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kimberly
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Username: kimberly

Post Number: 4
Registered: 1-2007
Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 3:14 pm:   Edit Post

Hi Everyone. :-)

I've got a booking for this Saturday at Tizley's Europub located at 18928 Front St. in beautiful downtown Poulsbo, WA from 8-10. I'll present everything from a stand alone instrumental version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow, to a looping five voice synth version of Lowrider by War. Come say hello if you get the chance. :-)


Kimberly
dwmark
Intermediate Member
Username: dwmark

Post Number: 141
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 6:49 pm:   Edit Post

Welcome to the Club. We don't get many righties playing lefty basses here, so I hope you'll stay with us.

dw
olieoliver
Senior Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 1092
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 7:02 pm:   Edit Post

Love to see the show but it's kind of a long drive from Texas. More videos would be most excellent.
I’d love to hear your version of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and a five voice solo version of War...OH YEA!
byoung
Senior Member
Username: byoung

Post Number: 493
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 7:20 pm:   Edit Post

Olie,

My house is about an hour or so from Poulsbo, you're welcome to come over and hang out if you do happen to drive up.

I'm going to check with my social coordinator* as to whether we have plans Saturday; maybe we'll show up.

Bradley

* aka senior management
kimberly
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Username: kimberly

Post Number: 6
Registered: 1-2007
Posted on Friday, February 02, 2007 - 1:27 pm:   Edit Post

Hi Guys. :-)

dwmark, thank you for your welcome. I'm sure I'll be around a while. Nice place ya'll have here. :-)

Olie, in the event you're on the way as I'm typing this, be assured if you show up you've got a place to crash out for a couple of days to recoup from that drive. FYI. I grew up in north Louisiana and lived in Marshall and south of Houston (Lake Jackson/Surfside/Clute) for awhile, so I know personally how long a drive that is. Also, if you do happen to make it, we'll have a Pac NW style BBQ and grill up some salmon. :-)

Bradley, hey neighbor! :-) My Mom and one of my sisters live in Kent and I've been through the Covington area many times. If senior management gives the okay and you make it over this way, you'll recognize me pretty easily, as I'll be the one playing bass. ;)

Take care,

Kimberly :-)
kimberly
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Username: kimberly

Post Number: 9
Registered: 1-2007
Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 3:38 am:   Edit Post

Hi Everyone.

A video from Saturday night at the Europub in Poulsbo, WA. Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Vincent (up to the bridge). I could say it was technical difficulty, but truth of the matter is I had a 'brain fart' and rather than commence playing some 'jazz', I 'noodled' out, saved the tune, let out a sigh of relief and moved right along with my fast paced Las Vegas type show.

A shame Bradley, or Olie didn't show up, as at the end they could have made up a third of the 'crowd'. It kind of reminded me why I quit playing, though I don't see that being the case this time around. I'm having too much fun. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAVSHVRnDzo

I'll see about Low Rider tomorrow, as it's getting pretty late.

Enjoy.

G'night. ;)

Kimberly
811952
Senior Member
Username: 811952

Post Number: 961
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 9:58 am:   Edit Post

Nice! Of course, your fingerings are totally backwards... ;) I, too, play barefooted about half the time. It lets my soul breathe...

John
olieoliver
Senior Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 1095
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 1:34 pm:   Edit Post

Very nice Kimberly. It's not often enough that you get to see and hear a bassist gigging alone.

Ya' got skillz' dats fer sure!
kimberly
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Username: kimberly

Post Number: 10
Registered: 1-2007
Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 3:20 pm:   Edit Post

Hi Everyone. :-)

Thank you John. I enjoy playing 'heels off'. It's much more comfortable and as well, a whole lot easier to turn knobs and push buttons on my effects devices. :-)

Olie, thank you very much. I really appreciate the comments. It's nice to have the recognition, but more so the validation. Bass Soloist? What? Huh? I've heard that a few times here of late. People say they didn't understand when hearing about a bass soloist. Then when they hear me, they say ahhhh...now I get it.

