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Carter Fox

About Me

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18 year old Carter Fox has been entertaining audiences with his music for nearly 3 years now (though he has been performing as part of larger ensembles since age 9).
Carter, a contemporary-jazz bassist and native of Lansdale, PA, a suburb of jazz-hub Philadelphia, has been spending numerous years honing his craft of the bass: 9 years of upright bass and 6 years of electric.
He has studied with legendary session-player Kjell Benner and legendary bass player Gerald Veasley (who is now a good friend and mentor), as well as lessons with Billy Childs (Britny Fox)Victor Wooten, Brian Bromberg, and Adam Nitti. Carter has recorded 2 indepedently released records (Carter Fox: World Premier Album, 2007; The Funkin' EP, 2008), as well as producing his jazz-standard quartet's, The Carter Fox Quartet, live record “Live at Saxby's”, recorded at Saxby's Coffee House in Lansdale, PA, in November 2007, released on December 9, 2007. He is currently working on his 3rd album (and first full-length) expected to be released in May 2009.
He records, produces, and gigs with numerous groups around the Lansdale-area, occasionally playing in Philadelphia, and teaches lessons on the subject he calls “The Music of Bass”.
Carter also dabbles in artist mangement. In the summer of 2008, and continuing now, Carter worked with established manager Luther Dowdell, of Dowdell and Associates, who manages artists such as Gerald Veasley and Andrew Neu. He manages local groups as well as his own.
The Carter Fox trio is made up of Carter Fox on bass, Adam Sisko on drums, and Matt Leece on guitar. This group began over a year ago when it conisted of Carter Fox and Adam Sisko. Other players were tried out to see if they would be good additions to the group (including guitarist Steve Baker and sax player Jon Milavec). This led to the formation of the Carter Fox Quartet in October 2007. From here, other quartets were formed but Adam and Carter continued to play their style of music in little jam sessions held at Adam Sisko's studio. In September 2008, Carter and Adam began to record tracks for “Suburbia" and while in school, met guitarist Matt Leece. Matt Leece was asked to jam with the group, and the trio was officially formed in December 2008. In February 2009, trumpet-master Paul Feldman joined the group, adding the lead tones that so many great horn-players of the past have done to contemporary group.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 13/12/2005
Band Website: carterfox.co.cc
Band Members:
Influences: -Gerald Veasley
-Victor Wooten
-Grover Washington Jr.
-Spyro Gyra
-Brian Bromberg
-Dragonforce
-Foo Fighters

Sounds Like:

Record Label: Intrepid Fox Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Woah!

Ok...so if you actually found this blog and are reading it...yey!Some new things have happened in my life over the past three weeks that I'm very proud of:First off-THE CD IS COMPLETE!!! It can be pre...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 14:02:00 GMT

Need Bass?

If you need bass tracks for a song, demo, CD, etc., and like the way I play and would like me to help out, then get at me! I'm always looking to help out fellow musicians, and my rates are negotiable ...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:42:00 GMT

Places we've performed

Just a quick list of places we've played (as Carter Fox Quartet and Carter Fox Trio)-Saxbys Coffee (Lansdale)-Saxbys Coffee (Doylestown)-Moose Lodge (Doylestown)-William Penn Inn (Lansdale)-Mansfield ...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:33:00 GMT

Update...unknown number one

Well it's been a little bit since my last update. The trio has been playing around a little bit now and are recieving very positive reviews (we headlined at Moose Lodge and it was a fantastic show!)! ...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:46:00 GMT

new CD name!!! I’ve got it!

Ok, I have the new name of the record....Suburbia. Also, show at Saxby's Coffee on Friday, January 16 at 7pm. Be there!! Message me for more details!
Posted by on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:37:00 GMT

new album title

After some long thinking, reflection, and meditation on this project, I've decided to change the name from "Jammin!". Right now, there is no replacement title, and I will let it come to me as tim...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:56:00 GMT

Studio Update 6

Hope everyone is having a happy holiday season! I wanted to bloggingly welcome Matt Leece to the band. He is a great guitarist and just a laid back dude. We look foward to numerous gigs and recordings...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:35:00 GMT

Studio Update 5

Hey everyone, So you might have noticed my pages new look in preperation for the new CD. Besides that, there is a new member in the band: guitarist Matt Leece. Matt jammed with Adam and I last week an...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:32:00 GMT

Studio Update 4 (i think)

Hey everyone, First things first, I was just checking out my blog info, and realized that I actually have a subscriber! So I would like to give a special shout-out to Dreamweavers Productions! One and...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:01:00 GMT

Studio Update 3

I haven't recorded lately, but I have been writing. I have a new song, the first with vocals, pretty sweet stuff. It's more of spoken word/rap and it is cool. When I get a demo version done, I will pu...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:27:00 GMT