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About Me

“Your music and performance of it is inspired” – Harvey Brooks (legendary bassist with Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, The Electric Flag…the list goes on)

“You are really developing a personal voice on the instrument.” – Davor Kajfes (pianist/composer w/ Zagreb Jazz Quartet, Art Farmer, Red Mitchell, T-Bone Walker etc.)

"You're a bad dude" - Mystic Bowie (Tuff Gong International recording artist)

"Holding down the low end is Mike Tepper on bass, thickening the blare with his rich raunchy bass lines. Seated anywhere in the café one might just feel their cushion move beneath them or see their drink ripple from the heavy throbbing of Tepper’s every stroke. Whether Tepper is taking "a walk," giving a Latin groove, or playing a funky phrase, clearly the bass enriches the sound." - Hat City Entertainment March 2008

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/10/2006
Band Website: This is it.
Band Members: Currently performing with Nardy Boy, Mr. Council, Anbassa, Roger Edel's Hotbox, and Renee Dunaway.
Influences:
Sounds Like: me.
Record Label: Teppalicious
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

black hole - ultimate bass player

A super massive black hole located in the Perseus cluster of galaxies emits a tone equivalent to a B flat 57 octaves lower than middle C. It's the lowest note to be detected anywhere in the Universe. ...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:36:00 GMT

Ain't no denyin' this heat

Newest Js.One joint...go get it. http://www.archive.org/details/ForeverInsideEPJsOne
Posted by on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:40:00 GMT

Record of the minute from the crates

(Rahsaan) Roland Kirk - Blacknuss (1971)This is as soulful as soul gets, as jazzy as jazz gets, and as funky as funk gets. A seriously overlooked masterpiece. Maybe the first record that really payed ...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:25:00 GMT

playlist for a rainy night

A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam CookeTom Traubert's Blues - Tom WaitsFlesh and Blood - Solomon BurkeMany Rivers to Cross - Jimmy CliffRainy Night in Georgia - David RuffinIf You Don't Want My Love - Bobb...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:28:00 GMT

last blog removed...

... because I wrote it when I was upset, but after thinking about it I just said fuck it, jackasses are jackasses and nothing is going to change.
Posted by on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:30:00 GMT

favorite record of the moment

Js.One - The Joy Inside EPGo check it out at http://www.archive.org/details/TheJoyInsideEP~ Tep
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:19:00 GMT

Cant stop listening to...

Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On MeSteve Reid Ensemble - DaxaarMandrill - Composite Truth
Posted by on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:01:00 GMT

Story of my fucking life

So... I finally talk to this girl who I think is absolutely gorgeous, and it turns out she's moving to Qatar in 2 days. Qatar! That is incredible, but I won't see her again for 5 months... ouch. Story...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:11:00 GMT

More records I’ve been diggin lately

Sam Cooke - Portrait of a LegendThe Staple Singers - Soul Folk in ActionA Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Posted by on Wed, 14 May 2008 22:03:00 GMT

current obsessions

Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy TardustPaul Pena - New TrainJonas Hellborg - Time is the Enemyyeah...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:01:00 GMT