Thanks to Brent, one of our star Red Leaf friends (and a member of one of our adult bands), we’re getting the videos from our anniversary show posted! Here’s our teen group Behind the Red Door performing a little Cream. They’re pretty much awesome! Cheers to Keith, Rachel, Jordan, Mariah, and Mason for doing such a great job!
Sawyer
Age 10
Bassist for FBR (Federal Bureau of Rock) and Red Leaf Student
1. Which was the first record you bought with your own money? I don’t know if I have bought a record with my own money yet.
2. Which was the last record you bought with your own money? That still doesn’t really work. Last album somebody bought me…I downloaded Funplex by the B-52’s.
3. What was the first solo you learned from a record — and can you still play it? First song I played was Sweet Little Sixteen and I cannot still play it. On bass, the first thing was Wild Thing. I can kind of still play it.
4. Which recording of your own (or as a sideman) are you most proud of, and why? The only one I’ve done. We never named it. We did it last year here at Red Leaf Rocks with Kurtis.
5. What’s the difference between playing live and playing in a studio? In the studio you get re-trys, but live, that’s just it.
6. What’s the difference between a good gig and a bad gig?
Bad gig- No food. No air conditioning, and you did bad.
Good gig- It would have food and A/C, and you did really good on your performance.
7. What’s the difference between a good guitar and a bad guitar? Bad guitar doesn’t have a very good sound and it might have bad wiring. It would be weathered down. My first guitar was an acoustic guitar and the neck was broken. The two others have been good.
8. You play electric and acoustic. Do you approach the two differently? I probably will play acoustic bass this fall and this summer, too.
9. Do you sound more like yourself on acoustic or electric?
(Laughs.) Electric. (laughs more)
10. Do you sound like yourself on other people’s guitars? Not as much ’cause I’m used to mine and the placement of the pickups. That’s really mostly it. You don’t have to write that, but oh well.
11. Which living artist (music, or other arts) would you like to collaborate with? Any of the Beatles.
12. What dead artist would you like to have collaborated with? Louis Armstrong
13. What’s your latest project about? B-52’s and ahhh….Stevie Wonder. It’s fun to be in the band because there’s a new member. It’s fun because it’s different sounding. Teamwork…it’s…working together to make music. Yeah.
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