Greetings from Doctorspacebass! I'm excited to get involved in the STEEMIT community, where the quality of our content is the valued priority!

Hello fellow Steemians :)
Happy New Year to everyone in the new STEEMIT community!
My name is Jay or as I am known by my musical alter ego "DOCTORSPACEBASS".

I am a Bass player and Composer and my dream has always been Music.
To play festivals with my band! Seems easy right?
After doing my degree in Jazz and playing upright bass for 5 years in various Jazz Bands,
I returned to my electric bass, a Fender Jazz 1975 I bought from Ronda Smith when I was 16 from an add in the paper.
That was super cool luck! I have played it all my life.

My first influence and Bass idol was Aston "Family Man" Barrett from the great Bob Marley and the Wailers.
I became a complete fanatic after discovering " Babylon by Bus" in my Dad's record collection when I was 13.
That double live album was a sick find man! ( Wait! "Live Album?"...This ties in to my Live album trip later in this post..stay tuned!)

I had the honor to meet "Family man" a few times actually, and each time he was super friendly and we and hung out back stage.
Fam's and Drummy invited me on the Tour Bus in Montreal and back to his special chill zone "Fam's House" where we were getting super "RED" or "Irie" before the Montreal show!

Next was Quebec City, with some amazing backstage chilling once again. That was a special time for me, a personal life highlight for sure!

The next major influence musically for me was The Grateful Dead, with Phil Lesh being the most important factor in my bass playing style, and over all approach to music.

Pure improvisation: Never playing the same thing twice, or relying on some preconceived idea.
*(This is of course the freedom that Jazz improvisation has, that the Grateful Dead were applying to their blend of Psychedelic Rock.
I was very Lucky to be able to see the Grateful Dead over 100 times from 87 to 95, travelling with friends and learning all that I could from the G.D. style of Improvisation.

If (100% Pure Improvised music) == {(( Is like Open Source Code... Everything is there to see... Nothing is hidden or faked....If there is a mistake, it is visible and gives vulnerability and humanness));}
If the music excels , it is through true collective mind and heart.

So Back to my "Life Plan" to be a "Rock Star"! My dream has always been to play Festivals.

I have essentailly been playing with the same crew of players for the past 20 years, under different names, and some slight changes to the line ups.
I am a "Band Man" and have stayed loyal to my close crew of best friends and band mates over the years.

Extra Sensory Project - Originally COSMOSIS - Drum and Bass Electronic Jazz Fusion

The High Country ( Alpha Tofu ) - Jazz Funk Fusion

Space Base - Psychedelic Funk Jamband

These are the three Original Psychedelic Funk Jam Bands that I have formed and played in over the past 20 years.
I am looking forward to posting fresh Live original music from my various bands and projects as well as some solo videos from my home studio.

The Steemit community Looks like an amazing place where the quality of the content is the valued priority, and perfect for great original art and music.

A smaller community of like minded people to appreciate great content, and to get involved in the crypto world.
I also love the idea that my music will be on the Blockchain forever, It's meant to be free and to reach as many people as possible.

I do feel that live music is the most inspired and most of my musical idols best albums were live. "Live Dead" for example (Grateful Dead's 1969 Live masterpiece).

And of course here I will refer once again to "Babylon by Bus" the first album I found of Bob Marley!

Am I destined to only Record Live?
The people create the energy that fuels the band, and makes the band play better! It's a simple formula that cant be attained in the same way in the studio environment.

With my current band Space Base playing @ L'Escalier (Our favorite spot to play in the city of Montreal)
We have the pleasure of having many great guest Musicians every month, and I look forward to posting the latest "HOT JAM SESSIONS" !

Live or Studio?
What do you guys think?
My next Plan is to record a Live album at L'Escalier!

I am super excited for Networking and Learning from everyone in the new STEEMIT Community! :)

*I realized while writing this post, and listening to the music from he example links, and being blown away once again.
I hope some new people will be "turned on" to the great Music that has inspired my life :)

Peace and One Love,
Doctorspacebass

My Links:
Steemit: https://steemit.com/@doctorspacebass
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/doctorspacebass/videos