Bilbothebassplayer Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Hello everyone! This forum looks so interesting, I am looking forward to chatting with like minded bass people! I started playing bass because my friend on the estate I lived on played guitar and when I said to him "I am thinking of learning guitar" he said "don't play guitar, play bass instead. Then we can jam". Who knows if he was saying that because he wanted a bass player or just didn't want the competition, but I am very glad he did because the past 15 years of playing has been amazing. Just like most people, life hasn't been a straight line but I am glad that the bass guitar has always been a constant. when I start playing I was 15 years and my favourite band was Mr. Big and now that I am 30, I would say my music taste has journeyed all over but if you asked me to give you a rough overview of the kind of stuff I like to listen too, I would say; Jazz fusion Stuff (Tribal Tech, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Hiromi etc.) Prog (Zappa, Steven Wilson, Gong) and IDM (Jojo Mayer, Squarepusher, Evan Marien). However! for the past 15 years most my gigs have been classic rock and function band stuff, it is only recently over the past 5 years where I have moved into musical theatre and more original stuff. My influences as a player would be: Steve Lawson Hadrien faraud Squarepusher Steve Jenkins Rufus Philpot Andres Rot Janek Gwizdała and many many more (included Jaco of course) but hopefully this list will give you an idea of the type of stuff I like to play. I am really looking forward to seeing what comes of my time here in this space and I hope to have some good chats with you all. My dog is now begging me for his dinner as it's 2 minutes past tea time, so I shall end my post here haha. All the best 3 Quote
Richard R Posted Saturday at 18:05 Posted Saturday at 18:05 (edited) Welcome aboard! Lots from the Midlands here, I'm in Solihull. Eventually we'll get another Midlands Bass Bash organised, but "really life" keeps getting in the way. Are you going along to the UK Bass Show ? There will be a few BassChatters there on stands and I think Steve Lawson is doing a live session. Edited Saturday at 18:07 by Richard R Link to other thread 1 Quote
Goliath_FX Posted Saturday at 20:56 Posted Saturday at 20:56 Wlcome Bilbo! If you do go to the Bass Show pop by and say hi! 1 Quote
Bernmeister Posted Sunday at 13:08 Posted Sunday at 13:08 I’m not entirely sure if I’m going to attend. As I’ll be away on my hols. I do return on the night of the 1st March. If I’m not working on the 2nd, I’ll put in an appearance. 1 Quote
Bilbothebassplayer Posted 16 hours ago Author Posted 16 hours ago On 01/02/2025 at 18:05, Richard R said: Welcome aboard! Lots from the Midlands here, I'm in Solihull. Eventually we'll get another Midlands Bass Bash organised, but "really life" keeps getting in the way. Are you going along to the UK Bass Show ? There will be a few BassChatters there on stands and I think Steve Lawson is doing a live session. I will indeed be at the Bass show! I am looking forward to it, I haven't been to one before. Steve's a legend, so I will deffo be going along to that. Quote
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