Tandro Posted July 11, 2010 Posted July 11, 2010 Hi to Everyone, Just registered and figured I should introduce myself. I started playing bass years ago. Learned on acoustic guitar (as that was my only introduction to anything with strings) but 'always' with the intention of playing bass when I could actually afford an instrument! At that time I was the only person I knew who actually 'wanted' to play bass. Had a band with some friends, just mainly for our amusement but its was an absolute blast. We played music together and surfed together. For various reasons as many people could say, I stoped playing. Fast forward to late last year, and I got the desire to start playing again after I saw my idol Victor Wooten at the London Jazz festival (might I say that was awesome, as it was the Flecktones and they were billed with Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea and Lenny White). I started hanging around Denmark Street for no apparent reason, recently buying Bass Guitar Magazine and taking in playbassnow.com. I wish I had gear to speak of, but nope. I got a 'bass' (duh), but I have my heart set on getting a warwick...I should have never ever visited the gear porn section. I like any type of music really, and love live music. I grew up on Dub (reggae dancehall) where the song is basically 2 chords and the entire bassline is 3 notes throughout the song ad inifitum, but I loved it. My head could not stop boping to the bass line and that was it for me. I am listening to Mahavishnu Orchestra as I write this, met my idol Victor a couple months ago and even got to hold his bass!!!, saw Pearl Jam a couple weeks ago, and going to see Stanley Clarke and Bella Fleck this week coming. I am very much a newbie! I have forgotten most everything I used to play. But my focus since starting back is to learn to sight read, I need to achieve that. Anyway thats it basically...darn that was kinda long, sorry. Hope to learn stuff here and get new ideas. Anyways, off to have a Sunday Lunch... Tandro Quote
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