Bass lessons? Oh, sure!

[hills1234]

Neil Finn has just released his new ‘supergroup’ album with a few friends like Wilco, Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway (Radiohead), Johnny Marr (The Smiths), KT Tunstall … Anyway in an interview this week there’s an interesting line about Finn giving his wife Sharon bass lessons ...

Neil and Sharon Finn combined on the catchy "Little by Little". It's their first official musical collaboration. "We have jams," says Neil. "Me on drums, Sharon on bass we're evenly matched on those instruments. We wrote a few things down..."

The conversation meanders. [Singer/songwriter Don] McGlashan informs the group that bass lessons are a euphemism. "You say, `I'm really interested in music, I'd love to learn an instrument'. He goes, `I could teach you bass'. In my experience, that never ends up as a bass lesson."

Liam [Finn, Neil’s son] screws up his face. "So, when you guys say you're having a `jam'..?"

Story is here
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment...new-supergroup

Bass lessons anyone … ?

[jordie65]

how unpleasant for Liam..

[aikakone]

I'm a Finn fan. Met him briefly a few times and had a great talk with Liam, who is a freakin' brilliant musician in his own right. Though primarily guitarists, both Neil and Liam have played bass on recordings, and I like their sounds.

Will have to share this on the Frenz board.

[Chickencha]

Anyone who has a chance should go see Liam Finn live -- preferably up close. He mostly plays guitar, but for a few songs he'll loop his guitar, then use an octaver (I believe a Micro POG) to lay down the bass line and loop that, and then go jump on drums. It's definitely cool to watch.

Haven't seen Neil, but would certainly like to.