Bilbo Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 What made you the bassist you are today? Years of playing, practising, listening, thinking, reading, arguing, watching, wanting Who do you think had the biggest influences on how you play now? Me – not as arrogant as it sounds. I believe that the information necessary to make you a good player is out there but it is you, how you think, where you focus you energies, how you process your experiences etc and what makes you tick that most defines what you become as a player. Where do you think you want to go from here? I want to make great music and don’t really care what part the bass plays in that. Why do you think you want to go there? Because I have listened to a lot of music and consider the music to have moved me most to have been created by great composers and great musicians not great instrumentalists. Do you believe you have a "personality" on the bass? Yes – I have a sound that is mine alone – whether anyone else likes it is another matter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer61 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 [quote name='deaver' post='461073' date='Apr 13 2009, 10:42 AM'][b]What [/b]made you the bassist you are today? Not playing between the ages of 22 - 44[/quote] Haha......17-40 in my case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clauster Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 [quote name='silddx' post='460946' date='Apr 13 2009, 01:51 AM'][b]What [/b]made you the bassist you are today? [b]Who [/b]do you think had the biggest influences on how you play now? [b]Where [/b]do you think you want to go from here? [b]Why [/b]do you think you want to go there? [b]Do you believe[/b] you have a "personality" on the bass? [b]Specialist question:[/b] [i][b]What [/b]is it you love about that 1971 P-Bass?[/i] [/quote] 1. Started out as a guitarist (and every once in a blue moon revisit that territory) but quickly got fed up playing with folks who treat the bass as a big guitar and just have to do it properly myself istead 2. Andy Rourke (The Smiths), Mani (Stone Roses), Tina Weymouth, Paul Simenon, Duck Dunn, Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters), Mike Dirnt, Bruce Foxton. 3. Still working on regaining the fluidity I enjoyed before taking a ten year break from bass. 4. Because I used to be good, now I'm just about competent. 5. Been playing mostly covers for the two years since coming back to bass - so not hugely right now, which is why I'm working on an originals project right now. 6. TBH I'd rather have one from the sixties (either white or black please). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Some interesting answers here [b]What [/b]made you the bassist you are today? - [b]Playing in bands since I was 14 or so [25 years][/b] [b]Who [/b]do you think had the biggest influences on how you play now? - [b][s]Steve Harris[/s] [s]Larry Boothroyd[/s] Rob Wright[/b] [b]Where [/b]do you think you want to go from here? - [b]Bigger gigs[/b] [b]Why [/b]do you think you want to go there? - [b]Because I haven't done many big-uns[/b] [b]Do you believe[/b] you have a "personality" on the bass? - [b]Yes - other peoples copied badly and combined in a right din[/b] [b]Specialist question:[/b] [i][b]What [/b]is it you love about that 1971 P-Bass?[/i] - [b]The fact all my heroes - Geezer, 'Arry, Dobby, John McCoy, Bob Daisley, Jimmy Bain, Peter Baltes, Marcus Grosskopf, Rob Wright, Rob McKillop, Matt Freeman, Trevor Horn all had them. And Brian Fox. Probably. Never owned one meself though - must try harder.[/b] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassworm Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Dunno where my musicality came from, but I'd like to know where the F*£* it went...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 [b]What made you the bassist you are today?[/b] Started off as a cellist at the age of 7, later progressed onto piano & double bass, then onto electric. So classically trained, learned to improvise and play by ear the hard way - Live! Got into jazz in my late 20's. So in short, a whole lotta playing! [b]Who do you think had the biggest influences on how you play now?[/b] An odd list of suspects - John 'Rhino' Edwards, Mark King, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, etc... [b]Where do you think you want to go from here?[/b] I think we all get better and better every day - Just siezing opportunities as they come along [b]Why do you think you want to go there?[/b] I want to be the best bass player I can be... [b]Do you believe you have a "personality" on the bass?[/b] Slightly quirky & non-conventional, but solid and reliable at the same time. [b]Specialist question: What is it you love about that 1971 P-Bass? [/b] A burpy '71 jazz bass would have been much better. I don't get along with P's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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