She MUST learn about Carole Kaye. There is a movie out there that plays
around the country in smaller venues about the group that she was a part of,
know as the wrecking crew, and that name may be the title. It's a great
film, and she will see Carole in a number of scenes. Carol was on more Rock
records in the fifties sixties and seventies that any other person. Also she
will see Chuck Berghofer, an LA guy too, who tells about how he came up with
the bass line that opens Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots", just improvising in
the studio before the first take.
But if she wants to know about the most recorded bass player in all history,
that's Milt Hinton, who was a force to be reckoned with. Other musicians
referred to him as the judge, cause he was and nobody would argue with him
cause he was always right.
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From: Ken Norton
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 11:52 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] It really is all about the bass
Apparently they're not familiar with Carol Kaye. Or Kimberly Dahme. Or
Meshell Ndegeocello, or Mona Gnader.
Both daughters have gotten pretty aggressive with their music. One
plays the bass, the other the piano/keyboard. In concert band, they're
first-chair clarinet and french horn. In drumline, they are both lead
keyboards. In jazz band, they are piano and bass. They've both been in
the special invitational state concert and jazz bands. Our high school
is known for having one of the very best music programs in the state.
(statistically speaking, it is the best--they've gotten division 1
ratings for over 25 years in a row in nearly every event).
The girls play professionally too. They haul the keyboard and bass
around play with multiple bands. DD#2 teaches piano (I think she has 8
or 10 students right now) and will accompany wherever and whatever.
All said and done, they've performed on-stage, in one form or another,
close to 100 times in the past year. Very busy and straight-A students
too! They are perfectly comfortable being up on stage.
It's funny because DD#1 works part-time at Walmart, and DD#2 is
self-employed as a piano teacher. They earn about the same amount of
money, but DD#2 works far fewer hours. She figured out that she can
earn a whole lot more money as a business woman, than as a
minimum-wage cashier. She's constantly scheming up ways to monetize
everything. Earning $100-200 for playing the piano a half an hour at a
wedding? Bring it on. She likes my BMW and is thinking that a 3-series
would be just big enough to haul the Yamaha S90 around with the rear
seat folded down. But DD#2 is a writer and she's working at trying to
monetize that and is perfectly happy driving a Jeep.
Next month, they'll be playing together in a Fine-Arts competition in
two different categories. If they win, they can go to the national
competition and that would give them the possibility of a nice fat
scholarship for college. Last year, they almost got the invitational
in their first attempt.
It does kinda make sense in some way. Their mom graduated college with
a music degree and worked as a professional musician for over 30
years. The girls learned how to read music and play the piano before
they even knew the alphabet. But we do NOT push them. We've let them
evolve with music at their own pace and interest. Once they started
performing in front of people, the lightbulbs clicked on and they
realized what practice was all about. It's better to make mistakes in
practice than in concert.
AG
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