Sep 11, 2017
"Challenge is what
motivates me. Particularly doing new things."
Jeff Brumley is part of a
Multi-potentialite community. His day job is in the tech world; he
has an MBA. Jeff grew up singing in church, studied piano starting
at age 8, performed in musicals, the choir, and played acoustic
guitar in high school, before taking up his primary instrument,
bass. In college he sang and played bass but usually not at the
same time. Jeff went to college at Seattle Pacific University and
studied voice with Jacinta Koreski.
Jeff loves to engage with
people in his bands, creating or recreating art with real people in
real time.
Little Harold was his group
where the guitar player and Jeff, the bass player, would trade off
singing lead. Jeff played a 12-string bass.
Regarding multitasking, Jeff
feels that if you are actually playing an instrument and singing at
the same time, that is pretty close to real multitasking. If you
are singing and playing, you are doing twice the work. Your brain
is very busy.
He loves playing Beetles songs
as well as Toad the Wet Sproket. His absolute highlight was doing
"Under Pressure" with Marcus Shelton.
Jeff's next challenge is to
master a fretless instrument, because you have to engage with the
instrument that much more.
He says if you are going to
learn to sing and play at the same time, isolate the tasks - play
in the dark, not looking at your hands, and learn to play that way.
Practice moving around the room and having distractions to imitate
a real performance. Communicate what you are trying to do with the
band so they can give you chances to try it out. "As a bass player,
the groove is more important than your need to sing."
To see Jeff perform, check out
the band Rise Up - a tribute to the musical
Hamilton. https://www.riseup.band/shows/.
Or on Facebook, Rise Up Hamilton Tribute
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