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I Love a Good Bass

How do you like my recording journey so far?

The next installment is right here, german version below:

In English:

Today Giles joint us to lay down the bass tracks.

He played normal E-bass, fretless and double bass.

He is a very experienced studio musician but plays in bands as well.Giles is playing guitar since he was eight and quickly added bass to his portfolio.

By mid-afternoon all parts where recorded.

The result is great and I again got what I wanted.

Thank you, Giles.

And again I had an emotional moment feeling so damn grateful and happy that life is giving me this opportunity. This reminds me of a line in a song of a famous German rock/pop musician: “Take your life and never give it back because by the time one needs life it is difficult to find.”

Auf Deutsch:

Heute war Giles, der Bassist dran.

Er spielt verschiedene Basstypen: Den normalen E- Bass, den man so kennt, Kontrabass (ein herrlich wuchtiges Instrument) sowie einen bundlosen E-Bass.

Giles hat schon mit 8 Jahren angefangen Musik zu machen. Erst Gitarre, schnell gefolgt vom E-Bass. Damit blickt er zurueck auf ueber 30 Jahre Musik.

Nach etlichen Stunden war dann auch dieser Job getan.

Ich habe bekommen, was ich mir vorgestellt hatte. Das Ergebnis ist also super.

Danke Giles.

Und wieder gab es einen Moment, der mich emotional werden liess.

Wie sang schon Udo Lindenberg? “Nimm Dir das Leben und gib’s nie wieder her, den wenn man es mal braucht, dann findet man’s so schwer.”