I am a new member here having recently gotten back into the bass after a 19 year hiatus. I picked up bass in High School and gigged and jammed with my professional quaility musician friends who lent me gear and gave me lessons.......which my parents payed for! ( you can guess where that money went!!)
i went to college at a school with a very good music conservatory. Once again musician friends of all types. I became a true participant in 1990. I managed a nationally touring Blues rock band and then opened and ran a 450 seat concert hall in Ithaca NY for a year. I have many stories from the late 80's early 90's as the band I managed helped break Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors and PHISH. We all in the hung out and gigged all over NY state and beyond before everyone signed. Good times.
Flash forward 20 years of being a high end Chef, consultant and salesman and my son picks up guitar at my urging. After 4 years lessons and barely practicing he was bitten. The moment he started to REALLY love music I surprised him with a PRS SE guitar to replace his beginner strat. Suddenly I had to make him STOP practicing!! I bought him a Gretch electromatic for his past B-day which he will not put down.
I knew he has hooked when he sold his xbox one to upgrade is Fender Mustang 20 to a Tube amp.
His passion inspired my to get back in it!! I bought a Geddy Lee MIJ to start because my old bass was a 73 Jazz with Alembics and a bad Ass2. Great bass but I always wanted an Alembic and I am not a poor student anymore!! I found that as an adult my hands are 20x more coodinated than when I was 17! 16 years of working my hands as chef must have helped out dexterity wise!! Now I am hear to stay. i am jamming with my son, his teacher..( i take his lessons when he cant make it...I pay monthly!) ANd my friends in the restaurant business many of whom play on the side.
Anyone else close to my age find inspiration in their kids. I did inspire him first.....He has been listening to Mahvishnu, Zepplin, Zappa, Bowie and progressive rock since he is 3 or 4!! Seeing my son develope real chops made me want to join in so badly. Finally I just did it!! Would love to hear some stories.
i went to college at a school with a very good music conservatory. Once again musician friends of all types. I became a true participant in 1990. I managed a nationally touring Blues rock band and then opened and ran a 450 seat concert hall in Ithaca NY for a year. I have many stories from the late 80's early 90's as the band I managed helped break Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors and PHISH. We all in the hung out and gigged all over NY state and beyond before everyone signed. Good times.
Flash forward 20 years of being a high end Chef, consultant and salesman and my son picks up guitar at my urging. After 4 years lessons and barely practicing he was bitten. The moment he started to REALLY love music I surprised him with a PRS SE guitar to replace his beginner strat. Suddenly I had to make him STOP practicing!! I bought him a Gretch electromatic for his past B-day which he will not put down.
I knew he has hooked when he sold his xbox one to upgrade is Fender Mustang 20 to a Tube amp.
His passion inspired my to get back in it!! I bought a Geddy Lee MIJ to start because my old bass was a 73 Jazz with Alembics and a bad Ass2. Great bass but I always wanted an Alembic and I am not a poor student anymore!! I found that as an adult my hands are 20x more coodinated than when I was 17! 16 years of working my hands as chef must have helped out dexterity wise!! Now I am hear to stay. i am jamming with my son, his teacher..( i take his lessons when he cant make it...I pay monthly!) ANd my friends in the restaurant business many of whom play on the side.
Anyone else close to my age find inspiration in their kids. I did inspire him first.....He has been listening to Mahvishnu, Zepplin, Zappa, Bowie and progressive rock since he is 3 or 4!! Seeing my son develope real chops made me want to join in so badly. Finally I just did it!! Would love to hear some stories.
