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Santiago González is the founder and bassist of The Bará Group and is also the group's composer and arranger.  He has had a broad career in music beginning at the age of eight in his hom,e country of Colombia where he played gospel music in local churches and joropo festivals. Over time he began to travel and play in churches in the United States and festivals and events in Colombia.  He was the winner of the “XXX International Jazz Festival of the Free Theater”, one of the most important festivals in Latin America, with his compositions and new genre “Joropo-timba-jazz...

Freekbass is a master funk bassist, known for his technical virtuosity and dynamic, infectious live performances.  Freekbass was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and honed his chops at an early age in the local music scene, one that is known for producing a long list of legendary funk musicians such as Zapp, Bootsy Collins, The Ohio Players, and Midnight Star.  After graduating from The School for Creative and Performing Arts, Freekbass formed the very successful national touring band, Shag and eventually his own band, Freekbass.   Freekbass brings to the stage monster grooves that showcase his superlative technical ability, master showmanship...

Joe Branton is the bassist for Instrumental Prog-Rock band, Poly-Math. Since 2013 Poly-Math have been a regularly rostered band at ArcTanGent Festival, the UK's largest Alternative/Avant-garde Rock Festival. The band have released a number of EP's and album, Melencolia, under Superstar Destroyer records and Lonely Voyage Recordings.  In 2018 they released their first double album, House Of Wisdom (or) We Are The Devil with all bass parts recorded entirely on a Stonefield bass.   Joe has also performed in a number of promotional commercials for Boss Effects, TC Electronic, and Ashdown Amplification, and is an endorsing artist for Ashdown Amplification...

JD Short is a bassist and composer who is known by the musical persona BassDbler (bās dŭb’lər).  Originally, from Indiana, JD cut his teeth playing the Midwest’s independent music scenes before focusing on formalized musical training at the University of Evansville and Indiana University Bloomington, after which he moved to California for a role building basses and guitars at Rickenbacker. While based in California, several musical collaborations, including a stint with the Orange County Avant Garde Jazz Ensemble, ensued before JD relocated to Auckland, New Zealand where his interest in electronic music began to solidify.  By the time he returned to California, JD had...