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11-09-2006, 09:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Washington D.C. | | | You guys ever use an alias on a session?
I did a session this summer that i wasn't particularly proud to be a part of.... but it paid really well. (I'm assuming most of you have been there..) I asked for an alias to be used in the album credits, however i just got the CD and there it is, the name that appears on my birth certificate. haha.
Anyone ever do something like this? (if someone coughs up a funny story about the session i'll tell mine)
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11-09-2006, 10:54 AM
| | | Many times I have found it crucial to use an alias on sessions and on gigs.
I think it's best never to let her have my real name or phone number. Less hassle with the wife that way. 
I'll be here all week. Try the veal. |
11-09-2006, 11:11 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | | I usually play really embarrasing gigs and sessions under the psudonym "Alex Spradling". It's just cleaner that way for me. |
11-09-2006, 12:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Los Angeles | | | when someone wants me to autograph the CD, I usually sign "Paul McCartney"... |
11-09-2006, 01:13 PM
| | | | I've recorded the last few albums with Keith Jarrett under the alias "Gary Peacock". |
11-09-2006, 01:17 PM
| | Purveyor of spalted bass porn. | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Grand Rapids, MI | | | Hunter Holms (my pornstar name--middle name, street i grew up on) or Derek Smalls... |
11-09-2006, 04:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Washington D.C. | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by TroyK I usually play really embarrasing gigs and sessions under the psudonym "Alex Spradling". It's just cleaner that way for me. | That name has gotten be banned from every club in the DC metro and greater baltimore area. |
11-09-2006, 04:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Washington D.C. | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by musicman5string I've recorded the last few albums with Keith Jarrett under the alias "Gary Peacock". |
I can never hear what the $#%@ you're playing. |
11-09-2006, 08:38 PM
| | | | Neither can Keith; he's mumbling all over my sh!t. |
11-10-2006, 08:31 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oklahoma City, OK | | | Well, over time I've gone by various psudonyms, such as Chuck Rainey, Willie Weeks, or my favorite nick name, James Jamerson, which is actually an alias on top of an alias, seeing as how I normally recorded all of my Jamerson sessions under the name of Carol Kaye. |
11-10-2006, 10:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Washington D.C. | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by ElMon Well, over time I've gone by various psudonyms, such as Chuck Rainey, Willie Weeks, or my favorite nick name, James Jamerson, which is actually an alias on top of an alias, seeing as how I normally recorded all of my Jamerson sessions under the name of Carol Kaye. | In that case you gotta explain your beef with scales and modes to me. |
11-10-2006, 10:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | | I haven't used it yet, but as a white guy living as a bassist in Hawaii, I've got one at the ready; "Major Haole". |
11-10-2006, 11:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: London ON | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by musicman5string Neither can Keith; he's mumbling all over my sh!t. | Loved this little exchange in the thread. Made me laugh out loud.
Mr Peacock. Thx for posting.  |
11-10-2006, 11:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Philadelphia, PA | | I know I've played some gigs that have payed well, but I wish I could have worn a mask... |
11-10-2006, 12:06 PM
|  | Less barking, more wagging! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | | A friend who is a well-known touring musician often registers in hotels using a name other than his own in order to safeguard his privacy.
When someone calls the hotel, they won't get through unless they know the name he's registered under.
The hotel employees don't divulge the fact that he's staying there because his name isn't ever input in the hotel's computer system (reservations are made under the name of his label, manager, etc.).
Although he's not a drummer, the last time he was in town, he told me to call his hotel and ask for "Perry Diddle." |
11-10-2006, 12:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | | A saxophonist friend sometimes uses "Junior Mintz". |
11-10-2006, 12:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson I haven't used it yet, but as a white guy living as a bassist in Hawaii, I've got one at the ready; "Major Haole". | You have GOT to use that! I'd steel it, but it wouldn't work in Seattle. |
11-10-2006, 12:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oklahoma City, OK | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Alex Spradling In that case you gotta explain your beef with scales and modes to me. |
Scales and Modes were devised largely by Bach, who was a well-known alcoholic, and besides, I actually played MOST if not ALL of Bach's recorded Basslines. Yet not a penny of mailbox money. I"m calling Bach's agent. |
11-10-2006, 03:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boston & Arizona, USA | | | Toni Clifton
I have used a number of one shot pseudonyms in the past to mess with MCs who know me at local open mics. |
11-10-2006, 05:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by TroyK You have GOT to use that! I'd steel it, but it wouldn't work in Seattle. |  Glad someone caught that! |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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