Irreplaceable

I believe that there are certain people in everybody's life that are irreplaceable.  If you don't have somebody like that in your life, then you need to.  

This blog is about ONE of those people in my life.

Josiah Lorentzen.  Most of you know him as "Si."  He and I have a musical and personal chemistry that is over 8 years in the making.  Bass playing is often a thankless job, so I feel like I need to give credit where credit is due.  Most of you probably don't realize what is happening between him and I on Sundays, Wednesdays and often Friday and Saturday evenings.  It's that thing that makes you start bobbing your head up and down while I fool you into thinking that you're listening to me shred on a guitar solo.  It's the goosebumps that you feel as a song starts to build and the thing that you're eager to get back in to while the song gets soft only to build back up again.

And here's the funny thing... we are so use to this chemistry that we often get frustrated with the other musicians we play with because they are more than likely not operating on the same wavelength as us, and understandably so considering the amount of time we've spent together (just ask our drummers! LOL).

Bottom line is this, the next time you think that I have ANYTHING to do with the moments that I sound good, take a second and listen to the backbone of the band.

My hat's off to you.