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Nathan Phelps

About Me

I've been around music all my life. My father is a full time Jazz Bassist, and I've always had a fascination in learning music. When I was seventeen, I began playing Double Bass. Shortly after I began successfully freelancing in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. I'm now nineteen and have started music school at The California Institute of the Arts to study with some of my favorite artists.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 24/06/2006
Influences: "It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it". -Aung San Suu Kyi

"It should not be hard for you to stop sometimes and look into the stains of walls, or ashes of a fire, or clouds, or mud or like places, in which... you may find really marvellous ideas". -Leonardo da Vinci
"The main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe". -John Coltrane

Everything I experience influences me.
John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius, Charles Mingus, Charlie Haden, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Drew Gress, Lenny Breau, Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, Chick Corea, Derek & Clive, Herbie Hancock, Jesse Harris, Pat Martino, Steve Reich, Bluegrass Motherfuckers, Bill Frisell, Jimi Hendrix, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder.

My father.

Sounds Like:
A few guys in a room playing music.

Specifics:

Status::Single.
Orientation:: 98% Straight. &nbsp&nbsp 0% Bi/Gay.
Hometown:: Denton, Texas
Body Type:: 5' 8" / Thin.
Smoke / Drink:: Not Really / A little bit.
Children:: Kids are cool.
Occupation::Acoustic / Electric Bassist
Income:: Starving Artist.
Type of Label: Major

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