trying to be in the middle of being an introvert Frank Sinatra song and I’d be the one playing [WM] This is a season of transition for you.
by nature but also practice putting myself out upright because they would tell me I needed to What do you think some of the lessons to be
there and processing out loud. It’s a new thing play upright. They were the ones that always learned in this season will be?
but it’s definitely been helpful to figure out pushed me to the limit where I didn’t think that I what’s going on inside of me. could do it, and now that I’m here… I know that [David] I think something I have to remind
I can do it because they’ve given me the tools. myself and I try to tell people all the time, living
[WM] What about your tenure with Elevation
in Charlotte was my biggest comfort zone
served you most in terms of preparing you to [WM] Looking at Mack’s Instagram feed it ever. I grew up there, my best friend of twenty
step into the bass player role Lauren’s band? looks like he played some of the bass in the years still lives there. I felt like I didn’t have to
studio as well with Elevation. do anything to just have a good life. It’s very
[David] There were a lot of people there who comfortable to live there, I knew I didn’t have to
have really shaped me into who I am. Mostly work to have my role unfortunately.
Lance Gatch and Mack Brock. They were huge,
constantly wanting to push me forward. Lance I felt like I needed to transition, because I
is an unbelievable musician. He can smoke needed to push myself to the next level and part
anybody on guitar, bass, and drums. I don’t of that is learning to put myself out there, which
feel intimidated by that because I know he can is something that I have to practice every day.
do that with anyone’s instrument, he’s amazing I’m now in a city where I do have friends, but I
at everything. He would always come up to me don’t know as many people as I do back home.
and be like, “I can’t believe you just played that, So yeah, I can say that I was a part of Elevation
how did you do that?” and, “What did you play out here, but everyone is a part of something
there?” He was always encouraging me and here. That’s not something that carries as much
grooming me to push me forward. weight in Nashville, because there are so many
amazing things going on. They care about if
Mack was the same way, wanting parts to [David] Yeah, he’s a great bass player, that’s you’re a good person and if you can execute
sound better each and every year. I met them another thing. Mack can play bass for sure. on your instrument.
when I was nineteen and I feel like they set There are a lot of the ideas on the Elevation me up for success in the professional world. albums where he’d say, “What if you did this?” You’re
Playing with Lauren and having the things a super simple thing but it’s like, it was perfect. I connections. So, it goes back to even being on
I learned from them, I feel like I know how to would say he shaped my bass playing because tour and being present. If I can’t put myself out
do this. If Lauren’s asking me to play upright he’s a bass player himself and he’s thinking big here where I live, no one will even know I live
bass for something, I know I can do it because picture because he knows what the guitars and here. I’ll just be sitting at my house wondering
at Church we would do specials and play a keys are doing. I love learning from him as well. why no one is calling me. Maybe back home
right
this
industry
is
all
about
I didn’t have to do that, and now that I live
here I do have to do that but it’s making me
better. Because I’m working out a muscle that
I haven’t worked in a while. It’s making me a
more balance-minded person at the same time!
[WM] Is there anything you would like to say
in closing?
[David] Thank you for calling me, this has
been great. It’s nice reflecting on all of these
questions, because it’s been almost a year
since we moved. It’s been a hard year, but it’s
been awesome and it’s been great to think
back with you and process all this stuff!
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