ScotAlexander

Description:

Screen Name:

ScotAlexander

Sex:

M

Age:

35

Studio Musician:

Yes

Level Of Commitment:

Touring

Years Playing Music:

20

Gigs Played:

Over 100

Tend to Practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to Gig:

2-3 time(s) per week

Most available:

Nights

Scot Alexander
Age: 35

Years playing: 20

Musical study: Jazz Improv, String Ensemble, Music Theory (Santa Barbara City College)

Musical Accomplishments:
*Dishwalla' "Counting Blue Cars" reaches #1 @ Rock, Modern Rock, Active Rock, AAA, Hot AC, Top 10 @ CHR (Pop)
*Dishwalla' "Pet Your Friends" Certified Gold
*Billboard Award "Rock Song of the Year" 96' "Counting Blue Cars"
*ASCAP Award for "Rock Track of the Year" 1996,1997' "Counting Blue Cars"
*Dishwalla plays live for John Stewart Show, Conan Obrien, Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno, Craig Kilborne, Dini Patty (Canada)
*Toured with Dishwalla for over 12 years throughout Europe, Asia, North America and Middle East
*Dishwalla has shared tours with Cheryl Crow, Goo Goo Dolls, Tonic, Beter Than Ezra, Jewell, Blind Melon, Gin Blossoms, Lenny Kravitz, Refreshments, Styx, Stabbing Westward, The Verve Pipe, and many others
*Featured in Bass Player Magazine several times and at the release of every Dishwalla album
*Endorced by such companies as: Fender Musical Instruments, Guild, Warwick, SWR, Gallien Kruger, D' Addario Strings, Dunlop, Demeter Tube, Simple Shoes

www.myspace.com/scotalexander
www.esession.com/scotalexander
www.broadjam.com/invisiblemonster

Bio: Born in Lihue, Kaui, Hawaii and raised in the musical hot-bed of talent in the 70's (Joe Walsh, Kenny Loggins, David Crosby, Joe Cocker, Jackson Browne, etc)... Santa Barbara, CA.

Scot cut his teeth, learning the instrument during a time when his local heroes, Toad the Wet Sprocket were releasing their first independent album and were quickly snatched up by Columbia records. A realization was soon made... "Hey I can actually do this!"
With the help of Toad's bassist Dean Dinning loaning him an amp and a new set of strings for his first ever recording session, he was from then on addicted to the art of creating albums.

During this time Scot was playing in several bands and studying Jazz improv, String Ensemble and music theory in city college. ("it was really just about playing as much music as possible, but my it grew my musical vocabulary tremendously").

Scot served as bassist for the band Dishwalla for over 12 years. The band was certified platinum and had the #1 multi-format hit "Counting Blue Cars". The song earned a Billboard award for "Rock Song of the Year" and was also awarded "Rock Track of The Year" by ASCAP in both 96' and 97'. Dishwalla had several other singles which charted and made 3 more studio and 1 live album. The song "Once In A While" (peak position #10 @ Active Rock) which Scot wrote was the first single off the second album. With Dishwalla, Scot has contributed to several movie and television soundtracks and still holds a publishing deal with EMI as a songwriter. Over the last 12 years Scot has enjoyed playing on several albums including Amy Grant's "House Of Love" and for many independent level artists.

Scot is currently living in Boise, Idaho playing with several local artists and doing many sessions between the Boise and Salt Lake City areas although, mostly enjoys the freedom of working from home/online.

Regardless of musical style or genre, Scot is always able to come to the table with unique ideas which contribute something interesting to the song although never "getting in the way". "The SONG is the first and foremost priority in all pop music". "I just love the process and pushing myself to accomplish different styles and sounds. That's the fun stuff... Digging deep into your musical vocabulary and creating something new".

Influences:

Musical References/Styles I play/enjoy: (I am VERY open-minded! I am mainly attracted to strong melody though)
Rock/Alt/Indie Rock: Radiohead, Oasis, Muse, Stone Temple, Death Cab For Cutie, U2
Singer/Songwriters: Nick Drake, Damien Rice, Graham Nash, Cat Stevens, James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Diamond, Leonard Cohen,
Pop: Colby Calliat, Katy Perry, One Republic, Augustana, Lifehouse, Incubus
60's,70's,80's: Beatles, Stevie Wonder, ELO, Badfinger, Earth Wind & Fire, Beach Boys, Zeppelin, Sly and Family Stone

Equipment List:

Basses/gear:
75' Fender Jazz, 81' Fender Precision, 76' Rickenbacker 4001, Epiphone Thunderbird, Ernie Ball Stingray, Stingray Fretless, 60's Kay shortscale
Amps: Ampeg B-15, Ashdown MAG 300 head, SWR 2x12 cabs x2, Ashdown 4x10 & 1x15. Ampeg SVT 8x10, SansAmp RBI, QSC Powerlight 1400wt power amp

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