I am a Bass God

      bow down before me.

     yeah baby.

      not only that, but I made this website an' I draw stuff too!

      Ok, ok, I'm not really like that. People tell me I'm great, but this whole thing is a lark really, I'm humble about my abilities. On my first day at music college I learned there are always people who are worse than you, and there are always people who are better than you. But I don't subscribe to the notion of superiority among artists.

      Different people have different ways of making art, no one is inherently more valuable than another. Things only have the value you assign to them. Hopefully, you will assign a value of about $15 (US) to our next CD so I can stop risking my hands every day fixing up people's homes and concentrate on making more music. Fewer staircases and shelves. That'd be nice.

      When I was 6 years old (I think), I saw a black Hagstrom Bass just like the one I'm holding in this picture which belonged to Brian Fox, who was my older brother's best friend from 3rd grade on, and for all intents and purposes my other older brother. I wanted to be cool like Brian and play that thing, plus it only had 4 strings. So it seemed it would be easier to learn than guitar. which has 6, normally. Now of course I play 6 string bass, so, -so much for that, but I'm not one of those frustrated guitarists who couldn't hack it as a guitarist, I always wanted to play bass. I tried a 7 string but it was pointless.

      I was about 14 when I got guitar lessons, since we had one in the house. I learned G major, Michael row the boat ashore, and Sundown, by Gordon lightfoot. I also figured out Barracuda by Heart, (the band Heart, I mean.) But I wanted a Bass and next year got one, thanks mum and dad! :) -well this seems to be turning into a musical autobiography, but I have to go do something else now so I'll come back to it later.

      Cheerio!