I've been playing bass since August 2006 but I feel like I should have been playing bass my whole life.

I started on piano at 8 and cello at 10 (still play it too). Then it was various choirs, musicals, and theatre productions, some guitar, and a little banjo. If there's an instrument around, I'll usually try to play it.

Bass has become my favorite instrument, my life, my reason for being...actually it's my reason for going to work every day to support this incessant habit.

I love to perform, play with people, and learn things from other bassists. My biggest challenge is to get all the boys (the other area musicians) to take me seriously. Once I get on stage and show them my groove, and they find themselves not only doing the head bob, but dancing, I know I've made myself clear.

My Gear:
Hamer Slammer 4-String (my first bass)
Ibanez Artcore 4-String
Hartke 250W 2X10 Combo

In the Works:
Eden CXC 4X10 Combo (I'm almost there!)

Wishlist:
Warwick Corvette Standard Fretless Passive 4-String (I MUST HAVE THIS BASS NOW. It is essential to my being)
a Wah pedal
a distortion/overdrive pedal

Musical Influences

• The Cat Empire
• The Beautiful Girls
• The Decemberists

Favorite Recordings

• Failure - Wonderful Life (Sounds like my friend on the bass)
• RHCP - Purple Stain
• Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) - The Decemberists