Bass Player

Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?

A: only bass players sound like bass players on the bass

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What your goals are for the project that i am going to work on? what kind of artists do you pull from?

Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A: Do as much work as you can by yourself until you hit a wall. Then give me a call!

Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?

A: My bass, mark bass tube amp head, eden cab, quarter inch cable...and i guess an electricity generator so it could all work.

Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

A: I started playing and studying when i was 15 but didn't start practicing a lot of hours and playing gigs till i was about 17. I then went to colleague and studied music business. I continued in College to play gigs and travel with different music groups. One semester i went to The Contemporary Music Center (CMC) in nashvillle in the artist program and learned a lot about recording and playing live with music that was more geared towards artistry. After i graduated college i moved to Knoxville TN where i have lived and traveled from since 2013.

Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

A: Professionally i have played in a lot of different situations. I have spent a lot of time playing CCM and Gospel. I studied jazz and have played jazz for many years. I also love R&B, Hip-Hop, Electronic music, Rock and Bluegrass. And like most musicians these days i have also recorded with and played with a lot of singer songwriter/folk musicians.

Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

A: Most of my work comes from playing on an album. I will have meetings and talk about what they are thinking for different tracks and then i will send multiple different takes of the same song and go from there.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I am able to see the good things and bad things in a song. Because of that i am able make informed suggestions and decisions in and out of the song to get the best possible result.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Its different song to song. some of them i know exactly what I'm thinking but depending on the artist it is a different process.

Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

A: I am a music fan in general so i draw inspiration from a lot of different producers and musicians.