Rob Wallace

Wow, what a brilliant thread. It is amazing to read about all you guys from all over the world and very interesting to see how you got to where you are today. I thought I should slip in my humble details myself as I haven't spotted anyone hailing from jolly old England yet (apologies if I have missed anyone). Here goes: My name is Tony Banks and I used to be in a band you may have heard of called Genesis. Sorry, that's a lie, my real name is Kevin #7 Sorry, that's a lie as well. I must start taking the pills again. Nurse ! Nurse ! My real real name is Rob Wallace aka: Bassment because of my chosen instrument and poor taste in humour (as the above has just demonstrated). I am 33, a Libra and I dress to the left. I am a big Rush fan and also do the odd spot of theatre work. My current job status is Alesis Technical Support for the UK and am based at a company called Sound Technology which is about 40 mins north of London. I got into making music around 1980 playing any object that made an interesting noise and recording it on my tape recorder. In 1984 I left school and got a summer job in a warehouse. I bought a Moog Rogue with my first pay check and after that there was no stopping me. The job became permanent and I worked there for four years funding my desires to buy musical equipment. I also gigged locally with my first band, Dissidentz who were heavily influenced by Depeche Mode, Thompson Twins and Thomas Dolby (I wonder where the band name came from ?) By 1988 I had aquired the following bits of gear: Moog Rogue Korg MS10 Mattel Synsonic drums Boss DR110 Dr Rhythm Casio CT202 keyboard Jen Synx 508 Phillips Studio 2 (early type of kareoke machine. It was an amp with line and mic inputs and a twin tape deck so that I could overdub) Yamaha DX27 Yamaha MT44D 4 - track recorder In 1988 I left work and went to college in Newcastle Upon Tyne to study a new course called Music Technology and this coincided with me picking up the bass for the first time. It has since become my main instrument and my absolute hero is Geddy Lee. Unfortunately what little keyboard skills I had have remained stuck in the 1980's, as have my musical tastes. I was at college for two years and graduated with a National Diploma in Music Technology with merit in 1990. After that I worked in various studios in London and played in bands in the big smoke as well as locally and I also had some close shaves with record deals, fame and fortune etc but that is another story. I got the job at Sound Technology in 1995 after answering an ad in the local paper and have been here ever since and that was how I have had the privilidge of working with the illustrious Mr Bryce and his amazing keyboard skills. I am currently in a 70's covers band with some of the guys from work. It is a good laugh and we get paid for it as well. Our web site is http://www.groove-republic.com I also compose music for theatre shows which takes up a lot of my time. I must really get back into writing some new original songs sometime. I have posted a couple of old tracks on my MP3 site if you want to have a listen and you can read the history of the songs there as well: http://www.mp3.com/bassment That about wraps it up for me. These days I still have all my old gear plus... G+L 5500 5 string bass x 2 Trace Elliot 4x 10" combo A6 Andromeda QS8 DM Pro XT20 x 2 Studio 32 desk ML9600 Masterlink 3630 compressor x 2 U220 D550 Roland D20 HR16 MMT8 Jen SX1000 Korg Delta G3 350 running Logic Audio Platinum 4.7 Emagic AMT8 Emagic Audiowerk 8 card And that completes the voting from the Estonian jury. This message has been brought to you today by the letter B cheers, Bassment

"The time has come", the Walrus said to finally launch my MP3 site. When I bumped into Dave at the Frankfurt show I promised I would try and get something together, so here it is. All the relavant info is on the site but questions and comments on any of the tracks would be gratefully accepted. Take a trip: http://www.mp3.com/bassment