- Age:
- 18
- Sex:
- Male
- Location:
- Dallas, TX
- Current Setup:
- Electric Bass:
1972 Fender Precision Bass w/ added J - pickup
Ocean 5 string
Fender Squire Jazz Bass w/ added Bartolini pickups, Hipshot tuners (D - tuner), Badass Bridge, and Tonestyler toneshaper
Acoustic Bass:
Unknown Czech Bass (assumed)
Amplification:
Gallien Krueger MB 120
Markbass Little Mark 800
Markbass 4x6 New York Cab
Markbass 1x12 New York Cab - Previously owned gear:
- Gallien Krueger 700 - RB II
Gallien Krueger 4x10 Goldline Cab - G.A.S. List:
- Pre - WWII 7/8 Juzek Upright Bass
- Gigs, Bands, & Ensembles:
- Numerous performances throughout the DFW metroplex, many venues, such as: The Door, LaGrange, Life in Deep Ellum, Club DaDa, Talley Dunn Art Gallery, etc. I play with the Booker T. Washington HSPVA MIDI Ensemble, Latin Ensemble, and Jazz Combo.
- Influences and Teachers:
- Christian McBride, Scott LeFaro, Lynn Seaton, Larry Grenadier, Ron Carter, Sam Jones, Jimmy Blanton, Rufus Reid, Paul Chambers, Jaco Pastorius, Matthew Garrison, Hadrien Feraud, Verdine White, James Jamerson, Bob Babbit, Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner, etc. Musicians in general that inspire me are my mother (Dallas Symphony violist), my father (freelancer), my Aunt Allegra (Santa Fe and Sarasota Opera), Mike Mitchell, Matthew Babineaux, Ben Hickson, Alex Silver, Buddy Mohmed, Andrew Griffith, Kent Ellingson, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, The Funk Brothers, Michelle Mackey, Corinne Bailey Rae, Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen, Oscar Petereson, etc.
- Favorite Genres:
- Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Funk, R&B/Soul, Gypsy
- Available for instruction:
- Texas
- Areas of Instruction::
- Double Bass (Jazz), Bass Guitar
- Teaching Credentials:
- I have no credentials as a teacher, and have only taught a lesson or two to little kids, however, I am interested in teaching, and anyone who is interested and willing to take a shot on a 16 year old, then please contact me.
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