I put a live bassist under AURORA’s live session.

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

I noticed AURORA’s live sets carry the bass through a synth patch - a smart choice that clearly works. I'd love the chance to bring a live low end to it instead. So rather than send a resume, I recorded myself playing along, full body, placed next to AURORA's original footage rather than laid over it, so it plays like I was actually in the room.

Four songs, live, one take each, no edits - please have a listen.

Same performances. A live low end underneath them. The bass track is slightly louder in the mix so every nuance can be heard.

A synth carries the low end well. A player adds life to the sound and presence on stage.

LIFE AND PRESENCE

As a music producer and artist myself, I truly feel that the bass has the capacity to alter the backbone of an arrangement. It gives voice and a pitch to the kick drum, it can create tension and release by simply changing the groove, it creates frequencies that directly affect one's body, taking their musical experience to another level.

I know that there are good reasons to run bass from a patch or keys: it's consistent night to night, it travels light, and a band member can play it without adding a body to the stage plus extra tour costs. I'm not assuming that was an oversight. But there's something a live low end adds, moving with the room the way the rest of the band already does.

I also understand there might be reasons other than the ones listed above, and know it's a long shot, but I still felt like preparing this material. I love her music and really admire her band.

What else I can bring to the stage.

BEYOND BASS

Touring & session musician and producer based in Los Angeles since 2011 (originally from Brazil), after a career shift out of marketing. Currently on tour with world-music North American artist Snatam Kaur as guitarist, flutist, harmony vocalist, and foot percussionist - also serving as her tour's second-in-command tour manager. What I can also offer:

  • Guitar, at a professional level. Not to replace Fredrik - to give an arrangement a second voice when a song calls for one.

  • Native American-style flute. A textural option most touring bands don't have on stage at all.

  • Charango & mandolin. Another layer beyond guitar and flute, for the songs that want something smaller and stranger underneath them.

  • Percussion & utility. Able to cover foot percussion or fill in wherever a song is one texture short live.

  • Reliability on the road. Trusted as second-in-command tour manager on a multi-city world tour - the kind of role a crew only hands to someone they know will hold up for the length of it.

WHY I MADE THIS

Ninety seconds, in my own words.

ABOUT

Bruno Justi.

- Born and raised in Brazil.

- In love with music since I can remember.

- Working as a professional musician in Los Angeles since 2011.

- Very inspired by AURORA's music and her current band.

- Raw Vegan, really into spiritual themes, animals and plants.

- You can learn more about me here.

Based in Los Angeles - flexible on location, and happy to fly out for a conversation over tea or a session whenever it's useful.

I'd love the chance to bring this to the stage with AURORA and her band, if there's room for it.