frets.

Back-up basses: Thumb 4, rosewood neck and gold hardware. Also two Thumb 5 stringers with ebony and rosewood necks and bubinga bodies & also a fretless Pedulla Buzz 4.

Strings: Ryan uses Dr Hi-Beams .045-.105 with a .135 5th string, tuned to F#-B-F#-B-E and B-F#-B-E (as heard in LD50), and for Mudvayne's newer albums he is tuned to G-C-G-C-F and C-G-C-F. Sets action high for live shows and low for recording.

Live Setup: runs his bass into a Shure UHF U4D dual-channel wireless unit, Whirlwind multi-selector, dbx 160 compressor, Ampeg SVT-4Pro head on an SVT PR-810H 8x10 cabinet. Also has a BSS AR133 direct box that runs from the SVT-4Pro's effect loop.

Recording setup: Full Ampeg rig, plus an SWR Workingman's 10 Head driving Greg Tribbett's Mesa Boogie 4x12 guitar cabinet for added midrange and top end. [http://www.bassplayer.com/story.asp?storyCode=8340 Mudvayne's Ryan Martinie ] ]

References

[http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43283] Musicians forum bio [http://www.bassplayer.com/story.asp?storyCode=8340] Ryan Martinie interview