Ida Kristine Nielsen (born 1975), also known as Bass Ida, Bassida, and Ida Funkhouser, is a Danish bassplayer,

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Def ...

and

vocalist Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

. She is known for being a member of several bands, such as Belgian

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, Danish

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band Michael Learns to Rock, American funk band the New Power Generation, and funk rock trio 3rdeyegirl (2012–present). The latter two were backing bands for

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History

Nielsen started playing bass at age 16. During 1993–1998 she studied at the

Royal Danish Academy of Music The Royal Danish Academy of Music, or Royal Danish Conservatory of Music ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium), in Copenhagen is the oldest professional institution of musical education in Denmark as well as the largest, with approxima ...

and finished her diploma with electric bass as her major instrument. In 2008 she released her first solo album, ''Marmelade''. In 2010 Nielsen started working with

, and became a member of The New Power Generation as singer and bassist. She later became a part of Prince's musical trio, 3rdeyegirl, alongside guitarist

Donna Grantis Donna Grantis is a Canadian guitarist, best known for performing and recording with Prince & 3rdeyegirl. On September 30, 2014, Prince and 3rdeyegirl released their debut album, ''Plectrumelectrum'', which reached #1 on the Billboard Rock chart. ...

and drummer Hannah Welton. They toured the UK, Europe and North America, and in 2014 released their only album, ''

Plectrumelectrum ''Plectrumelectrum'' is the thirty-sixth studio album by American recording artist Prince, and first (and only) to feature his backing band 3rdeyegirl. It was released on September 26, 2014 by NPG Records under a renewed license to Warner Bros. ...

''. In 2014 Nielsen released her second album, ''Sometimes a Girl Needs Some Sugar Too''. Her first single, "SHOWMEWHATUGOT" (from her "TurnItUp" album) was hand-picked by Prince to be "Purple pick of the week" on TIDAL when it was released. Nielsen and Prince continued to work together until Prince's death in April 2016. Later that year, she released her third album, ''TurnItUp'' in his memory. In an interview with Danish National DR-TV in 2017 she underlined Prince's influence - to her music as well as her life: ''"The most important thing Prince taught me was to play with my heart. Always!"''

Discography

Album

* 2008 – '' Marmelade (as: "BassIda")'' * 2011 – '' Sometimes a Girl Needs Some Sugar Too'' * 2016 – '' Turnitup'' * 2019 – '' Time 2 Stop Worrying'' * 2020 – '' 02022020''

References

http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2016/08/25/turnitup-an-interview-with-ida-nielsen/

External links

TC Electronics Artist

Ida Kristine Nielsen at MySpace

Interview about playing with Prince in major Danish paper ''Politiken''

Ida Kristine Nielsen's solo discography with album releases and her credits on different albums
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