Back in business!

[lukeward2004]

Hey folks,

Havent been on here for a while, used to frequent these forums quite a bit - havent been active for a while however!

Ive had a bit of a break away from the bass and gigging for the last 2 years, after the demise of my function band, but am now back at it with a vengeance since being asked to perform as part of a live band for a young and upcoming artist named Tara Deane.

A bit about me - been an out and out bassist for almost 15 years, have done gigs all over the place both big and small, and I love anything with a groove. Generally speaking I am a fingerstyle player, and I play by ear. I can learn anything I put my mind to, although I am a little rusty on things so im spending what little free time I have getting my chops back (including going through various slap exersises I used to nail in Stuart Claytons guidebook).

The past two years Ive been a competitive powerlifter, away from music, and generally just doing family things. Having seen many of my idols live, I am now ready to get stuck into something meaty, and am working with Tara Deane on her live act. I am also working with Rob Thom on some more originals stuff, but im predominantly playing and he is writing.

Some recent stuff:
[video=youtube;L1xlJcCJVMs]http://youtu.be/L1xlJcCJVMs[/video]
[video=youtube;-47KX50jxGg]http://youtu.be/-47KX50jxGg[/video]

Bear in mind I havent played for a while so im really sloppy!!!

For the gearheads out there - I play Warwick basses, my main axe being a Streamer Stage 2 5 string. Also have a Streamer LX5 as a backup, all through a Bass Pod XT Pro > Aphex Aural Exciter>QSC poweramp and out through an Epifani UL310 cab.

Looking forward to picking your collective brains and being part of this great community again!

[Allie]

Welcome Back!

Al

[madshadows]

Hi and welcome

John

[BassTractor]

We always knew our life in bliss wouldn't last.

Welcome back!
Enjoy the [s]forum[/s]... er... [s]forums[/s]... er... [s]forii[/s]... er... [s]fora[/s]... er... forum!
('n' teach me somt'n)


Bert

[obbm]

Welcome back Luke.

[discreet]

Welcome back.

[TheGreek]

Welcome back Luke

I went and had a look at Tara's video...nice voice and good tune:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MusicByTKD

[Westie9]

Welcome back to the fold Luke. Enjoy....

[lukeward2004]

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1401026553' post='2459266']
Welcome back Luke

I went and had a look at Tara's video...nice voice and good tune:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/user/MusicByTKD"]http://www.youtube.com/user/MusicByTKD[/url]
[/quote]

Thanks - would have been better if the video was with the ACTUAL band, rather than the dude who made the video miming everything. It looks pretty obvious to me he wasnt playing any of the parts in the video!