Sean Hurley

Sean Hurley, born 1973 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, began his career as bass player for Arlo Guthrie, when he was 16 years old. In the year 2000 he moved to LA to play with Robin Thicke and began to work as a session bass player there. 2006 he started to play bass for John Mayer, a collaboration that is still going today. As a session bassist, he recorded with Alanis Morissette, Ringo Starr, Lana Del Rey and many others.

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Earthy tone

Sean has an earthy, thick tone that supports the group as opposed of sticking out, playing something melodic up high or super simplistic bass. Being an incredibly versatile bassist, he is ready for anything, very sound aware and always has the bass line that fits the song and the groove, especially when it comes to singer songwriter music, indie rock and organic pop.


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No AI, no loops, no MIDI. Just a musician playing along to every chord, every tempo, every groove. Effortlessly.

The result? Authentic guitar, bass, and drum tracks in your song — with the sound, the emotion, and all the performance magic that happens between the notes.

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