Ahhh, the girls the girls the girls...
RIGHT down my line of sight- And every time I needed the restroom, or wanted a $450 pretzel for lunch with a $675 Coke, I had to walk past the little pose the threesome did with some grinning Yazoo from East Farley Music House and BBQ in Waffleburg, well I don't wanna insult anyone from any state here. so...
Of course it all got old after Day 1; the din from the drumming, the noodling from the guitarists, and the constant SLAP city from every bassist who thought themselves a hawt dawg...
Now let's take Lee Sklar-
As low-key as can be- except for the "Santa" beard, he could be a normal Joe, or maybe a clerk at Whole Foods-
He would NEVER pick up an axe and get that sneering "bad-***" look and slap the bass like he's the toughest slap-mutha on Earth.
Yet- Who's he worked for/with? How does he play? What builders want HIM to be their "Guy"?
You all know the answers , or should.
I personally do NOT like to play in a Music Store or a show, especially like NAMM- I like to perorm, I like to rehearse, I like to mix with other players to create and produce, and I certainly like to dig in by myself and get better- What did Lee tell me in our brief talk?
"My career came without challenges- I studied Classical piano starting at age 4, and by the time I was in High-School band I had the complete Classically-trained background. They needed a Double-Bassist, and I tried it, and said Hey, I LIKE this!
The rest just happened."
Almost verbatim btw, but the message is- Lee was a reader, he knew theory, and when he took upo the Bass, and ultimatley Bass Guitar, he was a trained, complete musician, not a six-gunning slap-happy whatever.
Lee Sklar. Wow. Sheldon Dingwall was being his bud, as he was taking delivery of (2) basses shown at NAMM, which he (Lee) liked a lot- But he also uses a "parts" bass because the instrument is a tool to a player of his caliber.
WOw- let's get back to the Guitar Wenches, this stuff is too deep!
Don't recognize those outfits in the pic; first day little short skirts/tops were Black, then red, then- I forget.
One of my co-workers HAD to make the comments about how he'd like to.... Yea, OK. Chix dig that huh?
Often wonder about Women... (talk about opening up trouble with a capital T)
They know wassup, they're paid to act/dress like Barbie?bimbo, yet I remember once talking with an ummm- "Exotic Dancer" and I was there solely for research you understand-
Who was studying Music Composition out here at Cal-Arts with Wadada Leo Smith, who is a skilled and reknowned (in that circle) Jazz composer/Trumpet player.
She was making a buck dancing
sans clothing, and certainly was smart, and also told me of Leo's propensity for chasing women (read: students) who were not his wife.....
I could tell some stories too, about some WELL-KNOWN players. but--- No, I won't.
So maybe those Showgirls were studying Nuclear Physics at Stanford, and were making bat-eyes at the Show patrons for a couple hundred a day, how the he** do I Know??
Better yet- Do I care?? NOT unless they came over and said' Oooh Elnjaybass, we love a Man who plays a Laredo"
Not gonna happen. Then again...
Women- Go figure. What do they think??
Are they laughing, are they thinking about the new Rickenbackers, do they want shoes??? I GOTTA KNOW!
What DO Women Want??!!!
all I have to say is 