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Trip Wamsley: Atmospheric jazz bass.

Trip credits the fateful day early in 1982 when he heard "Silly Love Songs" by Wings as the day he decided that music was for him. He would often accompany his band-director father to area music stores where he would see bass guitars. The young Trip thought basses were, "...big guitars for dumb people...". (We've learned to appreciate Trip's dry sense of humor...) Trip's school had a bass that was not being used, so he brought it home and learned to play "Summer Nights" from the movie "Grease". With his first song under his belt and some new-found confidence, Trip set out to make music.

Trip studied with Michael Manring in 1991 and 1992, which was an experience Trip says that consisted of scathing invective and brutal honesty. Trip credits Michael with the phrase "...be deep wide awake and slow...".

Trip's playing takes on both the rhythmic bass and melodic lead roles, harmonics and overtones are flung about effortlessly. Right hand, left hand, all ten fingers, tuning keys and every ounce of potential is used to bring forth music from his finely crafted instruments. Musicains will appreciate his creative use of both fretted and fretless basses, special effects and detuners. Trip is the introduction to the bass guitar as a complete orchestra.

"It's Better This Way" is Trip's newest and most focused work. It was recorded in Nashville with producer Todd Bragg (Caedmon's Call). It is a simple, yet lush instrumental album that will remind you of ***what*** beautiful music is supposed to sound like.

Trip performs solo concerts all over the world, plays in the art rock band Atomic Opera, and hangs out with his wife Saran and son Xander at his house in Louisiana.

  Trip Wamsley

[Curve by Trip Wamsley]

Curve

[Its Better This Way by Trip Wamsley]

Its Better This Way
Trip Wamsley lives in Texas, USA.

Tagged as: New Age, Ambient.

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