I´m a 25 year old girl from Iceland and I´ve played for 6 years. ( I
dont understad why so few girls play the bass ..?)
For the past years. I´ve played with some bands, that have done their own music
not so much cover stuff. One was a Icelnadic-folk/salsa band =a mixture between the
two. Another was a pure rock band. Today, I play with a newformed group, and were into
pop/polka or what ever .. I´ts hard to put label on our music just yet ..
Also I like to play on my own at home with some records of funkjazz and some interesting
stuff
and put in it some basslines. I stayed in school in Granada, Spain and brought the
bass along.
There I got very influenced of Flamenco, and tried to play some for fun ..
There is a band there caled KETAMA and they do Flamenco/pop. Their bass player is incredible
and that stuff really attracts me. (Check Carlo Sauras film FLAMENCO. and you´ll
se him in the end.
It is´nt so easy to find LH. instruments here in Reykjavik, so I only have one
bass.
The Warmoth has a thick, solid sound (ash) but is a little heavyweight. I love that
bass.
I could use a lighter one as well, with sharp and pointy sound, to have different characters.
I play the Percussion as well, (the African Djembee, bongos congas and that kind of
stuff) we have a band of 6 people. singer,acc.guitar,drummer,percussion,double bass.
We have released 2 CD´s and the band is called "Sixpack Latino" -so
I guess i´m all for rythm hahh ..
