Hello and welcome to Munkio.

This site has been online far longer than I expected it to be – and has had way more visitors than I ever anticipated. Yet now with my Youtube channels and Myspace pages getting just as many hits – sometimes more – than the ‘traditional’ website these days I am planning to create a much richer content environment here on Munkio.

I’m currently working half online and half in print as a music journalist and website manager – while I’m playing bass with three bands and working on some solo recordings too. I’ve been playing bass for roughly 24 years, but it’s really been the last ten where I have made the most progress and started to play at the level I always aspired to. But I still learning – and hope to never stop learning! I have an album of my recent demos for sale on iTunes - click here to see my 'Songs From the South' EP.

I’ve been fortunate to interview some incredible musicians over the past few years including the late great Michael Brecker, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, David Sanborn, John McLaughlin, Mike Stern, Bela Fleck, Herbie Hancock, Allan Holdsworth and even the likes of Alison Goldfrapp, Terry Callier and Nitin Sawhney.

As both a player and a huge fan of modern bass players I’ve been very fortunate to interview Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke, Gary Willis, Matthew Garrison, Richard Bona, Chris Minh Doky, Esperanza Spalding, Tony Grey, Hadrien Feraud and Linley Marthe. I consider these guys some of greatest living electric bassists and they are very inspiring both as players and people.

Click here and you can see some of these interviews as written articles or Youtube videos here.

I’ve recently started playing Sei basses – it's a Series 1 Single Cuttaway - handmade by wonderful London luthier Martin Peterson based at The Gallery in Camden. I couldn't resist commisioning another bass from him - so check out my Sei Jazz Bass build page here.

Thanks again for stopping by.

Mike Flynn


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