YOUR QUESTION:

09/17/2020 22:52:27 Bee(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Hi Trevor!
1. You’re setting up your electric bass (🦋 ) to be this tangible icon of your XX-year music career and already looks like it deserves the Purple Heart. What’s the story behind its genesis? How did she find you?
2. In regards to becoming a full time musician, how would one determine the degree of hard work and sacrifice they should make? Especially in music where stability fluctuates and sacrificial efforts don't always match their desired outcomes.
3. What’s your base point in determining fall’s arrival? Is it the change in leaves or when pumpkin-spice-everything takes control of the city and our children? It can also be a scent that awakens a memory.

MY ANSWER:

1. After switching over to 5-string from about ‘92-’96 I woke up one morning with a hankering for a Pbass. I went to a store in Berkeley, CA called Univibe (RIP) and they had two. My 1975 “Butterfly” Pbass chose me that day. I have no idea what her history before me was. We don’t talk about the past.
2. I sacrificed a fair amount in the early days, consciously staying in to practice or take gigs while my peers were partying or out vandalizing property. I missed a lot of self-destruction. I suppose everyone has to gauge it themselves — to what degree of discipline can they maintain; how hungry are you? How bad do you want it? Plenty of brilliant musicians need day jobs to stay afloat. There’s no shame in that. Be frugal, check yourself, don’t waste time but also, rest is important.
3. I’d say on the East Coast it is a specific temperature drop. It’s probably 48º or something specific like that. Back in California there was only Halloween, which is still a good base point for a lot of things.