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
player thinking bass
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.
dream thinking order
In order to have that incredible groove that makes you dream you have to think not of the groove, but of the dream.
thinking play interesting
Usually I don't think much in terms of interesting sounds. Although I think I want to get one of those whammy pedals, I forget what it's called and who makes it. It's got a whole bunch of different settings. You can play a note and it will raise the pitch when you push the pedal.
ball defense helped playing threw
We just had to keep playing hard. We started trapping the ball and they just threw it away. Our defense really helped our offense.
american-musician
Elektra has no control over the live show, at least.
american-musician country expect latin
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.
album american-musician certain classify kinds next towards trying
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.
american-musician boost frequency goes helped subtle switch
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.
ball guard guys leadership natural point scoring team worry
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.
clicking guards guys team toughest
When our big guys are clicking and our guards are clicking, I think we are the toughest team in the conference.
attacked ball early low opened
We wanted to get the ball down low and we just attacked them early in the game. And then that opened it up for the perimeter game.
american-musician cover learn
It's not often that we learn cover songs.
amazes fact fans gets great key locked musician playing time unlocks willing
It's like he's a key that gets in there and unlocks part of my playing or sensibility as a musician that is there all the time but it's locked up. Just the fact that he's willing to do the whole collaboration with me amazes me. He's so content. He's got such great fans when he's by himself.