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NOW: Live Q&A with Kenny Lewis, Bass Player for Brad Paisley
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GoldenVulture
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Re: NOW: Live Q&A with Kenny Lewis, Bass Player for Brad Paisley
I haven't got a question but Welcome to the forum.
I haven't got a question but Welcome to the forum.
KennyLewis
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Re: NOW: Live Q&A with Kenny Lewis, Bass Player for Brad Paisley
Hey everybody it's Kenny Lewis, currently touring with Brad Paisley. Woke up this morning in Virginia Beach, Virginia and thought I'd come on here and chat a little bit about bass guitars.
Hey everybody it's Kenny Lewis, currently touring with Brad Paisley. Woke up this morning in Virginia Beach, Virginia and thought I'd come on here and chat a little bit about bass guitars.
KennyLewis
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Re: NOW: Live Q&A with Kenny Lewis, Bass Player for Brad Paisley
Actually, I was a guitar player first. Started playing guitar when I was 8, bass guitar when I was 13-14. There was a neighbor of mine who had a bass and I started playing his and I just really took to it.
Actually, I was a guitar player first. Started playing guitar when I was 8, bass guitar when I was 13-14. There was a neighbor of mine who had a bass and I started playing his and I just really took to it.
Chris of Arabia
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How do you feel the public's perception of what it is to be a musician has been changed in the light of TV talent shows like X-Factor and so on?
How do you feel the public's perception of what it is to be a musician has been changed in the light of TV talent shows like X-Factor and so on?
KennyLewis
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I like an Ampeg amp of some type. I pretty much always stick to some form of an Ampeg - even when we do television stuff. Instrument wise, my standard go to is my MusicMan 5-string Stingray. If I got those two, I'm in pretty good shape.
I like an Ampeg amp of some type. I pretty much always stick to some form of an Ampeg - even when we do television stuff. Instrument wise, my standard go to is my MusicMan 5-string Stingray. If I got those two, I'm in pretty good shape.
KennyLewis
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Well, for me I started in a different time. Everybody was just playing in bars and you got discovered that way. All those shows have opened the door to a lot of people to get their shot, as opposed to crawling through the ditch. Just a difference of the times, that was then and it's still music. And I think the palette is what rises to the top. You can come out of a barn dance or The Voice, in the end the talent will prevail.
Well, for me I started in a different time. Everybody was just playing in bars and you got discovered that way. All those shows have opened the door to a lot of people to get their shot, as opposed to crawling through the ditch. Just a difference of the times, that was then and it's still music. And I think the palette is what rises to the top. You can come out of a barn dance or The Voice, in the end the talent will prevail.
PFDarkside
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Re: NOW: Live Q&A with Kenny Lewis, Bass Player for Brad Paisley
Can you describe the process of how you ended up playing with Brad Paisley? Were you "playing in bars" and taking auditions? Were you recommended for the position by someone else? I've always been curious about the scene surrounding country music and how players get a shot when everyone is exceedingly talented.
KennyLewis
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Nashville as far as players go is word of mouth. My path to Brad actually came through the Billy Dean years when I was with him and Billy Dean got Brad's career started. When people are getting started your name just comes up. It's a community of players. It does all start going into clubs, exchanging numbers and getting known, really it's own social network.
There is still auditions, I auditioned for Brad of course but I already knew some people in the camp, which always helps.
Nashville as far as players go is word of mouth. My path to Brad actually came through the Billy Dean years when I was with him and Billy Dean got Brad's career started. When people are getting started your name just comes up. It's a community of players. It does all start going into clubs, exchanging numbers and getting known, really it's own social network.
There is still auditions, I auditioned for Brad of course but I already knew some people in the camp, which always helps.
KennyLewis
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Re: NOW: Live Q&A with Kenny Lewis, Bass Player for Brad Paisley
Some of the heroes of mine would be cool: Kris Kristofferson or a Steve Earle record. Elton John record or Tom Petty would be cool. Merle Haggard as well.
Some of the heroes of mine would be cool: Kris Kristofferson or a Steve Earle record. Elton John record or Tom Petty would be cool. Merle Haggard as well.
PFDarkside
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Re: NOW: Live Q&A with Kenny Lewis, Bass Player for Brad Paisley
Who are your some of your influences as far as your playing style is concerned?
Who are your some of your influences as far as your playing style is concerned?
KennyLewis
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It all starts from way back, I was a big Thin Lizzy fan, Paul McCartney. Michael Rhodes, really cool and always makes good choices and his basslines are always dead on. And of course Geddy Lee, we can't leave Geddy Lee out.
It all starts from way back, I was a big Thin Lizzy fan, Paul McCartney. Michael Rhodes, really cool and always makes good choices and his basslines are always dead on. And of course Geddy Lee, we can't leave Geddy Lee out.
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Chris of Arabia
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One of the things that constantly gets recommended around here is to "learn how to do your own guitar/bass setups" - is that something you've learned to do, or do you hand it over to someone you trust?
One of the things that constantly gets recommended around here is to "learn how to do your own guitar/bass setups" - is that something you've learned to do, or do you hand it over to someone you trust?
KennyLewis
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Re: NOW: Live Q&A with Kenny Lewis, Bass Player for Brad Paisley
I do my own setup work as far as pickup heights, intonation levels, action wise where you like to have it. I just don't get down into the wiring part of it. Our tech has a guitar shop in Nashville and I usually hand it off to him.
I do my own setup work as far as pickup heights, intonation levels, action wise where you like to have it. I just don't get down into the wiring part of it. Our tech has a guitar shop in Nashville and I usually hand it off to him.
KennyLewis
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Re: NOW: Live Q&A with Kenny Lewis, Bass Player for Brad Paisley
Thanks everybody for the comments and chatting with me and spending some time here on the Bassment. It's time for me to head back to the bus as we've got soundcheck coming up. You can find me on Facebook.
Thanks once again everybody, come see us on the road.
Thanks everybody for the comments and chatting with me and spending some time here on the Bassment. It's time for me to head back to the bus as we've got soundcheck coming up. You can find me on Facebook.
Thanks once again everybody, come see us on the road.
peterjenic
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If there is still some space of time to ask you, do you crank your bass's controls wide open or do you mess around with it? Do you use REDDI?
Thank you for your reply.
Peter
If there is still some space of time to ask you, do you crank your bass's controls wide open or do you mess around with it? Do you use REDDI?
Thank you for your reply.
Peter
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Funkfingers
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Re: NOW: Live Q&A with Kenny Lewis, Bass Player for Brad Paisley
Fire up the DeLorean. That live Q&A session was almost two years ago.
Welcome to the forum.
Fire up the DeLorean. That live Q&A session was almost two years ago.
Welcome to the forum.
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