Posts by Big Nick
GOOD VIBES video released!!!!
A while back the Good Vibes trio released our debut album. It’s taken awhile for me to get the video portion together and I couldn’t have done it without the help of Chad Evenson! He recorded the show and has done quite a good job of editing here. Check it out and come check out…
Read MoreThe Bates Update: Mega Year End Appreciation Edition
It’s been an unprecedented year for feeling totally and completely overwhelmed by human stupidity, ignorance, violence and racism. Without going into any more detail I think we can all agree that our personal choices are the only thing we can actually control in these situations. I find myself engaging with people more directly on these…
Read MoreThe Bates Update – Holidaze
Greetings all! Welcome to winter and the holiday season. It’s a splendid time of year and I hope you all get to spend quality time with your families and loved ones. Lots on the plate (pun intended) for this month and this first week is a doozy. Here’s the game schedule: Monday Nov 30th…
Read MoreThe Bates Update! November 2015.
Monday Nov 2 8:30pm $8 21+ Real Bulls (Dave King, Jt Bates) Enormous Quartet (C Thomson, J Evans, C Bates, J Phillips) Icehouse Tuesday Nov 3 8:30pm $10 (donation) All Ages Bill Simenson Orchestra Jazz Central Wednesday Nov 4 Bates | Nichols | Bates @ University of Mn Morris Details here: TRIO Saturday Nov 7…
Read MoreThe Bates Update – October 2015
Greetings. Fall is creeping up on us like a phantom. The chill is in the air and we’ve got that midwestern nesting instinct faintly glowing in our ether, like a phantom. I’ve been getting in my last faint whispers of summer as it fades into time (like a phantom). I would be remiss if I did not mention…
Read MoreWorking, Working on a Building
Sometimes you have to break hard left or right to avoid the onslaught of normalcy. Stagnation is death, but so often it’s a slow, grinding, morbidly self inflicted death. Living in the shadows of your own stench. Rotting under the weight of creative needs and desires. Like a glacial tsunami it overtakes you in ways…
Read MoreThe Bates Update – Sept. ’15
Here’s the skinny. I’m trimming the fat and keeping my energy more directed right now. This allows me more time to hang with my family, play my bass, compose new music and generally not run around like a crazy person! I see this benefitting so many aspects of my life already and I’m looking forward…
Read MoreThe Bates Update – August 2015
Holy cow. I just let July fly by. I took my first vacation in a long long time this past week and it was super refreshing. Looking ahead into August and beyond there are some great things brewing in the music still. For the record I did not bail on the Bates update last month,…
Read MoreAll About that Bates Update!!!
It seems fitting to reference All About That Bass as I just returned from the International Society of Bassists Bi-Annual convention in Ft. Collins, CO. Talk about BASS LOVE! It was a total blast to see, hear, play and hang with so many diverse and stunning practitioners of the bass. If you are not aware of…
Read MoreMay the Bates Update be with you, always.
Greetings! Happy Spring! Rebirth and renewal abound! Everything is so exciting don’t you think?!??! Well, it’s been a helluva month. Thanks to Jason Squinobal I had a great weekend at the U of Mn Morris Jazz Festival with Chicagoans Scott Hesse -gtr and Rob Haight -sax, and the great Phil Hey. I got to play the beautiful…
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