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A quick run down of my musical life:
When I was in junior high I began discovering music that struck me, as opposed to music that felt familiar (like my parent’s music). This was mostly Metallica (the first song I heard of theirs was “Enter Sandman”, so this was after they had already become “mainstream” and blown up), NWA (which I memorized completely verbatim), and Nirvana (again my introduction to them was “Smells Like Teen Spirit” their ‘breakout single’ which all hardcore Nirvana fans I am sure despised and griped about) but for me this music was raw, pure, and extremely riveting. I gravitated towards anything heavy, and fell headfirst into the local underground scene, which was full of freaks, lunatics, and overall playful, strange, creative people.
I begged my parents for a crappy guitar, and after three quick lessons I formed a band with my best friend, and we set out to lose ourselves in heavy metal. To this day I do not know THE SLIGHTEST musical theory, I don’t understand notes or chords or anything like that… I taught myself to play by basically remixing the songs I loved best, or combining riffs from different songs. Or I would take a hook (like the opening guitar in Black Sabbath’s “Ironman”) and play it at various alternate speeds, trying to change up the feel but maintain the essence.
About this time, my Uncle Joe (who has always been a bohemian world traveller) started bringing me hand drums and teaching me beats. He would leave me with cassette tapes of brazilian Samba and Batucada beats. As I learned to play the drum, my ability to keep time with my band mates improved significantly.
A quick run down of my musical life:
When I was in junior high I began discovering music that struck me, as opposed to music that felt familiar (like my parent’s music). This was mostly Metallica (the first song I heard of theirs was “Enter Sandman”, so this was after they had already become “mainstream” and blown up), NWA (which I memorized completely verbatim), and Nirvana (again my introduction to them was “Smells Like Teen Spirit” their ‘breakout single’ which all hardcore Nirvana fans I am sure despised and griped about) but for me this music was raw, pure, and extremely riveting. I gravitated towards anything heavy, and fell headfirst into the local underground scene, which was full of freaks, lunatics, and overall playful, strange, creative people.
I begged my parents for a crappy guitar, and after three quick lessons I formed a band with my best friend, and we set out to lose ourselves in heavy metal. To this day I do not know THE SLIGHTEST musical theory, I don’t understand notes or chords or anything like that… I taught myself to play by basically remixing the songs I loved best, or combining riffs from different songs. Or I would take a hook (like the opening guitar in Black Sabbath’s “Ironman”) and play it at various alternate speeds, trying to change up the feel but maintain the essence.
About this time, my Uncle Joe (who has always been a bohemian world traveller) started bringing me hand drums and teaching me beats. He would leave me with cassette tapes of brazilian Samba and Batucada beats. As I learned to play the drum, my ability to keep time with my band mates improved significantly.
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BtBaM27 Nostalgia Worship <3 Enthusiasm is Contagious
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naturewalkin check him out on the world cafe interview on npr http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=152780966&m=152815995
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Guldurs Bass Head is a fucking awesome music bomb.
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cometbus good stuff
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rosanak UGH LISTENING TO BASSNECTAR WATCHING BAMBI JUST SO HAPPY UGH
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bazilisk_ Hit or miss for me. The tracks that hit hit completely home, down the center of the plate. Gorgeous.
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Bassrush Massive
Orleans Arena, Las Vegas NV, United States
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Electric Daisy Carnival 2012
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, United States
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Bassnectar
La Machine du Moulin Rouge, Paris, France
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News
UGLY – OFFICIAL VIDEO + TICKET CONTEST
17 May 2012 | from www.bassnectar.net
We are thrilled to unveil the official video for “Ugly ft.
Amp Live”. After several absurdly fun film shoots, months of
editing @duttonfilms,
- AMORPHOUS MUSIC MIXTAPE VOL.7 16 May 2012 | from www.bassnectar.net
- UGLY FT. AMP LIVE 16 May 2012 | from www.bassnectar.net
- VAVA VOOM – LORIN’S LINER NOTES 15 May 2012 | from www.bassnectar.net
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