Favorite bands :
Black Sabbath, Testament, Spiral Architect, Dio, Iron Maiden, Cream, Mozart, Watchtower, Eric Clapton stuff, Slayer, Judas Priest, Blotted Science, Red Hot Chili Peppers, old Metallica, Cryptopsy, Alice In Chains, the late great Jaco Pastorius, Cynic, Weather Report, Coroner, Victor Wooten, Iced Earth, some Hendrix, Symphony X, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, Blue Oyster Cult, Marcus Miller, Atheist, Quo Vadis, Stanley Clarke, Pantera, Domenico Dragonetti, Megadeth, Cannibal Corpse, Bach, Death, Children Of Bodom, Nevermore, Dream Theater, old In Flames, Opeth, Deep Purple, Control Denied, Steve Vai, Tool, Necrophagist, Mastodon, Giovanni Bottesini, Guns 'N Roses, Yes, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Primus, Motorhead, Joe Satriani, Rush, The Who, and most music like that. Almost ANY kind of metal (mostly progressive and thrash), the blues, jazz/fusion, classical, funk, and classic rock. I avoid -core music and modern "rock" like the plague.
Favorite guitarists :
Uhh, John Petrucci, Jeff Hanneman (no, not Kerry), Marty Friedman, Dave Mustaine, Tony Iommi, Jeff Loomis, Satch, Larry LaLonde, Dimebag, Malcolm Young, James Hetfield, Gary Moore, and Chuck Schuldiner. I like good rhythm players.
Favorite bassists :
Steve Harris, Roger Patterson, Stanley Clark, Geddy Lee, Alex Webster, Greg Christian, Marcus Miller, Jack Bruce, Cliff Burton, Steve Digiorgio, Eric Langlois, Les Claypool, Martin Mendez, Michael Lepond, Geezer Butler, Charles Mingus, Tony Choy, Justin Chancellor, John Myung, Chris Squire, John Paul Jones, Bottesini, Jaco Pastorius, Vic Wooten, Lemmy, Duff McKagan, John Entwistle, Stefan Fimmers, Lars Norberg, Ron Royce, Dragonetti, and a few others I can't think of at the moment.
Favorite books :
A Song of Ice and Fire, The Shining, The Green Mile, White Fang, Call Of The Wild, and various random books I pick and forget all about within a couple months. I like most books. Except Twilight. I hate Twilight.
Favorite tv :
That 70s Show, CSI, Family Guy, Futurama, Law & Order, and not much else. I'm not much of a TV person.
Favorite movies :
1408, Eight-Legged Freaks, Dodgeball, The Day After Tomorrow, Blades Of Glory, and things that fall under their general genres (Suspense, horror/comedy, comedy, disaster, etc.).
Well, my first experience at music was in the school Orchestra on the upright bass about three years ago. There, I learned to read standard notation, basic theory, and that sort of thing. A couple years ago, I saw a Slayer concert with my dad and form that point on, was turned on metal and rock. So I decided I would learn to play bass guitar and saved up for a cheap one and a practice amp. After about six months, I was able to buy a second-hand Epiphone Thunderbird (I know, I could have done better) and a off-brand combo and started playing. I got the hang of the bass guitar pretty quickly, it's similar enough to the upright. I then met a couple of guitarist friends and we decided to start a band, just for fun. It never really panned out, and we became more jamming partners than an actual band. I've also picked up a bit of guitar and violin. I like experimental bass playing that still holds the song together (ala Steve Harris, John Myung) and guitar-like bass solos (Cliff Burton, Thunderfingers) and generally eschew root-note pounding, and only will do it if I'm covering a song or it's necesarry for the song. I've started to get into some progressive and technical metal as of late.
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CurbstompBass profile, last updated : July 29, 2008
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