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About Me

I am a bass player based out of San Diego, studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where I've had the pleasure of studying with Bruce Gertz, David Hilton and Oscar Stagnaro to name just a few of the amazing teachers/musicians there. I play both fretted and fretless basses, in most styles, and am available for gigs, recording and lessons in Southern CA.

Some of the artists/bands I've performed with or still collaborate:

The Journeymen , Sky Held Sun , The Riders , Jack Tempchin , The HagerRivera Project , Natascha Schalau , Jasmine & Matt Commerce , J. Wail , Vanntastic Productions , Akiko , Patrick Armenta (aka Ptrak) , Blue44 , Hiroko Sato (Tochigi, Japan), world-class percussionist Ritsuya Hamano (Saitama, Japan), Melissa Page , Bryan Schroeder , JAC , David Paul Windham , Dave Perskie , flamenco guitarist Alex Guillen, Todd Boston , Modern Day Moonshine , Strangler Fig, Earth Ride, Root 81

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/6/2006
Band Members: depends who i'm playing with...
Influences: Mom & Dad, unabashedly true art, Bach, Beethoven, Smetana, Bartok, Stravinsky, Motown, Stax classic soul, Ella, Trane, Miles, Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Mingus, Monk, Percy Heath, Ray Brown, Mr. PC, Elvin Jones, Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner, Herbie's Classic Quintet, Weather Report, Chick Corea Akoustic Band, Michel Camilo, Anthony Jackson, Hiromi Uehara, Tony Grey, Brian Blade, Mike Stern, Pat Metheny Trio, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Avishai Cohen (the bassist), Michael Brecker, Joshua Redman, Chris Potter, Miguel Zenon, David Hilton, Bruce Gertz, Jerry Bergonzi, Danilo Perez, Dave Holland, Oscar Stagnaro, Richard Bona, Oteil Burbridge, Tal Wilkenfeld, Billy Cobham, Cachaito Lopez, Paquito D'Rivera, Caribbean Jazz Project, Jobim, Getz & Gilberto, Poncho Sanchez, Fania All-Stars, Ray Baretto, Ruben Blades, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Soulive, Lettuce, MMW, ARU, the Roots, Greyboy Allstars, Galactic, James Brown, P-Funk, the Meters, King Curtis, Prince, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Dylan, CSNY, Allman Bros., Black Crowes, KOL, GD, Zep, Hendrix, Santana, Steely Dan, Zappa, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Salif Keita, DJ Shadow, Danny Howells, Zero 7, Air, Sigur Ros, BT, Thievery Corp., Radiohead & sooo much more....
Sounds Like: everything & nothing you've ever heard
Record Label: Vanntastic
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Check out Jaded by artist Melissa Page

After originally recording this track at 1375 studio in Leucadia a year ago, it's finally been finished & brought to fruition! Written & arranged by Melissa Page (vocals & guitar), it was recorded by...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:04:00 GMT

'My Orbit' feat. Akiko on flute...

Hey folks!I'm really happy & excited how my new track 'My Orbit' turned out. It's featuring the lovely & wonderfully talented Akiko, whose flute floats cosmically above the ambient rhythmic track und...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:27:00 GMT