Sean Malone

Sean Malone is an American musician primarily known as a virtuoso fretless bass guitar and Chapman Stick player (although he can also play the piano, keyboards, and guitar proficiently), born in Delran, New Jersey, formerly of

Sean Malone is an American musician primarily known as a virtuoso fretless bass guitar and Chapman Stick player (although he can also play the piano, keyboards, and guitar proficiently), born in Delran, New Jersey, formerly of Cynic and currently heading up the progressive rock collaboration Gordian Knot.

Malone has played as a session member for groups ranging from Brazilian jazz to English pop. He was the bassist for Florida technical metal unit Cynic during their Focus period. Malone has continued as a studio bassist since leaving the band, performing on over fifty records to date. He has also authored three books, "Music Theory for Bassists," "Dictionary Of Bass Grooves," and "A Portrait of Jaco: The Solos Collection" (a book of transcriptions of Jaco Pastorius bass solos) for the Hal Leonard Corporation. In the academic field, Malone has had papers on theory and music cognition published and given presentations at conferences such as the Society for Music Theory and The Glenn Gould Conference, and is teacher as well as finishing his Doctoral studies in Music Theory at the University of Oregon.