About
Photo by Dan Kazinski
Eric Madunic is a veteran multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer with a music career spanning nearly four decades. He began performing at a young age, playing keyboards and singing in his father’s 1950s and 1960s rock and roll cover band. His formal music education took shape at Milwaukee Trade & Technical High School, where he studied drums, percussion, piano, guitar, and voice. During his senior year, Eric received the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, the highest interscholastic honor awarded to an outstanding senior jazz musician.
Following high school, Eric became a fixture in the Southeastern Wisconsin music scene, performing extensively as a keyboardist and vocalist. In 1997, he added bass guitar to his repertoire, which has since become his primary live performance instrument and professional focus.
Eric is a multiple Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Award recipient. In 2006, he earned his first WAMI Award for “Cover Band of the Year” with Milwaukee-based cover band Old Mil. As a member of the original soul/blues group Tweed Funk, he received WAMI Awards for “R&B/Soul Artist of the Year” in 2015 and 2017. In 2013, Eric won the WAMI Award for “Bass Player of the Year” and has since been a nominated finalist in that category in 2014, 2015, 2024, 2025, and 2026.
In 2016, Eric served as chief songwriter, producer, and arranger for Tweed Funk’s album Come Together, contributing bass, Hammond organ, Rhodes electric piano, guitar, and backing vocals. In 2017, he joined the Willy Porter Band, providing bass guitar and backing vocals for the nationally recognized singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso.
Eric has toured extensively throughout the continental United States and Europe. In addition to his touring and performance work, he is an in-demand studio session and freelance musician. He is endorsed by Bergantino Audio Systems and proudly uses their bass amplification.
Following high school, Eric became a fixture in the Southeastern Wisconsin music scene, performing extensively as a keyboardist and vocalist. In 1997, he added bass guitar to his repertoire, which has since become his primary live performance instrument and professional focus.
Eric is a multiple Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Award recipient. In 2006, he earned his first WAMI Award for “Cover Band of the Year” with Milwaukee-based cover band Old Mil. As a member of the original soul/blues group Tweed Funk, he received WAMI Awards for “R&B/Soul Artist of the Year” in 2015 and 2017. In 2013, Eric won the WAMI Award for “Bass Player of the Year” and has since been a nominated finalist in that category in 2014, 2015, 2024, 2025, and 2026.
In 2016, Eric served as chief songwriter, producer, and arranger for Tweed Funk’s album Come Together, contributing bass, Hammond organ, Rhodes electric piano, guitar, and backing vocals. In 2017, he joined the Willy Porter Band, providing bass guitar and backing vocals for the nationally recognized singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso.
Eric has toured extensively throughout the continental United States and Europe. In addition to his touring and performance work, he is an in-demand studio session and freelance musician. He is endorsed by Bergantino Audio Systems and proudly uses their bass amplification.
What people are saying...
"Bassist Eric Madunic rustles up comparisons to James Jamerson or Carol Kaye....." - The Extended Play Sessions
""Eric's bass line on "Love Ain't Easy" (Tweed Funk) sports a near Richard Bona-type "pumping in the pocket" style. He definitely knows his stuff and his work is supportive and yet, has a life of its own." - Bluebird Reviews
"From the intro the listener knows what the band is all about as the horns are popping over Madunic’s killer bass line that is perfectly in time with Schoepke’s drums." - Rex & The Bass
"The bass slinks in like Jamerson with a Coffey styled guitar riff similar to "Ball Of Confusion" as the horns urge Smokey to "Light Up The Night" then bassist Madunic doubles down on Hammond organ and the backing vocals of Chrissy Dzioba and Sara Moilanen lightens the mood on the Curtis Mayfield-like anthem "Don’t Give Up." - Big City Blues Magazine
"...Eric Madunic steals the show with a Motown groove straight out of the James Jamerson playbook..." - The Extended Play Sessions
"Bassist Eric Madunic and drummer Dave Schoepke have mastered the art of keeping a groove." - Elmore Magazine
"King of bass!" - Vinnie Paul (Drummer for Pantera, Damageplan, & Hellyeah)
"It's like Billy Cox and Bob Babbitt had a soul baby!!" - Dave Schoepke (Drummer/Clinician)
