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About Me

I teach bass lessons out of 3 locations:
Axes Music in Frankfort,
my house in Park Forest
and Melody Mart in Homewood
I teach both 4 &amp 5 string bass,
and Music Theory applied to the bass.
e-mail: tim5bass@yahoo dot com
Click these links below to hear music samples.
(I assure you it is safe to click the link
that will appear on Tom's warning page.) Somewhat Funky: Tim Gordon 2007
First half on Peavey Millenium BXP, 2nd half on Peavey Cirrus, both through Sans Amp, Nov/Dec 2007 Soul To Squeeze: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Re-recorded on Peavey Cirrus through Sans Amp on Nov 18, 2007 Across The Flatlands: Andy Ross
I added a bass track to this great Andy Ross original intro to Journey To The End Of The East Bay: Rancid
Recorded in 2007 What Is And What Should Never Be: Led Zeppelin
The slow and slidey fretless bass Muzak version. Recorded in 2007 Slidey Fretless Thing: Tim Gordon 2007 A Minor Groove: Tim Gordon 2006 I Want To Be Sedated: The Ramones
My interpretation of how Matt Freeman of Rancid might cover this song. Recorded in 2006. Rocks &amp Sticks: Tim Gordon 2005 Cash, Culture &amp Violence: Rancid

My Interests

2003 Peavey Cirrus 5 Bubinga
Made in USA

Peavey Millenium BXP 5-string: the bottom of the line, and it works fine.

1999 Fender Precision Special
Precision body with a Jazz neck, PJ pickups and a Badass Bridge, Made in Mexico

2002 Fender Jazz Bass: Fretless
Made in Mexico

2000 Squire painted to match my car.

I use Ernie Ball strings

And 9 times out of 10,
this is my stage monitor:

and THIS is my amp:

I'd like to meet:

I would like to meet: Musicians in the Chicago area, especially the South Suburbs.

Music:

My favorite band this week is:
Duran Duran

My favorite bands to play bass to are
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
and
RANCID.
I have a lot of respect for both Flea and Matt Freeman.

Other bands I like, in no particular order:

Elvis Costello &amp the Attractions Rancid Red Hot Chili Peppers Toad The Wet Sprocket The Specials Sublime The Cure Suzanne Vega R.E.M Nirvana The Beatles Van Morrison The Monkees The Blues Brothers Lynyrd Skynyrd Anti-Flag The Jimi Hendrix Experience Gin Blossoms Guns N Roses John Lennon The Killers The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Movies:

Star Wars I, II, III, IV, V & VI
Terminator I, II, & III
Mad Max I & II
Alien I, II, III & IV
Apparently any Sci-Fi movie that comes in a series will do.

Television:

The Office
Family Guy
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Firefly
Buffy
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Seinfeld

Books:

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller

Siddhartha - Herman Hesse

The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff

The Way of The Bull - Leo Buscaglia

Everything by J.D. Salinger

Heroes:

Bruce Thomas of
Elvis Costello &amp The Attractions

Flea of RHCP w/ Modulus

Matt Freeman of Rancid

Donald "Duck" Dunn

The Dalai Lama

Thich Nhat Hanh, Leo Buscaglia, Gandhi, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton

My Blog

Elvis Costello "Radio Radio" on SNL

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Posted by TiM on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:43:00 PST

Major Scale - a different 3 note pattern

These videos aren't anything spectacular, but I put them up because the guy is communicating in "scale degrees" which is just the numbers in a Major Scale (Root 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th and Octave). Th...
Posted by TiM on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:25:00 PST

Todd Johnson "Walking Bass Line Module System" overview

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Posted by TiM on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:47:00 PST

Victor Wooten Double Thumbing lesson

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Posted by TiM on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:36:00 PST

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Lipstick Vogue live show

The bass player's name is Bruce Thomas. His playing is what motivated me to become a bass player. In this video you can see him playing finger style, with a pick, and holding a chord and beating the b...
Posted by TiM on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:37:00 PST