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About
- Location:
- Triad area, Old North State
- Current Setup:
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Horst Grunert Lott Model Bass (1985) w/Bel Canto strings
Shen Gemunder 7/8 Bass w/Spirocore weich strings
Dupree German bow
Fender USA 1976 Maple Fretless Precision Bass
Fender USA Precision Plus fretted bass (1989-90?)
Fender Jazz Fretless (ebony Warmoth neck?) no date
GK MB150E
Ampeg B-50r
TC Electronic BH-250
Hartke HD 12" cabinet
Mesa-Boogie Walkabout 15" cabinet
Shure SM57 (for pathetic vocals)
- Favorite Genres:
- Classical, jazz, rock
- Gigs and Ensembles:
- I direct a strings program at an arts academy and teach music theory. I'm abd for a PhD in Music Theory from CCM. I've been a member of the Lexington Philharmonic (KY), the Greensboro Symphony (NC) and performed with many regional orchestras including the Winston-Salem Symphony, Roanoke Symphony, and Charleston (SC) Symphony. Played touring musicals, ballet, opera etc. Taught as adjunct professor in music theory at UNC-Greensboro.
- Previously Owned Gear:
- The stuff I've let go over the years makes me depressed, I'll leave it at that.
- G.A.S. List:
- Albert Jackstadt double bass, Abraham Prescott double bass, MusicMan Sabre Classic, G&L L-2000, G&L JB, Reid Hudson french bass bow
- Influences and Teachers:
- Teachers: Charles Medcalf, Richard Topper, Lynn Peters, Jack Budrow. Way too many others to name ranging from Jack Bruce and Billy Cox to Steve Swallow and Dave Holland. Side note: one of my sons toured as a bass player and pianist with The Avett Brothers from 2011-2018.
- Hobbies and Interests:
- tennis, speaker restoration
- Available for Instruction?:
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- Bass Guitar Instruction
- Double Bass Instruction
- Teaching Credentials:
- BM Double Bass Performance, MM Music Theory, AP Music Theory certification, K-12 music certification, extensive college teaching experience in music theory as adjunct professor.
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Beethoven's response to the contemporary music critic Gottfried Weber: "Ach du erbärmlicher Schuft, was ich scheisse, ist besser, als wie du je gedacht"
