Bass Musician Magazine - SPECIAL August 2014 Female Bassist Issue

DIVINITY Interview by Andreas Farmakalidis Divinity Roxx divinityroxx.com facebook.com/divinityroxx Twitter @diviroxx Band I Play With: Divinity Roxx Gear I Use: Warwick Custom Streamer 4/5 string, Warwick Divinity Infinity 5 String What made you decide to play bass? I fell in love with playing bass immediately, and was able to spend hours playing with no concept of time. There never seems be enough time nowadays though. How/Where did you learn to play? I started playing during my second year at UC Berkeley. I was studying to be become a journalist. I just started playing bass and after some time, I became a bass player. Who are your musical inspirations, both male and female? So many, too many to name... from Miles Davis, Prince, MeShell, Rage Against the Machine, Coltrane, Victor Wooten, Marcus Miller, P-Funk, James Brown, The Roots, Prince, Lenny Kravitz, The Who, Outkast.... the list goes on and on. In an industry dominated by male musicians, do you find that this hinders or helps your opportunities? I find that I have to create opportunities, and be prepared when unexpected opportunities arise (those are always fun!). I’m a bass player. I’m a musician. I don’t preface those things with ‘female’. I bring something unique to the instrument.. if you believe it’s because I’m

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