How do you consider players as artist I've played Fender for 51 years now but I'm a side man with no recordings of my own but have played bass for country players such as Dick Curless, Kenny Roberts and some other not national known. My profile picture comes from a show opening for Big House in Northampton MA.

Welcome to the Forum johnny810. Do you limit you art to being a sideman/bass player or do you play other instruments, paint, sculpt, write?

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Played trombone back in jr. high and high school band but always bass boy was that a long time ago I have and old news clipping on that from 1957 man has time flown I'm a Great Grand Dad now but still playing regular. see swiftkicksband.com it's being updated now but there are a few pics of me with a few folks like Toby Keith, Clint Black, Blane Larson, Rocky Lynn, the good looking gal in the pictures is my much younger wife and lead singer!!!

is this your band?

http://www.myspace.com/swiftkicksband

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

I'd Say Your Already An Artist And You Are Creating Art. I Play For Fun And The Challenge. If My Name Ends Up On a Recording Some Day That Would Be Great Too.

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Vintage Hotrod '57 Strat, 81 G&L L2000 Series E Bass, Fender Musicmaster Bass Amp.

Welcome.

In this jaded opinion, the moment one creates, whether with pen, pencil, clay, stone, wood, steel, glass, metal, music, words, sound, mud, chalk, cloth, paper, plastic, rhyyme, voice, computer...

...they have become and forever after are an artist.

What direction(s), level(s), breadth(s) or depth(s) mediums(s) devotion...

...one thereafter chooses to take their art is purely a matter of "artistic license."

+1!

And when one is paid for their "creations", he or she becomes a professional artist.

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY