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James Bowens

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PLZ NO PROFANITY IN YOUR COMMENTS...IM NOT TRYIN TO HATE, I JUST DONT PREFER IT ON MY PAGE. THX!!!I play bass guitar at Upton United Methodest Church. Chris Byrd is our minister of music. Ive been playin bass for about 4 -5 years. I started out on drums then went to keys. I never really achieved the level of playin that i wanted to on drums or keys but I am trying to achieve that level on bass. I have no formal training. I play completely by ear. If any one out there have any tips for me to work on jus let me know or if u know any good teachers in my area. I currently have a Warwick Corvette standard,Hohner Professional B Bass V, and A Fender Jazz Deluxe active 5. My main rig is a Carvin B800 head with a Avatar 4-10 neo cabinet. I also have a SWR Goliath Jr. Cab, SWR Triad cab, a Ampeg B-1 Head with a 12" Cabinet.An Ampeg 4-8" cab. A peavey 2-10" cab. A Peavey Practice amp. A Zoom effects pedal which i mainly use for a tuner and a Tascam CD-BT1MKII CD trainer which is a miracle worker! If you know me then u know im a church clown. I love to make a good "funny" when ever i get the chance. Ive done christian standup comedy but im working on branching off into being a comedic writer for plays


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My Interests

Playin music, chess and jus bein goofy..

I'd like to meet:

Id like to meet my Pastor....(im jus playin Pastor Pat...he he)Darrell Freeman, Victor Wooten, John Patituccci, Fred Hammond, Joel Smith, Pino Pallidino, Thadeous Tribbett, Rapheal Saadiq Debra Killings and a few of my new myspace friends

Music:

IM CURRENTLY SPINNING-DONNY HATHAWAY TUNES....I think everybody shud own Quincy Jones- Q's Juke Joint...its jus some good ol' music. Mint Condition- Definition of a Band- nobody makes music like this anymore. Lisa McClendon-Live at the House of Blues- Nothin like good singing with a live band thats holdin it down.Some of my favorite artists are Anthony Hamilton, Fred Hammond, Debra Killings, Glenn Lewis, Marvin Sapp, Commissioned, Witness, Alicia Keys, Thomas Whitfield, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, Anything Darrell Freeman plays on. Rudolph Stanfield. I also like some mello rock from the 70's like Crystal Gayle, James Taylor, America, Fleetwood mac, Credens clear water revival, Ambrosia, Steve Miller Band, Air Supply. 80's stuff i like Phil Collins, Talkin Heads Toto, Reo speedwagon, Bonnie Tyler, Wham, THe Romantics, Terence Trent D'Arby, Eddie Money, Matthew Wilder, Bertie Higgins, Dan Fogelberg, Paul Young, Men At Work, Yes, Foreiner, After the Fire, David Bowie, Prince, Stevie Wonder, After 7, 5 Star, Micheal Jackson. The John Mayer Trio is pretty good also. I like all music except hard rock and hard gangsta rap. Ill listen to almost any thing with live musicians.

Movies:

I currently have in concert on DVD...Glen Lewis, Lisa McClendon, mint Condition, Marvin Sapp, Debra Killings, commissioned, Alicia Keys, the annointed pace sisters, Eric Clapton, Lexi, prince, james brown, angie stone, Bassday 98, the winans, joss stone, israel and new breed, marcus miller, Standing in the shadows of motown, L spenser smith, and numerous instructional videos. I like collecting Concert DVD's.Some of my fav movies are-twister,the ringer ,somethin about mary, reign of fire, Shattered...its old but u'll never guess the ending.

Television:

Court Tv,the first 48 hours, big brother,the parkers,amazing race, discovery channel, animal planet, cold files. .. Amazing Grace

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Books:

The Bible is my life guide. Gotta have my Bass player mags. There's a book that i read in the 8th grade that is one of my favorite books. Its "the girl who owned a city"
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Yes, More Announcements

    Next Sunday we will be holding our annual "Celebration of the Black Church". It starts on saturday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Doors will open at 10:30!   We know that everyone h...
Posted by James Bowens on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:47:00 PST

Christian musicians playing secular music

Hello everyone. This is a touchy subject so I would like some feedback from you all. I want to know how you feel about Christian musicians playing in secular settings. Alot of musicians that I look up...
Posted by James Bowens on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:04:00 PST

Even more announcements

The hospitality committee's request for black history month was denied. We dont think it will be fair to have all the white people sit in the back of the church during black history month!  ...
Posted by James Bowens on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:24:00 PST

More church announcements

Last months church picnic was a success but we're going to ask that Deacon Williams stop bringing fried chicken that he cooked in old fish grease. We all know that "Catfish Fried Chicken" is not a RE...
Posted by James Bowens on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:39:00 PST

My Church announcements

We wanna welcome u to the "Greater Annointing Than Any Other Church of Christ" Where our motto is "Ours is better than yours" (Na Na NaNA Na). Due to the recent arrest during last weeks service, all m...
Posted by James Bowens on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:48:00 PST