england smith Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 If you could ask Rocco Prestia anything, professional or personal, what would you want to know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.I. Joe Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Could I have your job? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
england smith Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 TOP might not be in need of a Bassist, but the have been on the hunt for a new lead singer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Who are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1378055754' post='2195228'] Who are you? [/quote] [size=4] [/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.I. Joe Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 [quote name='england smith' timestamp='1378055609' post='2195225'] TOP might not be in need of a Bassist, but the have been on the hunt for a new lead singer. [/quote] But I wouldn't be asking TOP if they might be needing one, I'd be asking Rocco if I could do it instead of him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
england smith Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 I am a business owner that soptlights different artists. I was given the opportunity to interview Rocco, and I decided that his fans and fellow musicians should ask the questions. My website is www.spajuves.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I'd ask; when are you making a second solo album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Never heard of him/her/it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrismanbass Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 "[color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]Francis "Rocco" Prestia has built one of the pillars which support the modern [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bass"]electric bass[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]. He is a master of [/size][/font][/color][i]fingerstyle funk[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], a technique that he interprets in a very personal way. Prestia lightly mutes the strings with his left hand to get a percussive sound with the pitch remaining clear and accurate. That characteristic sound, in combination with a highly inventive melodic approach to bass lines makes Prestia's sound unmistakable.[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif] [size=3]With [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jamerson"]James Jamerson[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Clarke"]Stanley Clarke[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Jackson_(musician)"]Anthony Jackson[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonso_Johnson"]Alphonso Johnson[/url], "Rocco" Prestia belongs to the generation of bassists that, a few years before, made possible the great revolution on the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bass"]electric bass[/url] that [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaco_Pastorius"]Jaco Pastorius[/url] entailed with his innovations on mid-1970s. The influence of Prestia over the great bassist, that Jaco recognized openly, is clear on classic [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Power"]Tower of Power[/url] tracks as the 1973 hit "What is Hip". On the other hand, Rocco cites [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jamerson"]James Jamerson[/url] and the different musicians who worked for [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown"]James Brown[/url](particularly [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootsy_Collins"]Bootsy Collins[/url]) as his main influences.[/size][size=2]"[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif] If you don't know who he is check out tower of power (the band he plays for) [/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpMW7WrUW4o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpMW7WrUW4o[/url][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcL23m9QuaM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcL23m9QuaM[/url][/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 [quote name='england smith' timestamp='1378056251' post='2195248'] I am a business owner that soptlights different artists. I was given the opportunity to interview Rocco, and I decided that his fans and fellow musicians should ask the questions. My website is www.spajuves.com [/quote] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I think the "Who are you" question was for Rocco Prestia, not for you!![/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Can you show me where the caps lock key is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan_da_man Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Do people still crack out that who are you line? Guess that's why you haven't heard of Google either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Can you give me some lessons ?? Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I'd ask about the first gig he had when he didn't have to bring or set up his own gear. Bliss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I'd ask him if we could take the photo again as I posed with him a couple of years ago after a TOP gig at the 02. Unbeknown to me, the camera had run out of battery so there was no photo recorded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigd1 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Who ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyhornpipe Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I would ask him 'what is hip'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Do you know your name is an anagram of '[color=#000000][font=verdana, arial, sans-serif][size=4]Erratic Scoop'[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, arial, sans-serif][size=4]Is this how you set your EQ?[/size][/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leroydiamond Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Do you know who I am ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikenbass Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 [quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1378161410' post='2196600'] Do you know who I am ? [/quote] 'This is not a game of who the f... are you.' (Geoff Vader, Death Star Canteen.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) We did a funk gig in York years ago to raise money for your recovery from serious illness. In fact, the monthly funk night was called Bump City. We didn't raise much, but I hopefully it was enough for a hospital room for another night and maybe some grapes and Lucozade with the change. Edited September 3, 2013 by Roland Rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Are you named after wrestling legend "Rollerball" Rocco? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve G Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Does he really talk like that when he's not being interviewed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigman Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 got any spare change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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