Another video from last night. It hasn't gone live on Youtube yet, (as of 3:00ishPM Sunday), but...sooner or later I would certainly hope so. :-)

Low Rider.

I had posted previously it had five synth voices but when I thought about it and counted, there were only four! Yikes! What to do, what to do??? After muttering to myself for awhile it came to me, add another voice! Thus the harmonica section on one of the choruses. Only one time though because as I immediately realized (to my dismay), while sounding okay in the living room, when I went live, the two voices weren't balanced with each other (I hate it when that happens). ;)

Anyway, I'll tweak the settings and will likely continue onwards with five, not four, synth voices. As an added bonus, it's turning into quite the crowd pleaser. Not bad at all for running it live last night for the third time. One of those things that make you go hmmm... Right out of 'left field', a new 'hit' for my act. And she 'scores' another one! Heheheheh... ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFNDmzqIUB8

As always, best regards and enjoy. :-)

Kimberly
hb3
Advanced Member
Username: hb3

Post Number: 206
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 5:36 pm:   Edit Post

That was pretty cool. And here's the beauty of youtube: more people, far more people, have now seen you perform than were at your gig. This lessens the depressing-ness of playing live, doesn't it? At least a bit.
kimberly
Junior
Username: kimberly

Post Number: 12
Registered: 1-2007
Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 11:03 pm:   Edit Post

Hi Everybody.

Thank you hb3. :-) You're absolutely right, the exposure from Youtube definitely reaches much further than the gig itself. Do I expect to get 'rich and famous'? Not hardly, but I tell ya, it sure is fun. :-)

And you're also right it does, as you say, "At least a bit". ;)

So, last one for awhile, (probably...).

One I use as a filler entitled, 'Got Blues?'. Bass line and chords on the looper, lead bass, sax and trumpet on the synth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSseP3GPlTY

Best Regards to All. :-)

Enjoy.

Kimberly Lynn - Bass Soloist :-)
kimberly
Junior
Username: kimberly

Post Number: 14
Registered: 1-2007
Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 2:54 am:   Edit Post

This is kind of scary, I think I'm turning into a YouTube junkie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQrKjiVDIxk - American Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSQ7aHiZ_rc - Bass Boogie

Kimberly Lynn <---beating feet outta here! ;)
bracheen
Senior Member
Username: bracheen

Post Number: 1128
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 6:17 am:   Edit Post

Thanks for the video links, Kimberly. Those are always fun. The late, great Ronnie Van Zant, RIP, would perform bare foot. He said it was so he could feel the energy come from the stage.

Sam
alembic_doctor
Intermediate Member
Username: alembic_doctor

Post Number: 172
Registered: 8-2002
Posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 7:43 am:   Edit Post

I play bare footed at Church. I tried it on a whim one Sunday because one of our guitar players does it sometimes. The first time I did it, I found it to be incredibly freeing. And I believe it helps me to get into Worshipping more. There is biblical basis for it as well.

Joshua 5:15
Exodus 3:5
Acts 7:33



And there is also several thousand watts of clean, punchy sub under my bare feet.
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 4766
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 7:42 pm:   Edit Post

Very nice; I really enjoyed the Rainbow/Vincent vid. Which reminds me, I need to practice more.
kimberly
Junior
Username: kimberly

Post Number: 36
Registered: 1-2007
Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 6:19 pm:   Edit Post

Hi Guys,

Kimberly here catching up and following up. :-)

Sam - You're very welcome for the video links and I hope you enjoyed them. Rough in places, as I'm still in the formative/polishing phase of my material but as you say, it sure is fun. :-)

Doc - (may I call you Doc?) ;) You say, "And there is also several thousand watts of clean, punchy sub under my bare feet." I say, 'Wow...'.

Dave - Thank you much. :-) As it's been said, 'You get paid to practice, playing live is the bonus'. ;)

Bestest of Regards to All.

Kimberly :-)

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