Bass Musician Magazine - SPECIAL August 2013 Latin Issue | Page 133

ay Area, where I

DP My heart was with the guitar for a while

group, Syncopated

more, but I saw the bass as a melodic,

Ashiqah Beat and

monophonic instrument, doing similar riffs

& El Bajo. I teach

like the lead guitar, but in the lower range, of

ley, CA and have

course in a different territory, keeping the time

tural Center for

& roots of harmony.

semble, as well

nd bass at The
Francisco State

BMM As a bassist born in Latin America,
do you find this to be an advantage or
disadvantage?

bass, and did you

DP It’s an advantage, because we can hear
and learn to play the international standards
and styles of music (Rock, Jazz, Funk,

electric guitar

Reggae, Salsa, etc…), but we have our own

-string bass. As a

tradition that we have been developing and

rock lead-guitar in

‘fusioning’ with differe