Group thinking, televised sports, (rather play it or watch it live), bullfighting, streetfighting, people who think a publicly-inflicted addiction like smoking should be a personal right, (they wouldn't feel this way if someone poked a heroin needle in their arm), people who sell God like a commodity, (just 'GET GOD' and you're life will be great - and if you ACT NOW, we'll throw in WORDLY RICHES too!), bankers that fund and make profit off of wars and rude people....
Music
JAZZ - Cannonball, Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons, Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis
TIN PAN ALLEY & MUSICAL THEATRE - Cole Porter, Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Rodgers & Hart
THE CROONERS & VOCALISTS - Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Shirley Horn, Jo Stafford's amazing jazz album, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald
LATIN (BOSSA NOVA, SAMBA) - Jobim, Joao Gilbero, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Ivan Lins, Pat Metheny, Santana
BLUES - Albert King, BB King, Joe Williams w/ Count Basie, Eric Clapton
OLD SCHOOL SOUL, R&B & FUNK - Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Van Morrison, James Brown, Earth Wind & Fire, PFunk, Michael MacDonald
GREAT SINGER/SONGWRITERS - Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor
CLASSIC ROCK & ROLL - Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Gabriel, The Eagles, The Beatles, Led Zepplin, Cream, The Police, Pink Floyd, Steve Miller - I confess! I even like Journey and Boston!
REGGAE - Bob Marley, Steel Pulse Band
WORLD MUSIC - King Sunny Ade, various Turkish, Ethiopian, and all over the globe
I like old school country like HANK WILLIAMS and PATSY CLINE.
BASICALLY, I'm into everything except THE SAME OLD 3 CHORD, BASHING, EAR-SPLITTING ROCK & ROLL with a WHINY, EGO-CENTRIC, NARCISSISTIC SINGER screaming IMMATURE, INSIPID ADOLESCENT LOVE-FANTASY RHYMES over a BAND WHO THINKS THEY'RE TOO COOL TO LEARN SOME MUSIC THEORY!
Gee, that felt good. Come take my 'Music theory for songwriters' class, then we can have some fun!
Movies
Network, Magnolia, It's a wonderful life, City of Angels, Matrix 1, (damn the sequel), Dead Poet's Society...
Mr. Smith goes to Washington, The Marathon Man, Three Days of the Condor, L.A. Confidential, The Shawshank Redemption, Citizen Kane, Under the Tuscan Sun, The Constant Gardner, The Godfather.... I like good foreign films. A while back saw a quirky one I liked called 'Lila Says'.
NON-FICTION: Wayne Dyer's 'The Power of Intention' - best presentation on spirituality I've seen in a long time. 'What the Bleep' was okay, too.
DOCUMENTARIES: Kids with Cameras, Robert Kennedy, M.L.K., Rod Serling, Sisters of Selma...
Television
Don't have cable and network is CRAP, so I don't spend much time watching TV. You can't and really have a LIFE, you know what I mean?
Thought I liked 'Friends' - nah, just a phase. Thought I liked 'That 70's Show'. Funny but adolescent. Then I discovered 'Coupling.' The Brits write intelligent, funny dialogue that doesn't assume we're idiots. I dig Family Guy - irreverence at its best, and Sex in the City was a very warm, human show. Bit I REALLY dig good vintage stuff like Rod Serling, etc.
Books
My musical career doesn't afford me much time to read fiction, unfortunately. So for now, I'm concentrating on spirituality, philosophy, art, music, etc. My favorite short story of all time is 'The Bet' by Anton Checkov. Check it out!
Heroes
Jesus, Ghandi, Martin Luther King Jr, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Deitrich Bonhoffer, crazy fellow Scorpio Ted Turner for buying land just to PREVENT people from developing it, donating a billion dollars to the peace effort and cursing in public.
MY HERO: Any person not so overcome by their own ego to help a fellow man. For instance, Julianne Moore is talented, beautiful and compassionate. Angelina Jolie and Ashley Judd do their thing, too. Grrrrr!
About me: Dave Bass - vocals, sax, flute, clarinet, guitar, drums, composer, lyricist
www.davebass.com
www.youtube.com/DaveBassDotCom
I sing (lead & harmony), play saxes, (soprano, alto, tenor, bari), flute, clarinet, rhythm guitar, drums and 'composer's' piano. I also compose, write lyrics and arrange charts for my band.
I operate in many genres, though my backround is steeped in traditional jazz, because my father was a professional jazz guitarist and composer in New York City. I like to blend traditional and modern ideas - one foot in the past, one foot in the present.
I love many styles of music - jazz, Brazilian, blues, R&B, funk, intelligent pop, Turkish bellydancing - the list is quite varied. I am originally from Queens, New York, led one of the hardest-working most respected bands in Atlanta for over a decade, and have recently relocated to beautiful Los Angeles! Santa Monica, to be exact.
