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About Me

Joe Skaggs has been playing bass in front of people since late 1994. Originally a guitar player and percussionist, Joe began to stray from these instruments and around January of 2000 made the decision to focus solely on bass. In 2002, Joe purchased a plywood upright and took a complete departure from electric bass to become one of Gadsden/Jacksonville/Anniston areas busiest acoustic players. In August of 2006 Joe welcomed the purchase of SpaceRig: an ultraclean sounding bass rig featuring a David Eden Metro Combo amplifier as the Ultimate Source. A new Warwick bass has given Joe a renewed interest in electric bass playing. All of this together makes Joe a competent choice when choosing a bassist.In 1998, Joe began his University studies at Jacksonville State University, taking percussion applied lessons from Tracy Tyler and Clint Gillespie. In 2003, Joe switched to Double Bass applied lessons with Mark Wilson and in 2004 began taking secondary Jazz applied with Mark Miller.Joe Skaggs is currently the bass player for The Hodgepodge Orchestra www.myspace.com/hodgepodgeorchestra and JSU Jazz Combo I.A selected listing of ensembles, bands, and individuals in/with which Joe Skaggs has performed:JSU Jazz I, JSU Jazz II, JSU Combo I, JSU Combo II, JSU Combo III, JSU Wind Ensemble, Etowah Youth Symphony Orchestra feat. Rick and Tad, The Kings Of Swing Big Band, Gadsden State Show Band, Foreign Matter, Goin Nova, The Freeloaders, The DaddyKats, The Liz Wood Project, Chris Weninegar, Marcia Barnes, Richard Croce, Lee Cox and Friends, Tracy Tyler, Norm Dennis, Aron Thompson, and The Hodgepodge Orchestra.Joe Skaggs is a veteran of the following musical productions: Fiddler on the Roof, The World According To Snoopy, The Robber Bridegroom, Little Shop of Horrors, and Crazy For You.

My Interests

Music (nearly all aspects fascinate me), Apple Computers, Salsa (dancing (though I am incapable of it) and food), cooking.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who is serious about making good music. Any instrument.

Music:

***THESE ARE FOUND IN THE iTUNES ALPHABETICAL ORDER*** Alison Krauss, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Aphex Twin, Arturo Sandoval, Astor Piazzola, The Beatles, Bela Fleck, Ben Harper, Bill Holman, Billy Joel, Bjork, Bob Curnow, Bob Marley, Branford Marsalis, Cake, Cannonball Adderley, Celia Cruz, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Chick Corea, Coldplay, Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Dave Holland, Dave Matthews, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Django Reinhardt, Don Menza, Duke, Eddie Palmieri, The English Beat, Fiona Apple, Frank Sinatra, The Freeloaders, Gabriel Yared, Gal Costa, Garth Brooks, Genesis, Harry Connick Jr., Howard Shore, TOO MANY OTHERS.

Books:

Like Water For Chocolate, The Prophet, Music Is My Mistress, Shel Silverstein Books, Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Letters and Papers From Prison.

Heroes:

Jesus, Jaco, Charlie Parker, Sam Nestico, Mace Hibbard, Mark Fifer, Martin Clevinger, Chuck Rainey, Paul Chambers, Pino Palladino, Stevie Wonder, Yoko Kanno, Marc Miller, my brother Jeff who is in the Airforce, my dad, and all of the men and women serving our country.

My Blog

The matrix keeps doing it’s thing.....

I have been away for some time now. Without restraint there is no passion. damn right. I am right this very moment the most passionate person on the earth. I have more stuff i...
Posted by Joe the Destroyer on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:57:00 PST

the next right thing....

i don't know what it is. but it will come to me. i have been off for the last two days and have enjoyed my time very much. i am letting go of all the resentment that i have on a dail...
Posted by Joe the Destroyer on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:57:00 PST

empathetic biofeedback....

Is also a motherfucker. When the one half of a couple to goes through some difficult stuff, it is almost guaranteed that the other will experience some directly related difficulties. I was talking w...
Posted by Joe the Destroyer on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:34:00 PST

5 a.m. fog......

Time fog that is. I wake at some very weird hours. God wakes my ass up on a very irregular basis. All I can do is pop out of bed and see what is up for a minute. My dad wakes up and prays a lot. ...
Posted by Joe the Destroyer on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:45:00 PST

Xanax....

I went to the doctor and that is what they gave me. I took them on the way home and turned into a complete loony. I was not pleased the way I slept at all. I fucking hate pills. I am not sure they...
Posted by Joe the Destroyer on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:27:00 PST

Prayer.....

I know a lot of people. I pray for everyone I know at some point or another. God has counseled me through the people I know and the people I meet. I ask for any prayer you can give ...
Posted by Joe the Destroyer on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:23:00 PST

Giving up.........

My life never ceases to amaze me. I find that trying to run it my way always gets me a knock or two on the head. I analyze everything to every end. Even the bad endings&nbs...
Posted by Joe the Destroyer on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:31:00 PST

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Music has long been my comfort. Playing music has saved my life in more ways I can describe. My ability and dedication has been my blessing from God. The only thing I can do now is t...
Posted by Joe the Destroyer on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:45:00 PST

What is a day.......

On earth, a day is 24 hours. It is a standard of time that people have accepted for a very long time. Time is the measurement of space between occurances. Just as with depth percepti...
Posted by Joe the Destroyer on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:38:00 PST

MISSION!!!

I need money. Unfortunately I have bills to pay and things that I want to do with my life. They ALL cost money. I had a marathon yesterday. I woke up and worked around the apartment. I paid bills...
Posted by Joe the Destroyer on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:21:00 PST