The Great Bass Players on Drummers 1981

[Scott K Fish]

The Great Bass Players on Drummers 1981

SKF NOTE: This piece was thoroughly enjoyable to put together. My intent was to write similar pieces with pianists, guitarists, and other instrumentalists as subjects. Don’t remember why I never did.

Some of the best advice I received in my playing days was from non-drummers, starting with my high school music teacher, Art Simeone. And that’s where the idea for this piece came from. Thirty-five years up the road, this is an impressive group of bassists — if I do say so myself: Jack Six, Carol Kaye, Calvin Hill, Larry Ridley, Jr., Ron Carter, Miroslav Vitous, Eddie Gomez, Reggie Workman, Richard Davis, Gordon Edwards, Will Lee, Bob Cranshaw, Lee Sklar, Max Bennett, Sam Jones, and Wilton Felder.

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[toddbishop]

Great article. This stuff should really be in a book, if it's not legally entangled with MD. All your stuff. Seems like Cymbalpress would be interested.

 

[Scott K Fish]

Great article. This stuff should really be in a book, if it's not legally entangled with MD. All your stuff. Seems like Cymbalpress would be interested.


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Thank you, Todd. Interesting idea. I think Robyn Flans and maybe other former MD writers, are/were trying to see if the digital age changed MD's rights on material originally published pre-digital. If so, I don't know where they are on that quest. // My agreement with MD was that MD owned the rights to the published/edoted version of my interviews and other published writing. The pre-edited writing/transcripts belong to me.

 

[Drumming dog]

Thank you, Todd. Interesting idea. I think Robyn Flans and maybe other former MD writers, are/were trying to see if the digital age changed MD's rights on material originally published pre-digital. If so, I don't know where they are on that quest. // My agreement with MD was that MD owned the rights to the published/edoted version of my interviews and other published writing. The pre-edited writing/transcripts belong to me.

Does that mean you could possibly publish your transcripts?

 

[Scott K Fish]

Does that mean you could possibly publish your transcripts?

I believe so. I've already posted some of my typed transcripts. Plus, the audio interviews I've posted are sound versions of my typed transcripts.

 

[Drumming dog]

I believe so. I've already posted some of my typed transcripts. Plus, the audio interviews I've posted are sound versions of my typed transcripts.

Scott, i very much enjoyed your contributions to Modern Drummer over the yrs. Thanks

 

[Frank Godiva]

I believe so. I've already posted some of my typed transcripts. Plus, the audio interviews I've posted are sound versions of my typed transcripts.

Write the book on the great Dave Tough

 

[Scott K Fish]

Scott, i very much enjoyed your contributions to Modern Drummer over the yrs. Thanks

Thank you. From time-to-time, looking back on my life, MD consistently comes to mind as rewarding/fun.

 

[5 Style]

The really great bass players understand timing, swing, syncopation and the like about as well as drummers so it's definitely worth hearing about the art of drumming from their perspective.

 

[bellbrass]

I am in the process of reading through what these fantastic bass players have to say about drummers. I find this kind of thing invaluable as a musician. I don't remember reading this in MD at the time, even though I had a subscription. And I'd love to see a book of your interviews, Scott.