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John Bews

The drummer's most important piece of gear.

About Me

I'm a bass player and generally a nice guy. haha I play with a number of different bands in Vancouver covering a wide range of musical genres.. but it's all music to me and I'm a bass player because I love music, not because I love moving heavy amps. If I have a particular style of sound someone else would have to tell me because I have no idea what it is.. I try to be in the moment and support whatever melody is above me and marry it to whatever rhythm is moving around me... hahah.. sounds like I think I'm the center.. what an egocentric bastard! That John Bews is a rotten person.. sick with himself.. haha.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/23/2006
Influences: I listen to melodies and rhythms and try to accompany them.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New music update.

I've been lazy with my MySpace page for awhile now. But I've uploaded a new song called Loved One from Tambura Rasa's new album Kamanala. It has Ivan Tucakov on guitar and vocals, Michael Fraser on ...
Posted by John Bews on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:49:00 PST

new song

I put up a new song from Mary Ancheta.  On the recording is myself, Trevor Grant on drums, Mary on vocals and keys, and Jon Anderson on guitars.  Jon also produced the track and engineered a...
Posted by John Bews on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:29:00 PST

a good year ahead

Last year saw me taking some new gigs and learning lots of new music and having to stretch myself into slightly different musical roles (all on the bass of course) and I had a great time learning and ...
Posted by John Bews on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:21:00 PST

Sometimes I feel lost...

Every musical genre seems to have a subculture that is shared by the people who make the music and the people who are fans of the music.  So where does that leave someone like me who enjoys playi...
Posted by John Bews on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:03:00 PST

recording for Mary Ancheta

A couple of days earlier in December Mary, Trevor and I went into Jon Anderson's Buena Vista Studio to record 4 new songs.  The goal is to have them finished and mixed by mid-January.  I am ...
Posted by John Bews on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:48:00 PST

Jonathan Anderson.....

....rules.  Haha..  not the guy from Yes, but the guy from White Rock who now lives in Langley with his family and his studio.  I've had the pleasure of working with Jon in a number of ...
Posted by John Bews on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:36:00 PST

how could I forget...?

Craig Jacks.  Incase you don't know Craig Jacks, he's kinda like a Fred Willard character that every once in awhile God seems to choose to speak through him for a second just to fuck with you.&nb...
Posted by John Bews on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:51:00 PST

The Singers

It is long past the time when I should have thanked the vocalists and songwriters that I've gotten to work with over the past several years.  Not merely for giving me nice music to harmonize with...
Posted by John Bews on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:48:00 PST

The drummers

I learn a lot from different musicians that I get to play shows and work with but lately I've been thinking about conversations and things that I've learn from various drummers. One of the biggest th...
Posted by John Bews on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 03:34:00 PST