BB3000S Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) Hello everyone! As I've been lurking around here for some time I guess it's about time for an introduction. Name's Mattias, or Matt for short, saw the light of day in 1971 and started playing the bass as a 13-year old in 1984. I live in Uppsala just north of Stockholm with my wife and two kids, and spend my working days doing chemical engineering stuff within the biotech sector. My father who is a jazz pianist introduced me to the bass, or more to the point he patiently played jazz standards for hours on end with me while I was slowly absorbing how to play something meaningful and hopefully supportive on the bass. I'm incredibly grateful to him even to this day - I recall how magical it felt that I was part of playing real music, jazz no less! Never mind that I was playing scales either up or down for the most part. Well, it was fun, great fun, from the get go and I knew there would be no turning back. Apart from jazz which I played (and still do) with my dad and his guys, influenced by the 80's me and my pals went pretty deep into West Coast style pop/rock. Later on (90's-ish) I played in some more fusion-like constellations, and have also payed my dues in cover bands. Since ~00 I play more at home and less out than before, but the music is always there - perhaps I'm narrowminded but I can't imagine many things more fun than playing the bass! My current projects are a Robben Ford influenced type of blues band (though if I can help it without any tapping on my part) and a really fun band where we're mixing pretty AC/DC'ish guitars with more funky bass and drums and a singer that loves RHCP. For my bass playing at home I'm amazed and inspired by all the great stuff that's on Youtube - if only one could have been shown how to do Mark King's stuff back in the eighties... I'm very glad to have found Basschat, you guys seem to have a really nice place here. Thanks for reading through the ramblings of a bassoholic Swede! cheers // Matt Edit: Spleling error Edited August 10, 2009 by BB3000S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Welcome Matt.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Welcome Matt - hope you enjoy the forum BTW - Don't worry - Speling erros and pore gramma are very commun on this froum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Hej Matt. I was in Upsalla two weeks ago. If you posted earlier you could have saved me from the family from and we could have shared a beer or two! Welcome aboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB3000S Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 [quote name='yorick' post='564650' date='Aug 10 2009, 07:50 AM']Welcome Matt....[/quote] [quote name='skankdelvar' post='564962' date='Aug 10 2009, 02:47 PM']Welcome Matt - hope you enjoy the forum BTW - Don't worry - Speling erros and pore gramma are very commun on this froum.[/quote] [quote name='Low End Bee' post='564989' date='Aug 10 2009, 03:04 PM']Hej Matt. I was in Upsalla two weeks ago. If you posted earlier you could have saved me from the family from and we could have shared a beer or two! Welcome aboard.[/quote] Thanks guys, glad to be here. Low End Bee - that's too bad, if you ever make a revisit do let me know. Hope you enjoyed the town, it's pretty quiet in summer when all the students are away. There's still beer aplenty though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoe_BillySheehan Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Heyy Welcome to basschat Matt! Z x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB3000S Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 [quote name='Zoe_BillySheehan' post='565195' date='Aug 10 2009, 06:36 PM']Heyy Welcome to basschat Matt! Z x[/quote] Hey Zoe, thanks - good to be here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBobTTD Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Hello! Hope you enjoy it here. I do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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