Favorite Albums

• "Night Ride Home"
• Joni Mitchell
• "I AM"
• Chrisette Michelle
• "Mob Rules"
• Black Sabbath
• "New Amerykah Pt. 1 (4th World War)"
• Erykah Badu
• "The Bird & The Bee"
• The Bird & The Bee
• "...Benny At Home"
• Benny Sings.

Favorite Songs

• "Light Years"
• Jamiroquai
• "Let Me In"
• Benny Sings
• "Sister Moon"
• Herbie Hancock & Sting
• "Born Under A Bad Sign"
• Albert King
• "So Much Trouble In The World"
• Bob Marley
• "Little L"
• Jamiroquai
• "Holding You Loving You"
• Don Blackman

Favorite Artists

• Prince
• Robert Johnson
• Benny Sings
• Joni Mitchell
• Jamiroquai
• Black Sabbath
• Erykah Badu
• Earth Wind & Fire

Claire Finley

Davenport, Iowa, United States of America

• Primary Instrument: Bass
• Profession: Electric Bass Extrodinaire
• Website: http://www.myspace.com/ladybmusic

About Claire Finley

Hailing from the funk capital, Davenport, IA, Claire Finley is a Bassist / Producer / Arranger / 2008 Berklee College of Music graduate with a major in Electric Bass Performance as well as Music Business/Management. Her career began at the age of 4 taking classical piano lessons and playing violin until age 18. After the first few years in the "classical world" she decided to expand her arsenal with a plethora of other instruments including the one which became her main squeeze, the Electric Bass. Since attending Berklee, Claire has been given the opportunity to travel all over the world. She was a semi-finalist in the 2005 International Blues Challenge, Memphis, TN, participated in the first study abroad program in Athens, Greece, traveled with the Berklee West African Ensemble to Ghana for almost 4 weeks to study African drumming and dancing, performed for numerous Berklee recruiting events including one at a Los Angeles inner-city high school with Berklee Alum Dauwan Parker, and more recently at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. with Berklee Alumnae JOY. Claire works in the Berklee Admissions Office, and has represented the college during World Scholarship Tour many times in Boston, their Fall '06 trip to Los Angeles, their '07 trip to Chicago, the '07 International Bassists Convention in Oklahoma City, and their Spring '08 trip to Monterrey, CA, for the Monterrey High School Jazz Fest. Lady B was the recipient of the 2007 Wes Wehmiller Endowed Scholarship, the house bassist for Singers Night Fall '07, Storytellers '07 Spring, Storytellers '07 Fall, Storytellers '08 Spring, performed with Christopher Guest in Those go to Eleven: Christopher Guest Meets Berklee in Fall '07, was a featured student in the Berklee Bass Department Concert Spring '08, and was the main bassist for Berklee's 2008 Commencement Concert featuring Steve Winwood, Phillip Bailey, and Howard Shore. At Berklee she has played in numerous ensembles including; The Joni Mitchell Ensemble, The Hip Hop Ensemble, The Parliament Funkadellic Ensemble, The Neo-Soul Ensemble, and currently in The Bob Marley Ensemble. Lady B is the bassist in a funk/neo-soul band "Cole DeGenova & The People's Republic," offers private lessons, and works as a session bass player providing that stank nasty groove for countless projects around the globe. Lady B keeps the people on the dance floor with her funky style, high heels, and grace....on and off the bass....