I was a computer programmer from the 80's and wanted to be cute and put DBASS, but typed the software name DBASE by mistake. Once saved I couldn't change it.
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Obvious spin on Geddy Lee. My guitar player calls me Keddy all the time (my name is Ken).
I'm in a Rush tribute band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9QGEbbiGlQ
I'm in a Rush tribute band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9QGEbbiGlQ
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scottbass
Bass lines like a big, funky giant
I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.
- Aug 21, 2003
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Exploiter8
Demons run when a good man goes to war
I didn't know how to spell bassist when I was little so it stuck. And kkm are my initials
Im a huge Stephen King fan and loved the novella " Rita Hayworth And The Shawshank Redemption"
And considering the prison was close by where i used to live and when i was new to everything in computers i used the name shawshank for everything to make it easy.
But someone at talkbass beat me to it so i had to use 72 my birth year.
And considering the prison was close by where i used to live and when i was new to everything in computers i used the name shawshank for everything to make it easy.
But someone at talkbass beat me to it so i had to use 72 my birth year.
Nickname since highschool.
Jazz because it's all I listened to back then and Ad because it's the beginning of my last name.
Only musicians and people online use it nowadays.
Jazz because it's all I listened to back then and Ad because it's the beginning of my last name.
Only musicians and people online use it nowadays.
Twocan was a nickname branded upon me in college - partially due to the size of my nose and further influenced by my tolerance.
My last name is spelled M-O-N-N-O-T, and is pronounced maun-aut (sorry, Jazz Ad - it's been Americanized). But invariably people pronounce it like the French painter's name Monet, so I just went with it. Hence the "Water Lillies" bass in my avatar.
Went with some friends a LONG time ago to see a movie - Hollow Man, in fact.
There was the standard series of "upcoming" movie posters along the side of the theater, including an advertisement of "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius". Someone in my little crowd piped up and said, "Hey Tim, look, shouldn't it be TIMMY Neutron, Boy Genius?" Ostensibly because I'm smart and stuff.
Anyway, another of the crowd poked the bear and says, "More like Neurotic Tim!" Possibly because I'm neurotic. Or because I'm not. I'm not quite sure on that point.
Anyway, the name stuck, and eventually I created a hotmail account. Then a bunch of other sites. Then came Talkbass, and all the cool, bass-related names were taken.
:shrug:
There was the standard series of "upcoming" movie posters along the side of the theater, including an advertisement of "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius". Someone in my little crowd piped up and said, "Hey Tim, look, shouldn't it be TIMMY Neutron, Boy Genius?" Ostensibly because I'm smart and stuff.
Anyway, another of the crowd poked the bear and says, "More like Neurotic Tim!" Possibly because I'm neurotic. Or because I'm not. I'm not quite sure on that point.
Anyway, the name stuck, and eventually I created a hotmail account. Then a bunch of other sites. Then came Talkbass, and all the cool, bass-related names were taken.
:shrug:
The "dw" are my initals.
I was around 16 years old, had only been playing a brief while, and was trying to get into playing jazz, hence the "jazz".
And, no joking aside, the same name with the year of my birth or any other significant number was taken. So I picked a random one.
I was around 16 years old, had only been playing a brief while, and was trying to get into playing jazz, hence the "jazz".
And, no joking aside, the same name with the year of my birth or any other significant number was taken. So I picked a random one.
