{"id":7006,"date":"2012-03-08T05:34:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T05:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=7006"},"modified":"2012-03-08T05:51:40","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T05:51:40","slug":"the-joy-of-being-a-musician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=7006","title":{"rendered":"The Joy Of Being A Musician"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The%20Joy%20Of%20Being%20A%20Musician\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>As my 47th birthday has been approaching, I&#8217;ve been reflecting on a few things&#8230; OK, it&#8217;s more because of the fact\u00a0that for my birthday\u00a0Greg bought me a 12 string Takamine guitar and I&#8217;m going to town!&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I can already play &#8220;Tambourine Man&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>Where was I&#8230; \u00a0Oh yes. \u00a0As my birthday approached, I&#8217;ve been reflecting on my life, and those things that have helped me become a better, more confident person. As a kid, I had absolutely no confidence in myself at all. Learning to dive in high school was a good start, and i still remember throwing that one &#8220;Perfect Dive&#8221; that will stay with me for as long as the brain cells are still firing. But, becoming a bass player, and musician, has probably made the more tremendous difference in my life.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong, the Sonic-Mate soars above all else, but that is a topic for a different post. i want to talk about music on this one.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking about the various bands that I&#8217;ve been a member of that have been a great influences on my life.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tribe Called Mike &#8211; My first band in college. OK&#8230; We were horrible\u00a0musicians&#8230; \u00a0I take that back. We weren&#8217;t horrible&#8230;. But we weren&#8217;t that good either. But we had a great time, and I was forced to sing and play bass in that band. That set the stage for my next misadventures.<\/p>\n<p>RareForm &#8211; My long-time San Diego band. These quality musicians chose to have me play bass with them. Though looking back I should have, I didn&#8217;t have any confidence at all as a bass player, and these guys helped me recognize I was better than my low self image would allow me to admit.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Plays Guitar &#8211; What a great creative experience. I got to write my own bass lines, record two\u00a0great\u00a0albums in a professional studio setting (thanks Pete Wolf), and, most of all, got to watch a group of younger\u00a0musicians\u00a0grow to become excellent musicians and songwriters in their own right. Patrick Reetz is one of the most creating songwriters I&#8217;ve ever had the pleasure of working with&#8230; \u00a0And Chris&#8230; \u00a0Er Tweed&#8230; \u00a0You&#8217;ve become so much more than I could have imagined when we first started out.<\/p>\n<p>Acoustic Highway &#8211; I love doing harmonies and have always been very good at it, but i never really got a chance to open up and let my talent fly until I became a member of this band. It&#8217;s a dream come true really. I used to HATE doing falsetto, but, in no small part, thanks to the prodding of the master Steve Kuykendhal, now I am very comfortable reaching for the sky. You should hear us do &#8220;Seven Bridges Road&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Martin &#8211; That you so much Jim Rust for helping me fulfill the desire to do a Simon and Garfunkel type band, and teaching me how to play acoustic guitar!<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah&#8230; \u00a0Cliff&#8230;. \u00a0I now have a 12 string! Can already play &#8220;Tambourine Man&#8221;!!!! \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The%20Joy%20Of%20Being%20A%20Musician\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>As my 47th birthday has been approaching, I&#8217;ve been reflecting on a few things&#8230; OK, it&#8217;s more because of the fact\u00a0that for my birthday\u00a0Greg bought me a 12 string Takamine guitar and I&#8217;m going to town!&#8230; Yes, I can already play &#8220;Tambourine Man&#8221;! 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