A night with Victor Wooten...

[bornwelsh]

Spent last night at the Victor Wooten bass clinic in Melbourne; any other TBr's there or, at any of the other Australian events? Care to share your thoughts?

I found him to be an incredibly humble and inspirational person, I learnt allot and to my surprise, not just about playing bass…

Here’s a picture from last night.

 

[p0werslav3]

Very cool. It's awesome when you hear that one of the best bassists on the planet is also a cool guy.

 

[Khaled]

ya, do u think he could ever do such sessions in Egypt ? no?

 

[clefface]

how did you find out about that clinic it wasnt listed on his site

how did it go what bass/life lessons did you learn?

 

[soong]

Some pics from the night.

Vic don't look too happy..

 

[J. Crawford]

Who is the other cat, the one playing the 5 string with the ramp?

 

[funkmangriff]

what basses are these!

i love the green one!

 

[Akshat]

yea the green one is pretty sweet,just not the fretboard

 

[soong]

Who is the other cat, the one playing the 5 string with the ramp?

Aussie bass player by the name of Mark Peric, Touring and opening with Victor.

 

[soong]

what basses are these!

i love the green one!

Brubaker =)

 

[bstringkyle]

wow, Victor wooten is one of my all time favorite bass players, He is so smooth with his lines, He makes some of the best bass parts ever. I really like the the Stevie Wonder song "Overjoyed" That he does solo on bass. He taps the hole thing. It is amazing!!

 

[J. Crawford]

Aussie bass player by the name of Mark Peric, Touring and opening with Victor.

I have heard of him, but didnt know he was a big deal. Off to YouTube!

 

[LilRay]

Victor seems to be uber humble. And the Brubaker Basses look great. (Including the fingerboard)

God Bless, Ray

 

[bornwelsh]

Hey All,

Khaled, Egypt? Hey you never know your luck in a big city...

Clefface, I found out about the clinic through the website of my local bass shop, (www.basscentre.com.au) it was organised by a company called Thump Music with whom Mark Puric is associated.

As for lessons learned, there was quite allot for one evening, much of which dealt with losing baggage and forgetting the bass, so as to free yourself to play music...

Not sure I am getting the concept across and I could not possibly summarise it here. I am not normally the kind of person to do the whole DVD learning thing, but I will be seeking out some of Victor’s DVD’s and also books.

 

[clefface]

i would love to attend one of these, the best chance i have though is probly london if he wuold ever do them there, was there much participation involved or was it moore like a demonstraition(like did you take your bass or was it just vic)


and also any other pics of the night?

 

[T-MOST]

He is definately one of the coolest musicians you will ever meet. His skill speaks for itself. No question about it.

 

[bornwelsh]

Hey Clefface,

First part of the night was Victor playing, then he opened up for questions and the evening was very interactive. He got one guy up and playing his bass to demonstrate his theory on ignoring the bass in order to free your self to play music, it was really cool.

There was only two rules, no filming video (stills were cool) and no playing your bass during the session, which is fair enough as it would make it hard to hear questions and answers.

As requested, a couple more pics:

 

[clefface]

hahahaha he has the best "funk face" ever thanks

 

[MilkyMcMilkMilk]

The best part of Victor to me isn't his bass playing, which i like a lot by the way
but his view on life and he seems to always be himself.

 

[Thedeepend01]

I agree MilkyMcMilkMilk,

Being at peace with ones self makes it easier to put the Self aside while making room for the higher state of being to come in and steal the Cheetos!
2 ohm or not to 2 ohm.
Last time I saw him in performance was with his brother Regi (The Teacher) in Toronto...it was a spiritual experience!