Long time no see. How you all doing?

Thanks - I will have a look later. I have lyme - some insight there - long read - if you're interested in a touch on my situation, so it's tough for me to play these days.. and I didn't really do much with my days as a bassist when I was totally capable (in my teens+ when I started with classic rock [since it was easy to form connections with other bands learning it - not because I necessarily liked a lot of it] - stuff like Rush and Dream Theater, Kansas, Uriah Heep, Ozzy/Sabbath, Jethro Tull, mastering some of those albums as best as I could). Well, got to know a few people who have been around, but not super famous. My girlfriend's old band had a show with Anthrax once, back before she got sick with lyme and other crud as well. It might've been during it, since she still kept going while being fairly ill. I guess both of us do, to the best of our abilities.

Learning that early stuff got me into later more technical stuff. I can play almost anything though if I listen to it, same as you're saying. Not as easy with my brain being half-gone from 20+ years of lyme, but I can still hold my own if I was dropped into a random band and had to learn it on the fly, or had just a little while to review material and I'm pretty good at "improvising" since I just know how to naturally play bass... and where notes work together (of course, time changes are a whole different beast... can't predict those). Anyway, won't go into a Superfabs Superblab, more than I already have... It's been good replying back and forth though. I'll give it a look when I get some time though: Thanks for sharing! I also know a few people who are fairly popular out there... I'll only name drop one: my friend sang for one of Drowning Pool's albums... a buddy named Jason. He's a jerk though... and I'm sure that's what led to them kicking him out after just one album cut. Don't tell him I said that...

I kinda have the sound of a cross between Paul Gilbert and Billy Sheehan... That's weird since they were both in Mr. Big back in the day... lol. I don't like hair metal much, but... those guys do have some pretty admirable talent. Gilbert's one of my favorite "mainstream" shredders... though I like a lot of what many would consider more "mainstream". Most guys are way more talented than the "Top 50" lists these mags create - and it's amazing how much talent is out there that just isn't in the spotlight - and when you ask those guys, they usually prefer it be that way... ;)

Take care!