The thing that's really rewarding is when people will say to me that they had actually given up the bass, but are going to start again because the online school seems like a good idea.
From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do with my father, who was a bass player. And he loved music, you know, as much as anybody Ive ever seen. And that dynamic I just thought as somehow was a straight pass to me.
I played a bass player and a singer in a movie once, but I totally lip-synced to everything.
Rick Bass is one of the best writers of his generation.
I was in George Martin's studio in Amsterdam and he was telling me, 'They come in here and it takes them three days to do a bass line. ' Well I'm not from that era.
When I came into Metallica, I had to do justice to Cliff's work, but I also had to put my own signature on it. No one could be Cliff Burton; Cliff Burton was the Jimi Hendrix of bass.
I think a double bass for me would be too much effort. But the cello, you're really engaged and the sound is kind of right here. So, it feels like being merged, married to an instrument.
No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.
So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument.
I'm the quiet bass player.
I even played bass for a while. Besides playing electric guitar, I'd also get asked to play some acoustic stuff. But, since I didn't have an acoustic guitar at the time, I used to borrow one from a friend so I could play folk joints.
I have assigned many of my father's basses to students, without endangering their lives. Also, they do no harm to the fingers.
I never picked a bass up before Sabbath started
I need one more bass less.
Black Sabbath was written on bass: I just walked into the studio and went, bah, bah, bah, and everybody joined in and we just did it.
But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix.
I'm not a musician, I just play bass.
Folks call me Ellis. I run an auto shop with a couple of my buddies. We're also in a band. I play bass.
I love sequencing and programming, and I'm drawn to drum 'n' bass music. I love James Murphy's productions - and hey, he wears my socks!
I don't show just anyone how to crust a sea bass. That's sacred information.