Facts about Mike Gordon

Occup.Musician
FromUSA
BornJune 3, 1965
Age58 years

Summary

Mike Gordon is a famous Musician from USA, he/she is 58 years old and still alive, born June 3, 1965.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac gemini, who is known for Communication, Indecision, Inquisitive, Intelligent, Changeable. Our collection contains 24 quotes who is written / told by Mike.

24 Famous quotes by Mike Gordon

Small: The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player
"The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player"
Small: Lately Fish and I have been hooking up more, which is a good thing because its just been a struggle for
"Lately Fish and I have been hooking up more, which is a good thing because it's just been a struggle for me as a bass player to play with someone who's so creative on the drums, and lately it's been really good, especially during sound checks"
Small: Im always interested in mixing technology and music. You know, maybe Ill have a MIDI bass pickup at som
"I'm always interested in mixing technology and music. You know, maybe I'll have a MIDI bass pickup at some point, I don't really think that's the direction I would want to go"
Small: Its really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend
"It's really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend"
Small: I think one thing that helped the sound change, its a real subtle thing its just one switch on my bass,
"I think one thing that helped the sound change, it's a real subtle thing; it's just one switch on my bass, it has three positions, and I usually boost the mid-range frequency, I lowered the frequency that I boost, and that goes out to the sound system, too"
Small: The way that we imitate each others riffs is something that other bands dont do as much. If were jammin
"The way that we imitate each others' riffs is something that other bands don't do as much. If we're jamming with a jazz band, or I am jamming with a jazz band, I have to catch myself, the tendency is always to do that"
Small: If part of the purpose of making an album is to get some radio play, then you might as well think about
"If part of the purpose of making an album is to get some radio play, then you might as well think about that. But that's not really how we picked the songs"
Small: Im not really allowed to talk about the Dead though. I think when we are at our best, we definitely do
"I'm not really allowed to talk about the Dead though. I think when we are at our best, we definitely do things that the Dead or no other band could do. We explore things and take things to the extreme"
Small: I want to take some jams and really concentrate on hooking up with Page because, since hes the only one
"I want to take some jams and really concentrate on hooking up with Page because, since he's the only one not next to me, and his sound is mainly coming from my monitor rather than through the air, it's a little harder for me to hook up with him"
Small: I havent written enough songs to be able to say that I have a system. Ive only written a handful
"I haven't written enough songs to be able to say that I have a system. I've only written a handful"
Small: I dont really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, Im not a typ
"I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence"
Small: I agree with the rest of the band, that a truly synthesized sound isnt really what I would want to go f
"I agree with the rest of the band, that a truly synthesized sound isn't really what I would want to go for"
Small: I want to get an handful of spare basses to use first of all if mine breaks, and second, to learn some
"I want to get an handful of spare basses to use first of all if mine breaks, and second, to learn some things about aspects of basses that I like, so Paul can build those aspects into it"
Small: I like to be sort of grounded with Fish. But, at the same time, I think probably whats unique about us
"I like to be sort of grounded with Fish. But, at the same time, I think probably what's unique about us is the way other dynamics happen, where I'll play off Trey for awhile. When we start playing a jam, I don't usually know what's going to happen, I don't have a plan"
Small: This is my second bass that Paul built me. There were some changes that were made. Sometimes I think of
"This is my second bass that Paul built me. There were some changes that were made. Sometimes I think of changes that could be made having to do with both the sound and the feel. It's definitely a beautiful instrument"
Small: Im not really satisfied with anything I have written to date
"I'm not really satisfied with anything I have written to date"
Small: I feel like I want to write some songs and I dont know how to go about doing it. Usually its the lyrics
"I feel like I want to write some songs and I don't know how to go about doing it. Usually it's the lyrics that are a problem, and I think I am not really cut out to be a lyricist"
Small: Travelling to different countries is a goal. I wouldnt mind playing huge places if we got an opportunit
"Travelling to different countries is a goal. I wouldn't mind playing huge places if we got an opportunity to, but it's nice to play small places too. Fish was saying yesterday that he doesn't ever want to play stadiums, or maybe he would once, he said"
Small: We have been trying to play a lot of different kinds of music, and probably the next album will go back
"We have been trying to play a lot of different kinds of music, and probably the next album will go back more towards the direction where you couldn't classify each song as a certain kind of music. This album you can"
Small: Theres no way we could play a country song as well as a country band or a Latin song as well as a Latin
"There's no way we could play a country song as well as a country band or a Latin song as well as a Latin band. We could never expect to do that. We just keep doing what we do, what we know how to do. We sound like ourselves"
Small: Surrender to the flow
"Surrender to the flow"
Small: Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and T
"Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the first note and nothing would be there. Those guys would just roll their eyes"
Small: Elektra has no control over the live show, at least
"Elektra has no control over the live show, at least"
Small: A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist
"A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist"