AL_MAOT Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Musician Name : Michael Manring Birthday / Location : Born June 27, 1960 (age 60) - Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. Main instrument : Bass guitar, keyboards Musician Picture : Musician Awards & Nominations : Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series Best Performance : Breakfast in the Field - Aerial Boundaries - Watching My Life Go By Other Information : Michael Manring was born in Annapolis, Maryland, as the youngest of four children. His family lived in Norfolk, Virginia and moved to the suburbs of Washington, D.C. in 1969. The Manrings were a very active family musically, providing a very fertile background for Michael's musical development. He and his brother Doug—a guitarist and drummer, later living a long time in Japan—formed a very active rhythm group while in high school, venturing through jazz rock and fusion, playing rock classics at beer parties or pop standards in restaurants and at weddings. Manring was a pupil of bassist Peter Princiotto from Spring Hill area, Virginia. He began to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts in the late 1970s, but canceled his studies in 1979 because of the heavy workload he already had, touring with several different bands like the Prog Rock band However. During his time at Berklee College he used every opportunity to play with very different musicians and bands. In the 1980s he studied and toured with Jaco Pastorius and began to develop his own style 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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