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BIG IVE AND NEM, WILL START RECORDING FOR THE NEW 'BACK, A JAZZ TRIBUTE' CD IN THE COMING WEEKS. THE TITLE 'BACK' IS JUST THAT, TAKING A LISTEN BACK TO SOME CLASSIC JAZZ SONGS, HOWEVER I WILL BE USING THE BASS GUITAR TO PLAY THE MELODIES. I WILL BE PLAYING 4, 5, 6, AND UPRIGHT BASSES. WE WILL BE COVERING SOME JAZZ STANDARDS, SOME OF MY FAVORITE R&B SONGS JAZZED UP, AND A FEW ORIGINAL JAZZ FUSION SONGS, JAZZ ROCK, WITH A TASTE OF JAZZY HIP HOP BLENDED IN TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT. I PLAN TO RELEASE THIS PROJECT THE WINTER OF THE YEAR 2009, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR SAMPLES HERE AT 'BIGIVE.COM', IT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED HERE AS WELL ON MY RECORD LABEL 'BUYDEEZ RECORDS', YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE PROJECT AT CDBABY, ITUNES, AMAZON, RHAPSODY, AND MORE. OTHER TALENTED ARTIST SCHEDULED TO PERFORM ON THIS PROJECT INCLUDE, JOE BENEDICTIS ..BOARDS, MIKE ZELVER ON DRUMS, JEFF CORELL ON LEAD GUITAR, DAVE HOLBROOK GUITAR, RYAN HELDENBRAND ON DRUMS, KURT TISCHER ON GUITAR, SCOTT DALL ON DRUMS, MARK WELLS ON GUITAR, KIM HILL ON DRUMS, MZSKYK ..BOARDS. TENTATIVE ARTIST INCLUDE, CEDRIC NAPOLEON ON BASS, REGGIE CAMPBELL ON BASS, DAVE CALLAHAN ..S AND OTHERS.MY NAME IS IVAN WILLIAMS, BUT SOME CALL ME BIG IVE, IM FROM A SUBURB OF DETROIT, CALLED INKSTER, MORE ABOUT ME ON MY OFFICIAL WEBSITE www.bigive.com, PLEASE CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE AND LEAVE A COMMENT ON MY GUESTBOOK PAGE. I AM A FREELANCE BASSIST, I HAVE PLAYED AND STILL PLAY AND LOVE ALL GENRES. HIRE ME FOR FUSION, JAZZ, R&B, SOUL/FUNK, ANY TYPE OF ROCK, COUNTRY, GOSPEL OR HIP HOP, LIVE AND STUDIO, OR AS A STAND IN BASSIST. I ALSO TEACH BEGINNER BASS GUITAR AND THEORY, AND I HAVE A HOME STUDIO FOR HIRE WHICH IS ALSO MOBILE SO I CAN RECORD LIVE SHOWS OF BANDS AND ARTIST.

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Member Since: 5/9/2006
Band Website: bigive.com
Band Members: I PLAYS ALL THE INSTRUMENTS. 'REACH FOR IT' IS A 2006 REMAKE FEATURING ME DOING BASS SOLO AND NARRATION, OF GEORGE DUKE'S 'REACH FOR IT' FEATURING BYRON MILLER(1977), . ALSO BOBBY MCFERRIN'S 'COSBY THEME'. HAD SO MUCH FUN PLAYING ALL THE 6 DIFFERENT BASS PARTS, COULDN'T GET THAT LAST CHORD SO I SAMPLED BOBBY HIMSELF. DAVE BRUBECK'S 'TAKE 5' INCLUDED, ALSO BACH'S CELLO SUITE 1 IN G MAJOR AND I LEFT THE MISTAKES IN BECAUSE, THAT WAS MY BEST TAKE. IM PUTTING TOGETHER A TRIBUTE CD OF SONGS THAT I LIKE TO HEAR BASS AS THE MELODY, MORE TO COME.
Influences: GOD, MY MOTHER PAM WHO MAKES ME PROUD AND HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED ME TRYING TO BE A MUSICIAN, MY FAVORITE UNCLE MONTE (THE BEST MAN I HAVE EVER KNOWN) , FRANK HARRINGTON WHO RECOGNIZE MORE THAN ANYONE THAT I HAD A GIFT TO PLAY MUSIC, BECAUSE OF FRANK, I CAN NEVER STOP PLAYING MUSIC, CHESTER JOHNSON, WHO I CONSIDER AN UNCLE FATHER BROTHER FRIEND, AT THE FORK IN THE ROAD, HE JUST LED BY EXAMPLE, AND I CHOOSED THE GOOD PATH, TRUTH IS EVERYTHING INFLUENCES ME, I MEAN EVERYTHING OF EVERYDAY, EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER HEARD, SEEN, SMELLED, TOUCHED, TASTED, EXPERIENCED, DREAMED, AND IMAGINED FROM THE DAY I WAS BORN, UNTIL NOW IS MY INFLUENCE. I HAVE A COMPLETE LIST OF MUSICAL INFLUENCES ON MY OFFICIAL WEBSITE www.bigive.com, come visit and leave me your autograph and a comment on my guest book page. BIG IVE WITH TEMPLE 8LARRY GRAHAM
..JACO PASTORIUS
..STANLEY CLARKE, MARCUS MILLER AND VICTOR WOOTEN
..LOUIS JOHNSON
..LENNY PRICE W/EARL KLUGH..LYDIA ON BASS
...TEN YEAR OLD GABI WILSON ON BASS
Sounds Like: BIG IVE AND NEM, NEM STANDS FOR NOBODY/EVERYBODY/MYSELF OR NEM COULD BE EBONICS FOR THEM.
Record Label: BUYDEEZ RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie

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Posted by big ive on Tue, 27 May 2008 02:24:00 PST