Groovin' on Willie's Bass

January Made Me Shiver…

At Chess Records in Chicago
At Chess Records in Chicago

It’s colder than I like it (-20 to -30). None the less I do ski but, you have to bundle up.

Some how, I can’t help but think of back to last December in Chicago.

Marta and I took a tour of the old chess records studio Very, very cool environment and Willie Dixon’s grand son gave us the tour.

Talk about history… This tour is much better if you have viewed the movie Cadillac Records. (I had watched about 3 times over the past few years.

What was great fun, was playing Willie Dixon’s Bass.

While in Chicago, checked out the House of Blues and saw Lisa Fischer at the Winery. (She is Fantastic live)

Here’s a cool live version of a Zeppelin Fave.

 

Groovin' on Willie's Bass
Groovin’ on Willie’s Bass

Studio Setup

This is the heart of my musical expression. The vehicle of my journey. The Stick, Phil Jones PJ 150, several effects pedals (Digitech RP55, volume pedal on treble side and Diamond Bass Compressor and Line 6 MM4 on the Bass side)

I record onto my laptop with a M-Audio Fast Track Pro. All from a small Eurorack MX 602A (Behringer).

I use NTrack multi track software and Sound Forge.

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