SEEKING
Band to Join.ABOUT
NEW, NEW, NEW!!! Current as of DECEMBER 2015!!!
Fender Bass Player in Hesperia, willing to selectively travel in the High Desert or to the Inland Empire, is looking for working bands with gigs to join up. Let's have fun and watch people dance!!! I love a down and dirty groove (ala SRV) but there is always a time and place for something more easy-going and mellow.
I graduated from Berklee in 1989. I can do the 16th note finger funk, the blues, boogie, swing, jazz, latin, rock. I can follow the dots but prefer real book style chord charts.
If your music will support a lyrical, unpredictable but feel good, groove style of playing, let's talk.
Let's save each other some time and let me also say that if you're looking for a steady, rock solid, pick thumper or thumb slapper, my playing will not be for you.
Also, I do not do bass gymnastics or religious affiliations.
- Screen name:
- Boom-Boom Bassington
- Member since:
- Sep 07 2011
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
- Years playing music:
- 30
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- 2-3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
As a Bass Player, for me, it all begins and ends with Motown. James Jamerson brought the Fender Electric Bass to the forefront of modern music. His integration of jazz theory and syncopated rhythms combined with Leo Fender's Precision instrument paved the way for the Electric Bass to be not just an instrument to be felt but also to be heard! Counter melodies and voice leading became as much to a Bass Player's arsenal as down-home dirty grooves. When Jamerson plays, it FEELS like a bass. George Clinton calls it: Fender Bassing.
However, to give due credit, I owe a lot to Phil Lesh. Phil has been the source of endless joy for his bouncy, angular lines and uncanny improvisational intuition. Both Jamerson and Lesh came from jazz and classical composition backrounds. But while Jamerson's playing feels like a bass, Lesh's playing sounds like the left-hand of a classical counterpoint. Totally different styles but then again, not so different.
Oh, and BTW: Asleep at the Wheel is by far the greatest live dance band. ever!!!
Instrument experience:
- Bass Guitar:
- Advanced
EQUIPMENT
Main Instruments:
Custom Fender (PJ style EMG active pickups)*
Tube Works 4001 (Tube Direct Box)
ART Pro Channel (Tube Pre-amp)
Boss GT-10B (Bass Effects Processor)
Carvin DCM 2000L (2000 watt power amp)
2 - Carvin LS 1523 (Dual 15” 3-way mains)
Other Instruments:
Custom Fretless Jazz (passive)*
Fender HMT (hollow-body electric w/piezo bridge)*
Alvarez 6-String ^
Squier Precision ^
Squier Strat
1965 Johan Rauner Upright (5/8th scale)
Ibanez Nylon-String Classical Guitar
Strings:
La Bella Deep Talkin' Black Nylon Flatwounds *
Carvin Nickel-Plated 4 & 6 String Roundwounds ^
Other Amps:
Behringer BX1200 (120 watts, 12” speaker, wedge style)
Fender BXR 200 (200 watts, 15” speaker)
Pignose Hog 30 (30 watts, 8” speaker, battery powered)
MUSIC
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They Love Each Other (Guitar Solo) - Hunter, Garcia; Skull and Roses, June 2011
They Love Each Other (Guitar Solo) - Hunter, Garcia; Skull and Roses, June 2011
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City of New Orleans (Bass Interlude) - Goodman; Desert Sage, July 2006
City of New Orleans (Bass Interlude) - Goodman; Desert Sage, July 2006
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Deep Elem Blues (Groovy Verse) - Traditional; Desert Sage, July 2006
Deep Elem Blues (Groovy Verse) - Traditional; Desert Sage, July 2006
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Girl at the Crossroads Bar (Bass Solo only) - Bryson; Desert Sage, July 2006
Girl at the Crossroads Bar (Bass Solo only) - Bryson; Desert Sage, July 2006
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Ramble on Rose (Bass Solo only) - Hunter, Garica; Suns of the Dead, April 1997
Ramble on Rose (Bass Solo only) - Hunter, Garica; Suns of the Dead, April 1997
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I Know You Rider (Guitar Solo only) - Traditional; Skull and Roses, Aug. 2011
I Know You Rider (Guitar Solo only) - Traditional; Skull and Roses, Aug. 2011
Skull and Roses @ the Golden Sails Hotel in Long Beach August 2011
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1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Solos) - Thompson; Desert Sage, 2003
1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Solos) - Thompson; Desert Sage, 2003
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(Walk me out in the) Morning Dew - Dobson (Video)
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1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Thompson (Video)
1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Thompson (Video)tLLrli-WGBA