The Hey folks, welcome to another milestone episode of So Dijaker on songwriting.

This is Brian here as always with

Simon. I've made some basic calculations and if those are correct this should

be episode 80. Check out Pythagoras over here or is that Brythagoras?

Well I certainly know how to go off on a tangent.

Joining us today is a Grammy winning multi-instrumentalist,

composer, producer, United Nations Ambassador,

and without a scintilla of doubt

one of the finest and most influential musicians on the planet.

His instantly recognizable 1977 Fender Jazz-based tone has graced more records than you've had hot dinners

and can be heard front and center on his latest solo album

the critically acclaimed African influenced Afrodisia which was released earlier this year on Blue Note records. We're thrilled to welcome to the show one of our all-time favorite artists, the truly great,

Marcus Miller. As we record this episode in mid-October 2015, Marcus is on the European leg of the

Afro-Dizia tour and he very kindly took the time to chat with us backstage

before his show at the Philharmonic Hall here in Liverpool. It was such a treat to sit down with

him Briar wasn't he? Hell yeah I mean this is a guy we've been fans of for a good what 20 years I mean you play a Marcus Miller signature bass for crying out loud

Exactly my introduction to Marcus came when I took up the bass guitar at around 15 and I kept seeing his name pop

up in bass magazines I was reading a lot at the time and I went to the old H.M. V. on Church Street

in Liverpool and found a cassette copy of his first solo album, The Son Don't Lie.

Initially I was totally blown away at the sound of his bass and what this guy could do technically

on what had seemed to me to be quite a limited instrument.

But once I listened beyond that, I was even more impressed with the

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