Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Aww yeah... Gettin ready... A little Excitement

My week: Preparing for Burning Man again! Organizing food, Water, Drinks, shelter, power, fabulousity of outfits, LED's! and camping location are my things to tackle this week. Next week will be another wonderful life-changing adventure in the middle of nowhere, with about 40,000 of my closest friends.

And today in the middle of all this planning I JUST SCORED 4 CHEAP STEVIE WONDER TICKETS! $36 each baby! So I'll be leaving a day later than planned. Whats even sweeter is that 2 of my dear friends just landed the gig with him. YES, Stevie! Victoria Theodore and Errol Cooney have been friends in music for years, and it'll be great to see them share the stage with one of the greats of our time.

So many of these great musicians I've worked with for years and get to call friends are gettin' gigs with great artists lately. I hope someone notices and writes an article- it's really a wonderful thing. Here's just a few:
Nelson Braxton, Bass: Michael Bolton (Nelson is a bassist I've looked up to for a while- until now! (just kidding))
Lynette, Keys: Will.I.Am of Black Eyed Peas
Sundra Manning, keys: Prince, Rafael Saddiq
Victoria Theodore, Keys: Stevie Wonder
Errol Cooney, Guitar: Jessica Simpson, Fantasia, Stevie Wonder
Martin Luther, vox/guitar: The Roots
Tal Morris, guitar: CCR, Huey Lewis
and ME, bass: whomever will listen. Actually I'll be back out with my Hip-Hop group (Lyrics Born) this year, and my rock group (Whitesnake) next year. Possibly some more Toni Tony Toné or Eric Martin Dates.

While some of these names may not mean much to you, they're my peeps and collegues and it shows that The Bay Area is finally gettin a lil love for all the talent here. There's more talent here than in LA- just not the recognition.

Well that's it for now...

Mood: Anticipation!

Friday, August 10, 2007

Post B-day Update.

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Hey all- Here's a quickie update...
I was on Bass Talk Radio with Abe and Lane on Sunday. Here's some stuff we talked about!

Eric Martin Band-
Had a couple of gigs with one of the worlds best singers (and songwriters too) Eric Martin, from Mr. Big. We get to do EMB and Mr. big songs, as well as a few surprises. Check us out this Saturday (Aug 18th) at the Last Day Saloon in Santa Rosa CA!
Eric Martin Myspace page

Whitesnake-
David had quite a Brown Bear adventure at his house in Tahoe. Read about it HERE
also- New album is almost complete!
Whitesnake Myspace page

Martin Luther-
I was a member of ML's band for many years, even before we called it "Martin Luther" (it was Aloosanation). ML went on to front The Roots, live in NY, and galavant around the globe serving up soul music with a hard edge. Now he's back in the Bay with myself back behind the bass. Don't miss this one... Friday aug 17th at Maxwell's lounge in Oakland CA. Brian Collier on Drums and Kev Choice on Keys.
The Greg Scott Band will be opening up, (with Angeline Saris on Bass and Eric Martin's wife Denise on drums).
Details 4 the show
Martin Luther's Myspace page
Greg Scott's Myspace page

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