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About Me

My name is Jason. Electric bassist, Teacher, Composer, Family member, Lover, Friend, Learner, and Player of the 1980s Nintendo. In the last bunch of years I played the upright bass almost exclusively. Large symphony orchestras, and jazz big bands...smaller jazz groups and jam bands were also a big part of that period of about 4 years. When I came to Phoenix I played jazz gigs a few times a week for about a year until I got so sick to death of it that the only answer was to re-visit my roots of metal, groove oriented progressive rock, funk, and the like. I sold my upright, picked up the bass I have now, and looked for the right band. I now play electric bass for VAYDEN. When I am not doing that, I teach music and private guitar and bass lessons. "With music there is more life to life."found this travel layout at HOT FreeLayouts.com :: MyHotComments

My Interests

I'm privilaged to be able to play music with great musicians...and I enjoy that above all things.

I'd like to meet:

Jean Pierre Jeunet, Fiona Apple, Garrison Keillor, Rob Zombie, Kurt Vonnegut, and Edgar Allen Poe.

Music:

Lately I've been getting in to alot more heavy music...and this is following about four years of listening to nothing but jazz. My favorite band is TOOL, and bands I've been listening to outside of that include Disturbed, System of a Down, Megadeth, Sevendust, Mr. Bungle, and Chris Cornell to name a few. I think that the latest Red Hot Chili Peppers album is quite the masterpiece and I can totaly just get lost in that one...as well as "Beyond Words" by Bobby McFerrin. My favorite composer is Avishai Cohen, an Israeli contemporary jazz bassist and piano player. When it comes to music spirituality, I turn to Miles Davis and Bill Evans. When I just want to have my mind blown apart I listen to The Dave Holland Quintet or Chick Corea. In the morning I listen to classical music. When it comes to what I practice nowadays, I study funk and motown...usually of the 60s and 70s.

Movies:

Amelie, Resevoir Dogs, Death to Smoochy, Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon, Living in Oblivian, Delicatessen, Rounders, The Labyrinth, The Departed, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Road to Perdition, Fargo, Willy Wonka, Ocean's 11, The Lady Killers, 1408.

Television:

I hardly ever watch TV.

Books:

I just finished "Breakfast of Champions" by Vonnegut...good but not my favorite. Also, "Family Happiness" by Tolstoy...liked it. Reading more by both authors now.

Heroes:

Avishai Cohen, Rod Serling, Miles davis, Bill Evans, Pepe Le Pew, In-and-Out-Burger, Dracula, Gwen Stefani, and the guy on the Carl's Jr. commercial who shakes the cow.