Sean Malone

Sean Malone was an American musician who played primarily fretless bass guitar and Chapman Stick. He is most famous for his work in American band Cynic, in which he developed a strong partnership with the drummer Sean Reinert. He has written four books on music theory and given presentations at conferences such as the Society for Music Theory.

About Sean Malone in brief

Summary Sean MaloneSean Malone was an American musician who played primarily fretless bass guitar and Chapman Stick. He also played piano, keyboards, and guitar. He is most famous for his work in American band Cynic, in which he developed a strong partnership with the drummer Sean Reinert. Malone has made one album under his own name, Cortlandt, which was released in 1996 and reissued in 2007.

In recent years, he became an Ibanez endorser and started playing a custom IbaneZ SR5005E 5-string fretless, most notable for the recording of Cynic’s Kindly Bent to Free Us. On December 9, 2020, Paul Masvidal announced that Malone had died. He has written four books on music theory and given presentations at conferences such as the Society for Music Theory.