Rene Hart

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Here are a few things about me: I play the bass, mostly the upright bass. I've played a lot of jazz music (I'm not going to list the people I've played with or whatever here - not that there's anything wrong with that). Sometimes I get infatuated with playing the upright bass through all sorts of gadgets like wah-wah pedals and laptops... whatever makes a cool sound.
I grew up in the Pacific Northwest. I work too much. I love the ocean. I once sailed to Greenland, watched whales swim under the ship, nearly died in a massive storm, climbed onto an iceburg and watched the northern lights from above the artic circle as they consumed the entire sky. As a child I lived in a teepee for a summer. I miss the country, but now I miss the city when I'm there.I like a lot of different kinds of music, but real music made by real people is my favorite.
I'm fascinated by the 'six degrees of separation' element of myspace.
I like humor... movies, long walks on the beach... no, wait.
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Deez sound files on this page... I'm hoping you might have some OK speakers or headphones, (gotta hear that bass).
"Soulville" - Hipmotism
This group is a really fun bunch; Erik Lawrence on baritone saxophone, Steven Bernstein on slide trumpet, Allison miller on drums, and yours truly, Rene Hart on the upright bass and various gadgets. It's a new project and is, for some unquantifiable reason, extrememly magnetic - So hopefully we'll be out there rockin' that group in the next few months.
Window Seat Nostalgia Sketch A thing I wrote, part of a larger piece. Here it's played with Anat Fort, piano and Lieven Venken, drums and toys.
"Come Together" (exerpt) with ruckus distorted upright bass! From the upcoming Hipmotism release.
I've enabled downloading on the audio files... or if you want, message me and I'll send you a good quality mp3.
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I also posted a short and true story in the blog section of my page about this crazy thing that happened to me on the highway awhile back.
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So that is me, today, in a few sound files, 12 pics and a few paragraphs...
Come by a show and I'll see you out there in the (un)real world. - Rene