We were all in the studio every day, they’re very hands-on and their work ethic is very high. I was pleasantly surprised, because their stuff is so electronic and synth-based, that it was exciting to get the call from the guys. My mission was to match the bass part with what was going on in the guitars and everything.ĪllMusic: Who was on the track in that first session?Įast: It was basically an instrumental track, as a lot of things were at that point, there was no Pharrell, no Nile, and the band, for those sessions, was me, Paul Jackson Jr., John Robinson, and Chris Caswell, we recorded at Conway Studios in L.A., and we probably tracked eight or nine songs that week.ĪllMusic: And Daft Punk was there, or were they monitoring the session remotely?ĪllMusic: How much did you know about them before getting called in to work with them?Įast: I knew about them, and I’d just watched Tron, and I think they scored that, so I was intrigued with the music as much as the film, so I thought it was interesting to get a call from them right after that. It didn't have a name when we recorded it the first time, and then they went back and put Nile Rodgers on it and came back around six months later and called me to the studio and played the tracks and we did a couple of other songs, but we re-cut the bass on “Get Lucky,” only because it was a different feeling now that it had Nile Rodgers and Paul Jackson Jr. I also worked on an India.Arie Christmas record and a Motown Christmas record that’s going to have multiple artists, like Smokey Robinson and people like that.ĪllMusic: When did you first hear "Get Lucky"?Įast: It was part of multiple tracks that we recorded at the first batch of sessions in L.A., and the song apparently had been in the works for a couple of years. I've been doing some stuff with David Foster, the new Diana Krall record, then Fourplay is about to go to Japan, and then I’m going to go out and promote my record. were on the session, and it’s great to be working with those guys again. Nathan East: I was doing a session with Idina Menzel, she’s doing a Christmas album with Walter A., who’s producing it, and so that was fun, because Vinnie Colaiuta and Paul Jackson Jr. He'll also be offering a glimpse into the life of an in-demand session player, hopping from studio to studio with some of the top names in the business and playing shows on various continents.ĪllMusic: Before we dive into "Get Lucky," whom have you been recording and playing with since we last talked? We're starting with his most recent smash, Daft Punk's "Get Lucky," which earned Record of the Year honors at this year's Grammys, propelling Random Access Memories and Daft Punk to five wins in total. So going forward, we're going to chat with East once a month to get the stories behind some of his biggest songs, featuring artists like Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Kenny Loggins, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, and many more. When we spoke with bassist Nathan East in June about his solo record and debuted a music video from the project, we intended to ask him about some of the items on his musical resumé, but once we saw the mile-long list of credits on some of the biggest songs with some of the biggest artists of the past 30 years, we knew this would take more than one conversation.
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