Bass Upright in Chicago

Bassist for Grammy Winning Projects Billboard-Charting Arranger Jon Batiste, Quincy Jones, Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., Marie Osmond “Phil Kuehn is a master musician and arranger whose musical abilities are unparalleled in his generation. He's also the greatest person you'll ever meet and is my favorite bass player." - Jon Batiste

I've recorded and/or performed with Emmylou Harris, Tom Jones, Elvis Costello, Indigo Girls, Robert Plant, Shawn Colvin, Pete Seeger, Iris Dement, Steve Earle, Rita Wilson, Rufus Wainwright, Kristin Chenoweth, and many others. My corporate clients include ABC, USA, SyFy, Amazon Prime, NFL, EPIX, JWT New York, License Lab, and BIgger Story Music.

I'm a bassist with jazz, legit and pop experience. I want to help singer/songwriters by recording solid bass parts for their songs, and film/commercial producers with real bass on their tracks.

If you're reading this, then you must need some low end in your life. Good. Good for you, Good for both of us.

I'm open minded for anything musical. I'm dependable, professional and a quick study.

Pro bass/ vox/ songwriting with 45+ years experience supporting major label artists, recording and live performance, currently recording for the artist LeSonic, charting on Billboard with two recent No. 1 hits: “I’ll Be the One” https://youtu.be/Hl5ZZQ_FZTE and “Any Moment” https://youtu.be/v7lJZEfZe_s Myamoe Ukulele artist https://myamoeukuleles.

Charles M Vaughn is a marketing manager and guitarist by Profession. Join Charles M Vaughn for the tips

Quick turnaround and professional parts delivered, simple or complex, with specific direction given or liberties granted.

Professional multi-instrumentalist, producer, and arranger. I love making songs sound like they come from fully-formed worlds of their own, like they couldn't be any other way. I've played guitar and bass for groups in a variety of styles. I write and perform string arrangements on double bass. I also program digital and analog synth tracks.

Organic bass tracks, otherworldly production, phantasmagorical mixing.

I have performed as a double bassist for the last 20 years in a range of genres, honing my composition and audio engineering skills throughout. Now I have begun pursuing composition, mixing and mastering for colleagues and major institutions. My aim is a fusion of innovation and tradition, digital and analog.

Bass player for Todd Kessler, Kevin Andrew Prchal, Nicole Amine, Jess Robbins and many others.

Jared Forth is a guitarist, educator, composer, and independent solo artist from Chicago, IL. He writes and performs music on acoustic, electric, and bass guitar with the hope that he can capture some of the human experience in the sound of a few vibrating strings.

Charles Michael Vaughn is a marketing expert and Charles Michael Vaughn has a great experience on his work

I am a mulit-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter and mix engineer with over 15+ years of experience looking to help you bring YOUR vision to life. I run the intimate "Space Cowboy Studios" in Chicago, IL and have performed and/or recorded with members of Wilco, Andrew Bird, Sufjan Stevens, Into It. Over It., and more.

I am a professional cellist, skilled in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings. Well-versed in many styles of playing, I am able to record for cello, multi-track cello section, or include my professional string quartet, ATLYS. I have a team of highly skilled string arrangers to help write the best string parts for your music, too.

You need it? I can play it.