Evan Marien is an award-winning bassist, composer, producer, author, educator, and 3D artist, born and raised in Decatur, Illinois. He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2009 and has lived in the NYC area since 2010.

Known for his collaborations with virtuoso drummer Dana Hawkins, he has also performed in the bands of Tigran Hamasyan, Wayne Krantz, Tim Miller, Virgil Donati, Elliot Moss, Justin Brown’s NYEUSI, and had the honor of being the last bassist to perform in guitar legend Allan Holdsworth’s band.

His latest release, “Elysian” features Dana Hawkins, Tigran Hamasyan, Fredrik Thordendal, Plini, Intervals, J3PO, Tim Miller, Cory Wong, Zac Zinger, Button Masher, and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson.

You can hear his bass playing on albums from Nick Johnston/Gavin Harrison’s “Early Mercy”, Tigran Hamasyan’s critically acclaimed “The Call Within” and “Manifeste”, Virgil Donati’s “In This Life,” and “Ruination” and Steve Hunt’s “Connections”, and the Tim Miller/Steve Hunt collaboration album “Changes”.

You can also hear his bass playing on the Mitski song 'Nobody,' for which he received a gold record for participating on the album 'Be The Cowboy,' as well as on the songs 'Should've Been Me' and 'That's Our Lamp', from her album 'Laurel Hell’.

In partnership with MadeMusicStudio, Evan has composed music for renowned brands such as AT&T, Lexus, and NPR. He won a 2022 CLIO award for composing the sonic logo and anthem for Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

As an author, he has written numerous books about his distinctive Hexatonic method for the bass guitar, as well as created video courses describing his specialized right-hand technique. His first book, 'Transcriptions Vol. 1,' was an Amazon Best Seller in its first week of release and featured in Bass Magazine.

Evan is an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he specializes in providing private lessons to the next generation of contemporary musicians.