Mike Gordon
Mike Gordon
Michael Eliot "Mike" Gordonis a bass guitar player and vocalist most recognized as a founding member and bassist for the rock band Phish. In addition to bass, Gordon is an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano, and guitar. He is also a filmmaker and author. He has released four solo studio albums...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth3 June 1965
CitySudbury, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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Lately Fish and I have been hooking up more, which is a good thing because it's just been a struggle for me as a bass player to play with someone who's so creative on the drums, and lately it's been really good, especially during sound checks.
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I know in an earlier version he said there was one song that features my bass and guitar. It made him cry every time he heard it; not necessarily because of missing me, but because it was a successful little jam. That was going to be on the album, but I think that may have been several albums ago.
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This is my second bass that Paul built me. There were some changes that were made. Sometimes I think of changes that could be made having to do with both the sound and the feel. It's definitely a beautiful instrument.
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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.
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The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.
technology thinking bass
I'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.
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It's really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend.
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We just had to keep playing hard. We started trapping the ball and they just threw it away. Our defense really helped our offense.
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Elektra has no control over the live show, at least.
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There's no way we could play a country song as well as a country band or a Latin song as well as a Latin band. We could never expect to do that. We just keep doing what we do, what we know how to do. We sound like ourselves.
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We have been trying to play a lot of different kinds of music, and probably the next album will go back more towards the direction where you couldn't classify each song as a certain kind of music. This album you can.
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I 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.
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Point guard is my natural position. I don't have to worry about scoring as much. It's more of a leadership role, communicating with my team and getting guys the ball where they need it to make plays.
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When our big guys are clicking and our guards are clicking, I think we are the toughest team in the conference.