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properly and return the compliment. My family was visiting my extended family in Canada during New Year's, and I had never played for a crowd before. First blood being drawn, my fiendish addiction to live music faced its birth. My grandfather was a bassist for the Jazz Loft Project. My great uncle

age of 12 came and killed Goliath through his trust and faith in God. Davis is an example of spiritual maturity because even while the rest of the Israelites were afraid, David went and won the battle through his maturity. Moreover, Geddy Lee, the bassist, keyboardist

James Hetfield, the front man for Metallica, and an inspiration to musicians around the world. When you think of the band Metallica, there's no way you don't think of him. Born on August 3, 1963, in Downey, California, to a truck driver and light opera singer(1), both believers of Christian Science, James Alan Hetfield must have had a strange childhood. At the age of 9, Hetfield began taking piano lessons. Not long afterwards he began playing on his brother's drums, and at the age of fourteen

Charlie Haden, a stupendous bassist, composer and inveterate activist, is no longer among us to follow the release of this record, the last one under his name. “Time/Life: Song for the Whales and other Beings” comprises five tunes that fall under the direction of Carla Bley, co-founder of Haden’s revolutionary and politically charged Liberation Music Orchestra, first appeared in 1969. The bassist, who died in 2014, only participates in the opening and closing tunes, Miles Davis’ “Blue in Green” and

Sounding the Seventh Trumpet and Waking the Fallen In mid-2001, it was reported that former bassist Justin Sane had attempted suicide by drinking excessive amounts of cough syrup. The attempt had an impact on the band's Take Action Tour. After lead guitarist Synyster Gates joined the band, at the end of 1999 when he was 18, the introductory track

Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. The group was formed in 1983 by guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist David Ellefson, shortly after Mustaine's dismissal from Metallica. A pioneer of the American thrash metal scene, the band is credited as one of the genre's "big four" with Anthrax, Metallica and Slayer, responsible for thrash metal's development and popularization. Megadeth plays in a technical style, featuring fast rhythm sections and complex arrangements. Themes

Before they found any success, the members of the band unanimously decided to kick out bassist Brent Wilson because he was not contributing enough musically or lyrically, and he was replaced by Jon Walker. After a matter of 2 days of posting their music online, a very well-known band, Fall Out Boy, happened to come across their music and loved

This book brings you on the journey of each member’s journey. Bassist Nikki Sixx lived a life revolving around girls, drugs, alcohol, and rock and roll. With having his mom arrested at age 14 and attempting to stealing his first bass guitar only to realize it was a regular electric guitar Nikki Sixx grew up challenging

A persistent curiosity is drawn when we hear the music of Chicagoan Jason Roebke, a forward-thinking avant-garde bassist who's conquering more and more space within the modern jazz styles. Throughout a career than spans for 20 years, Roebke has recorded with drummer Mike Reid, trumpeter Nate Wooley, cellist Tomeka Reid, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, and the Chicago quartet Klang. The recordings under his own name are established with a variety of formations – solo, typical guitar and clarinet trios

returns to the stage with a bass clarinet to blow percussive pops and deliver an amazing solo on a danceable extra tune. The final act, entitled Songs for a Free World, joined clamorous jazz and expressive dance. By turns, saxophonist Oliver Lake and bassist William Parker, who presented their own compositions, led a big band that comprised vocalist Fay Victor, saxophonist Ras Moshe, trumpeter Vincent Chancey, the honoree pianist Cooper-Moore, and percussionist Hamid Drake, among others. Vision is an