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Mike

mikebrooksbass

About Me

I'm a musician based just outside London in the U.K., I play bass guitar for a living and turned professional after I graduated from uni in 1995. I gig about 4-5 times a week all over the place with various bands from little pubs to full blown festivals. I also write for Bass Guitar Magazine here in the U.K...

My Interests

Music:

Queen, Duran Duran, Prince, John Mayer, Roachford, Stevie Wonder, Billy Sheehan, Mr Big, Level 42, Jamiroquai, Marcus Miller, Green Day, Sting, The Police, Supergrass, Toto, Sly Stone, James Brown, Bon Jovi, Dan Reed Network, Chic and a million other bands and artists

Movies:

Kill Bill, Star Wars, most things with Robin Williams in, Alien series, Spinal Tap

Television:

The Office, The Fast Show, Shooting Stars, in fact anything with Vic & Bob in it, The Apprentice, Phoenix Nights, Peter Kay.

My Blog

Fantastic, this women should be knighted...if that's possible

Found this on Holy Moly today, this woman has said what most people are thinking anyway...... "This weekend a mole was trying to get a drink in a London bar. She noticed a tips jar labelled "Tip If Yo...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:22:00 PST

I'm not normally this nasty but on this occasion....

It really gets on my tits how Ozzies give us Brits so much grief when we lose sporting events.......... Well now you know what it's like....conceding a penalty in the 92nd minute, what were you playi...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:57:00 PST

Wonderful....and quite true too....

This is so true
Posted by Mike on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:31:00 PST

I never thought it could happen.....but it did....!

Last night, a bass players nightmare happened to me....for the first time in a very long time a battery died on me mid gig, doesn't sound disastrous you might think but those of us that use active bas...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:18:00 PST

Just....the best....

Every couple of years, Marcus Miller brings an album out, there's usually a huge rush by bass players to buy it....same old story...who can slap the fastest, kop Marcus's latest tricks. For some reaso...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:33:00 PST

This weeks gigs

For anyone remotely interested, Im playing at the following places this weekend: Fri 7th April - O'Neills, Oxford (Band: AOK) Sat 8th April - Gloucester Town Hall (Band: Green Dayz) Sun 9th April - Wa...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 03:50:00 PST

Anyone coming this weekend?

OK, this is my first blog ever. Kinda weird. As you may see from my blurb, I play in a Green Day tribute band and we're gigging in Gloucester this coming Saturday (April 8th 2006). I think we're doing...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 02:19:00 PST