Back in April of this year, the great Indian Slide Guitarist, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt was here at my home in Thousand Oaks and I was recording him and his tabla player, Subhen Chatterjee.  As they were leaving, (after 2 grueling all-nighters in my studio!), Mr. Bhatt told me to put bass guitars and keyboards on the recordings and we'll make a collaboration "East Meets West" record.   Just this week I am finishing up all of the basses, (other sessions in my studio have kept me quite busy this summer!).  

It is the single most difficult music I have ever played bass on - as well as the most marvelous.  Mr. Bhatt is my friend and music teacher - and he has some unique friends including Eric Clapton, the late George Harrison was a close friend of his and his music teacher happens to be Ravi Shankar!  During the same week when he was here at my place, he performed in San Diego and Ravi and his family attended his concert - it was MIND BENDING.  We are now shopping "World Music" record labels and it is a great time to be a musician -  Matt