Bass-Driver Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Hi all, I've finally decided to register... And I know I'm not the first Pole here My name's Jarek, I've been playing the bass for 18 years, which is over half of my life... I live in Warsaw - as some of you may probably know, it's a capital of a beautiful but neglected country called Poland. I've recorded several albums but somehow always failed to get sufficient income out of playing to make music my main occupation so - since I "didn't need no education" (which means dropping out of uni) - I always had to do menial jobs that would enable me to keep myself alive AND have some spare time to spank my basses. Now I'm "self-employed" and provide my services as User Care Support to a rapidly growing Polish social media website for proffessionals, which is quite a nice (even if a bit underpaid) job, actually. I've been playing a wide variety of music throughout my "career" (inverted comas are meant to be there ) - from hard rock through gothic rock and prog-rock to neofolk and shanties. Actually, I still play the last genre (along with some folk-rock and Polish rock covers) with my cover band (which is also the only band I've ever made regular money with). My main band is called Night Rider - what we play is essentially hard rock with a dash of Marillion and Dream Theater-inspired prog rock. We've just recorded (and released) our debut album My main bass is an Alembic Essence 5, bought 2nd hand several years ago - it's my ultimate bass I intend to keep forever. I also have a Fender Geddy Lee Jazz (which I like a lot), an '84 Ibanez Roadstar II fretless (which I like) and a Malinek fretless 5-string (which I used to like). I plug into a Carvin R600 head and pump air using an SWR Henry the 8x8 (with Night Rider) or a DMNF 1x15 (with WZM - the shanties/folk/cover band). That's about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 [quote name='Bass-Driver' timestamp='1365281795' post='2037716'] ...I know I'm not the first Pole here [/quote] And I'm sure you won't be the last! [size=4] [/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Hey Jarek, Welcome to BC. Great write up in your intro. I'm sure you can teach a lot to many of us. Enjoy the site and our banter. best, bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Driver Posted April 7, 2013 Author Share Posted April 7, 2013 Thanks for the welcomes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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