Mike Gordon's Profile
Brief about Mike Gordon: By info that we know Mike Gordon was born at 1965-06-03. And also Mike Gordon is American Musician.
Some Mike Gordon's quotes. Goto "Mike Gordon's quotation" section for more.I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence.
Tags: Again, Big, GratefulA lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.
Tags: Great, History, SeparateI agree with the rest of the band, that a truly synthesized sound isn't really what I would want to go for.
Tags: Band, Rest, SoundI haven't written enough songs to be able to say that I have a system. I've only written a handful.
Tags: Able, Enough, SystemThe worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.
Tags: Cool, Thinking, WorstI feel like I want to write some songs and I don't know how to go about doing it. Usually it's the lyrics that are a problem, and I think I am not really cut out to be a lyricist.
Tags: Problem, Songs, WriteI like to be sort of grounded with Fish. But, at the same time, I think probably what's unique about us is the way other dynamics happen, where I'll play off Trey for awhile. When we start playing a jam, I don't usually know what's going to happen, I don't have a plan.
Tags: Happen, Start, TimeI think one thing that helped the sound change, it's a real subtle thing; it's just one switch on my bass, it has three positions, and I usually boost the mid-range frequency, I lowered the frequency that I boost, and that goes out to the sound system, too.
Tags: Change, Real, ThreeI want to get an handful of spare basses to use first of all if mine breaks, and second, to learn some things about aspects of basses that I like, so Paul can build those aspects into it.
Tags: Learn, Mine, SecondI want to take some jams and really concentrate on hooking up with Page because, since he's the only one not next to me, and his sound is mainly coming from my monitor rather than through the air, it's a little harder for me to hook up with him.
Tags: Him, Rather, SinceI'm always interested in mixing technology and music. You know, maybe I'll have a MIDI bass pickup at some point, I don't really think that's the direction I would want to go.
Tags: Music, Point, TechnologyI'm not really allowed to talk about the Dead though. I think when we are at our best, we definitely do things that the Dead or no other band could do. We explore things and take things to the extreme.
Tags: Best, Dead, TalkIf part of the purpose of making an album is to get some radio play, then you might as well think about that. But that's not really how we picked the songs.
Tags: Making, Might, PurposeLast tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the first note and nothing would be there. Those guys would just roll their eyes.
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