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Barrel Proof Bassist

Barrel Proof Bassist

About Me

6 string fretted and 5 string fretless bass. When not jammin, you can find me sleeping, mountain biking, running, swimming, hiking, playing w/ my dog Thor (the Norse God of Thunder aka Thunder Dog), tolerating my cats Tiger and Smoke, listening to music, collecting vintage high-end audio equipment, playing with gadgets and gizmos, gardening, landscaping, the art of touch and massage, 420, Starbucks, howling at the moon, programming (C, C++, C#, HTML) working on my house, enjoying every minute I can with Cassie, Aidan and Ella, saving the planet, slacking, water skiing, snow skiing, making widgets, shooting pool, whitewater kayaking, goofing off, my many aquariums of fish, putting my hammock to good use and generally being a lazy fuck. I'm also into good music, good friends, good foods, ancient Egyptian culture, Formula 1 racing, taking care of business and life in general just to name a few as well as being on a life-long quest to break on through into the Zen of bass playing. I very highly recommend Modulus Quantum basses, Ampeg bass heads, preamps, power amps and speaker cabinets, Monster Cable instrument cables, Road Ready cases and D'Addario and Ernie Ball strings. Equipment:
Modulus Quantum 6 Bass (Fretted)
Modulus Quantum 5 Bass (Fretless)
Ampeg B4R Bass Head
Ampeg SVP Pro Tube Preamp
Ampeg 4x10 Spkr Cabinet
Ampeg 1x15 Spkr Cabinet
Trace Elliot AH300 SMC Bass Head
MRX Flame Thrower Distortion Pedal
Electro-Harmonix Bass Balls Envelope Filter
Digitech Bass Digital Delay
Boss Bass Chorus
BBE 482 Sonic Maximizer
Sabine RT-7000 Rack Tuner
Furman PL-Plus Power Conditioner
Yamaha GSX 8 Channel Powered Mixer
(2) Peavy SP-5 Mains w/ Stands
(4) Wedge Floor Monitors
Misc mics, cables, booms, stands, etc
Tascam 112 cassette deck, Tascam CDRW-750 CD/DVD read/writer and all kinds of really cool and nifty recording stuff

"I ain't here for business baby, I'm only here for fun ..."
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My Interests

6 string bass, 5 string fretless bass, music, animals, good friends, good food, good music, goofin' off and playin' Barrel Proof music (of course)

I'd like to meet:

Gary Thain, Phil Lesh, Otiel Burbridge, Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey, Stanley Clarke, Gregg Philbin, John Entwistle, Dave Schools, Tad Kinchla, Steffan Lessard, Tommy Caldwell and Peter Cetera among others

Music:

Barrel Proof, (of course), The (original) Marshall Tucker Band, The Allman Brothers Band, The Grateful Dead, Uriah Heep, Frank Zappa, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Little Feat, Carlos Santana, REM, The Radiators, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (DUH), Bob Dylan, Weather Report, Blues Traveler, The Dave Mathews Band, Widespread Panic, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Trance, Techno, Alternative, Bluegrass, Classical anything but Hip-Hop, Opera, Rap and (of course) Country

Movies:

Silence of the Lambs, Porn, Appocypse Now, Cape Fear, Saving Private Ryan, The Godfather, Platoon, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Barrel Proof videos and Debbie Does Dallas

Television:

The West Wing, Scooby Doo, Law and Order, HGTV, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Seinfeld and of course Loony Tunes cartoons

Books:

No time to read much anymore (unfortunately) but Stephen King, Agatha Christy, Tom Clancey, Edgar Allen Poe, TS Elliot, Hunter S Thompson, Anne Rice, Dr Suess

Heroes:

Jake, JFK, MLK, Jerry

My Blog

Born To Run

In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dreamAt night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machinesSprung from cages out on highway 9,Chrome wheeled, fuel injectedand s...
Posted by Barrel Proof Bassist on Sun, 11 May 2008 09:13:00 PST

Danny Federici

Danny Federici 1950 - 2008 What can one say? You will forever be missed. Rest In Peace, Brother...
Posted by Barrel Proof Bassist on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:30:00 PST

All good things come too an end&

Well, I'd like to think that me being a part of Barrel Proof and the band itself has not come to an end however we have decided to call it quits for awhile or at least take a long hiatus. We of course...
Posted by Barrel Proof Bassist on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:31:00 PST

Fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air....

R.I.P - George McCorkle 1947 - 2007   The Journey Home         &n bsp;         &n bsp;  &nbs...
Posted by Barrel Proof Bassist on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:56:00 PST

The world's a little better place today....

May you burn and rot in hell, Jerry Falwell
Posted by Barrel Proof Bassist on Tue, 15 May 2007 01:17:00 PST

Condolences

My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, families and friends of those at Virginia Tech whos lives were tragically cut short. What a sad, sad day.
Posted by Barrel Proof Bassist on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:21:00 PST

Brad Delp - June 12, 1951 to March 9, 2007

Rock on, Brother. You will be missed....
Posted by Barrel Proof Bassist on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:54:00 PST

The Godfather of Soul [1933 - 2006]

James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, the Father of Funk, the hardest worker in showbusiness passed away this morning. The world has truly lost a great one and there will never be another like him....
Posted by Barrel Proof Bassist on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:10:00 PST

A Cold Day in Hell......

The Devil's givin' away sleigh rides again, Elvis Presley wants to be my friend, the White House is up for sale, the Pope ended up in jail, it must be a cold day in Hell, I love you again................
Posted by Barrel Proof Bassist on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:01:00 PST

Think of Barrel Proof....

in terms of The Black Crowes on methamphetamine
Posted by Barrel Proof Bassist on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:34:00 PST