I have been working on a wonderful debut CD for over 5 years now, which is finally nearing completion. It will be available for purchase on www.davebass.com when done.
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My first love was actually poetry. I had my first writings published at 10, won numerous awards for writing in school and did a short stint as a freelance journalist for a big local Atlanta newspaper after college.
But music was ALWAYS a gigantic part of my life, from the time my first two cells divided! I landed my first professional gig at 15, then gained experience playing with big bands, jazz and blues combos, variety groups - even a country band, (shhh - don't tell anyone).
Somewhere along the way, music took over as my primary love and vocation. Before I made the transition to music full-time, I was heavily involved in restaurant management and consulting. I worked hard and climbed the ladder quickly. My experience in management was great, but I found it unfulfilling deep down inside, and left it to pursue music again.
I recently had the priviledge of playing songwriter Johnny Mercer in a musical about his life called "Love, Johnny," which let me stretch my acting and singing skills. I love acting. I built the website for the show; www.lovejohnny.com.
I love the creative process in all its forms. I like to sketch, build things and swing and Latin dance in my spare time, (when I HAD spare time!), and am an avid appreciator of good painting, sculpture, film, dance... and of course, writing, music, and acting.
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Hobbies:
A couple of years ago I got into photography. Favorite subject? People. The human figure is the greatest work of art, no contest. I love natural, unguarded moments on camera. I love shooting nature, too. I am always looking for my next photographic 'muse' - someone who wants to explore creating images of beauty. I like the works of Berko, Demarchalier, Testino, Joyce Tenneson, etc.
I also love to exercise - walk, bike, swim, yoga, rollerblade, basketball, frisbee, football, volleyball, working out. Haven't tried skiing, surfing or hang-gliding yet - but they're on my list. I am game for anything once - except bungee jumping, I think.
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Personal:
My life is SO unusual it could be a movie script. I have been blessed to experience a tremendous number of miracles and pains starting from an early age. The bottom line? God is great. The very act of being ALIVE is 100% gift. From the moment you wake up and take your first conscious breath every morning - thank God for it!
I have learned the key to success in anything is Divine Surrender. Not surrender in the worldly sense of 'Giving up and losing,' but DIVINE surrender as in 'Give up and win!' - letting God be God and you be you.
You see, we humans think we KNOW shit. We don't know shit. GOD knows shit. When we surrender to the Divine, everything can flow through us - life, creativity, relationships. Ego runs counter to this in every way. Ego is the ILLUSION of control. There is no control. There is only surrender or fighting surrender. ("Security is largely a figment of the imagination. Life is a daring adventure or it is nothing." Helen Keller). This is just my opinion of course, and you may think I'M full of shit. Then again... you may be one of those people who thinks they KNOW shit!
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I am an intense & passionate person - a true triple Scorpio. I love to connect with people on a very deep level, whether in good conversation, music, art, laughter, making love not war, etc! And 'Integrity' is my favorite word in the English language.
I am very health conscious and am actually building a website to share my knowledge with the public. I don't smoke, rarely drink and don't use drugs. I don't even own asprin. Just don't feel the need for it. You could say I get high on Life.
That's it - come see a show!
Peace,
Dave
www.davebass.com
Who I'd like to meet: "I've been searchin' for the daughter of the devil himself, I've been searchin' for an angel in white - I've been lookin' for a woman who's a little of both, and I can feel her but she's nowhere in sight..."
PEEPSHOW MENAGERIE is THIS WEDNESDAY, November 18th, at Bordello in Los Angeles!
(click on the poster for show details!)
See the SECOND COMING of the FIRE & BRIMSTOME BURLESQUE REVIVAL of the Burlesque Show that pokes fun at televangelists, all while donating all proceeds to a full arts program for Inner City Children!
PEEPSHOW MENAGERIE is THIS WEDNESDAY, November 18th, at Bordello in Los Angeles!
(click on the poster for show details!)
See a Riotous and Ribald Burlesque Show of International Proportions in a tribute to the "Road Films" of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby...but not just with a couple of boobs (IE: Our hosts); but a whole cast of Burlesque Stars!
Welcome to “DM Country”,
home of the "DM Tongue Twister". Here's a "DM" tongue
tangling tambourine jangling double fisting mind twisting riddle to get you
through your day and help you keep a grin above your chin through the week.
Have a Tornado swirling Fly caught in a hurricane whirling Hope I make it out
alive hurling Thank God I’ve landed back on my feet twirling weekend!!!
Dave - how funny. I have your business card right here because I was about to look you up! It was so nice meeting you last night! I hope you had fun at dinner/breakfast with the boys! I'll see you next Sunday at Cicada, yes? xoxo, Bettie "Lucille" Dollface
Welcome! I just signed on right now and saw your friend request pop up. Thanks! Great videos, you should do just fine out here in LA. There's a lot of work for a hard working and great sounding guy as yourself. People love working with nice people too, it's rare and when it's found, it's kept around for a long time ;)
