Hi there,
I am glad I registered in this lovely forum and wanted to say Hello and some words about me.
My name is Steff, a 32 years old bass player, and I have just arrived in London. Back in my home country - Bulgaria I was one of... let's say the top10 wanted bassists. I have played and recorded for many famous artists and bands back there, covers and originals. I have recorded for the world-famous Bulgarian clarinet player Ivo Papazov - Ibryama, have played with american singer Claude J. Woods Jr., who is singing with the Earth Wind&Fire Experience and Al Mckay Allstar band. A songs that I have been recording in have been published in different compilations incl. Buddha Bar and others. I have also been a bass player and lead singer for a band that won the Uriah Heep's "Best video contest" back in 2007 I think...
The reason I have decided to move is the small size of our market. I really didn't want to stop developing myself as a musician, so I have decided to move to the only place which I felt right - London, so here I am.
I have some videos and audios which some of you might find interesting, though those aren't my best performances, but that is what I have:
[url="http://stefanmarinov.vox.com"]http://stefanmarinov.vox.com[/url]
[url="http://myspace.com/stefanmarinov"]http://myspace.com/stefanmarinov[/url]
[url="http://myspace.com/shakazuluorchestra"]http://myspace.com/shakazuluorchestra[/url] - for the world-funk-fusion lovers.
As you can see I am into many different styles - funk, fusion, pop, rock, soul, world etc, but my real passion is The Funk. I am not the solo player, who has perfect technical skills... I like to grooooooove... I love to be the melodic and rhythm foundation of the song, that makes the band members to feel free to do whatever they want and that makes you move your head while listening to the crazy guitar solo or to the perfect vocal melody... That is who I am.
Once more - happy to be in London and to have the opportunity to work my way up, and happy to be a part of this forum.
Cheers,
Steff.
And yes... I forgot to mention about my gear - it is not something unique, but it is a nice one. I am currently using a '98 MM Stingray5, Ampeg svtII-p preamp, Ampeg SVP-1500 power amp, Mesa/Boogie 1516be cab, and Mesa/Boogie 18' cab(don't know the model of that one - it is just a sweet and fat 18' Mesa... ).