Mature Ex-Pro Bass Player + Musician in Hertford, EN

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Very experienced, bass player

I’m now seeking something simple but musically very good. Either:-

Jazz, Country, Blues, Folk, 60s Pop or 70s Rock

Happy to join a band or start and run a new band (I have marketing and production skills and recent experience of running successful function bands).

I’m a retired Head of Faculty by way of filthy capitalist in my 20s /30s; albeit I’m a socialist.

I’ve been playing bass since I was 12.

I was semi-pro at 15 and professional (touring with a record contract) at 33. I’ve appeared on vinyl (yes I’m that old!)

I’ve done a little TV, been played on BBC radio (e,g. John Peel - told you I was old!) and have played hundreds of gigs - from tiny pubs and village halls to town halls and big stage festivals.

After I retired 7 years ago I built a function band called Tangerine Scene which later morphed into a great little party rock covers band, playing 70s hits, called Below the Border. (See videos in here)

I recruited the musicians, produced the studio demos, cut the videos, built the website, got the band into the top 10 on the rosters of a couple of agencies, handled the bookings and arranged the music.

None of this for was for the money. My wonderful band mates and I had a similar worldview.

It was only ever about the joy of playing the music of our youth and playing it spot on. … Just a bunch of old gits enjoying the camaraderie of gigging about once a month in a really tight professional sounding band.

Sadly, after many years, all good things come to an end (especially at our advanced years!).

So now I’m looking for something simple in order to enjoy my music in my dotage.

I’d prefer to join another outfit (big or small, ambitious or just local) and enjoy simply playing the bass.

Preferable would be a nice little group playing Jazz Standards / American-song-book or a foot tappin’ County band,

That said I’m happy to start a new band myself with like minded easy-going down to Earth grown-ups.

I like the idea of marketing a Jazz standards trio or quartet. A new market and new music for me - would be exciting.

Thanks for reading all this.

Noel

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Screen name:

Mature Ex-Pro Bass Player

Member since:

Dec 27 2017

Active within 1 week

Level of commitment:

Committed

Years playing music:

45

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

2-3 times per week

Available to gig:

1 night a week

Influences

Jazz - 1950s to current - standards, be-bop, bluenote, big-band swing, the American songbook, etc.

Country and Bluegrass - 1940s through 1980s

Rock & Pop - 1960s & 1970s

Classical - particularly Chopin & Beethoven

Opera - the Italians

Instrument experience:

Bass Guitar:

Expert

EQUIPMENT

Fender Jazz & Precision basses
Marcus Miller Fretless bass
German Hofner violin bass
Rickenbacker 4003
Gibson EB3 (Andy Fraser my biggest influence!)
Gibson Songwriter acoustic six string
1908 Bechstein Piano (my pride & joy)
Yamaha Clavinova (that’s me playing the 60s Hammond on Gimmie Some Lovin’ in one of the videos here)

Markbass, Fender & Orange amplification

MUSIC