ABOUT

back to home

Scroll down for more

Into music, minimalism, nature, underconsumption, public transport & art. No social media or apps for last four years. 51 year old bass guitar player with spinal damage. Live BG music streams since 2013. All my music, video, photography & art is free. Musician for 40 years. Twelve years of 'A Bass Guy' - A live one person music/art show all performed/produced in real time. Music, graphics, skits, fake ads, interviews, sound effects, live calls, sound effects done live in one take only. ​1623 live episodes to date.

4, 5 & 6 string electric bass, fretless bass, drums, guitar, harmonica & singing. ​​Also into photography and art. Travel was a big part of my life. Grateful to have lived in many different countries when younger. Scotland, Poland, France, Africa. Traveling the whole coast of India (twice) had a huge impact. Producing music, art, photography, videos & "show" unconditionally without the pressure of identification to form.

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 Scotland
​
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

2003 musician with funk band  'The Nozie' on world famous Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) a now retired British ocean liner (ship was built in Glasgow)

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 (1623) episodes in a row)

twelve 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
​
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 1622





See more of jack's musical history here

​

So far there have been 1626 free live BG episodes. 

Contact: [email protected]
​

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

Back To Home