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Why did you choose the bass?

I'm not sure I ever chose bass, but as others have said it kind of just fell in my lap.

I started as a drummer, played for over 20 years and my first few bands were behind the kit and singing.

Here's where I get the heat from people....LOL. After we were engaged, my now-bride and I agreed to pay off as many of our debts as possible and began marriage in a good financial place. We both paid off our vehicles and coming close to the big day, I owed money on only two items. Her engagement ring and my kit at the time, a Simmons kit and amp. I sold that setup with enough profit to pay off the balance of the ring. We've been married for 28+ years and 3 kids so I guess it worked out.

I had a friend that had 4 or 5 basses around and he had no interest in gigging anymore. He offered to let me try one just to see if I liked it. I'd told him I was "instrument-less" without the drums and also that I'd tried guitar in the past with no success.

Probably because I'd spent so long as a drummer, the rhythm came easy to me and I found I could sense when a fill was coming and playing through drum breaks. And I found it was so much easier to sing while standing playing bass than sitting behind the kit. Within a year or so after getting that first bass I had an offer to join a band that desperately wanted a bass player that wasn't too hard to work with. The guitarist was a good friend and he spent a ton of time working with me. It was a great crash course in learning to play.
 
Bass chose me. I just instantly bonded with it. Growing up, the rhythms and bass lines in music stood out. After learning guitar, I picked up a bass one day and it all made sense in a way that guitar never did.
 
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