ABOUT

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Bass guitar player with spinal damage
All my music, video, photography & art is free
Musician with no social media other than YouTube

I like to play bass (4/5 & 6 string) fretless bass, drums, guitar, keys, percussion, harmonica & sing a little. ​​Also into photography & graphic design. Travel was a big part of my life. Grateful to have lived in many different countries when younger. Producing music, art, photography, videos & "show" unconditionally without the pressure of identification to form, environment, culture etc... Without comparing, competing or cashing in.


If you like my stuff... that's cool. If you don't like it... then that is also cool.

Music Education & Experience

1981 started playing drums at the age of seven. Soon got into music, breakdancing, skateboarding, photography and art.

​1990 - 1993 original west island Montreal band 'Circus' with downtown gigs and local following

1992 - 1995 events organiser at Annies & Clydes (Le Pioneer) jam nights, booking acts (Michel Cusson & The Wild Unit) battle of the bands

1996 - 1999 went to music school at Perth College, University of the Highlands and Islands where I was born in Scotlan
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1996 - 2000 bass player for 'Mafia'. Dougie Martins band in Scotland - well known artist/band in Scotland

1999 - 1999 jammed bass on 'Pick Up The Pieces' with 'Average White Band' singer Alan Gorrie at a Dougie Martin/Mafia gig

1998- 1999 native speaker at English night school in Katowice, Poland 'Europa2000'. Teacher of the year award.

2001 - 2007 jazz trio 'The Jazz Collective' in Glasgow Scotland.

2002 - 2009 on call bass player for​ Michael Deans - Glasgow jazz band

2002 - 2010 bass player with Glasgow blues artists such as Al Brown & Gary Miller

2001 - 2002 UK & Ireland blues festival tours with Doc Rev & the Congregation 

2002 - 2003 over 300 gigs in a row with funk band 'The Nozie' in the French alps

2007 - 2010 music teacher at Perth College, University of the Highlands and Islands (head of bass dept) in Scotland

2004 - 2010 solo project 'Playback' in Scotland and South Africa (with Adam Goodman)

2005 - 2010 Violet Leighton Blues Band in Glasgow, Scotland featuring guitarist Al Brown

2005 - 2009 gigged in India, Kazakhstan and other far away places with Scottish ceilidh band

2005 & 2007 music teacher at Jazz Workshop, 53 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town, South Africa

2007 - 2007 played solo act at Glasgow International Jazz Festival

2007 - 2009 head music teacher at Academy of Music and Sound, Stow College in Glasgow, Scotland

2008 - 2009 private bass guitar teacher at Strathclyde Glasgow University

2010 - 2024 on and off local gigs only... due to spinal damage and back operations

2011 - 2021 drums for Jazz Collective Trio with Barry Turner and Matt Cabana

2016 - 2023 many 'Road Shows' at Union Church in SADB west island Montreal, Canada by Pierre Gallant

​2014 - 2024  A Bass Guy Show independent live music/art streams (1593 episodes in a row)

ten solid years of 'A Bass Guy Show' - A live one person show all performed/produced in real time

all music, graphics, skits, fake ads, interviews, sound effects, live calls with sound effects etc... done live in real time
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2024 - 2025 new studio and show coming soon - New DSLR photography

2025 the "show" is back and weekly new content never stopped. Currently on live episode number 1614





See more of jack's musical history here

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So far there have been 1613 live BG episodes. 

Contact: [email protected]
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Live Friday's nights from Montréal
Bass player with spinal damage​
All my music, art and videos are free
Surviving predators, narcissists and enablers

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