Some of you may recall our own lovely bassgirl, Wanda Ortiz was interviewed not so long ago in Bassgirl Magazine. ( it's on the press page for those of you who missed it.) Well they are having their 1st Annual Readers' Poll so with all this election energy in the air, why not get out you cursors and vote! Her main category is No. 3 ( favorite band with a female bassist) but take a look at No. 10, too... Here's a link to the ballot! : http://bassgirls.com/poll2006.htm Please read the not so fine print at the end, tho - they toss ballots with only one name on it so give the other categories a chance as well! Good luck, Wanda, we're proud of you, girl!!
Done, guess which bass girl I would like most to have dinner with I knew some of the names like Kim Clarke and Sean Yseault but most of them I'm not familiar with. I'm surprised Kim Deal wasn't there. Oh.. Nashville Pussy? is that politically correct?
Every forum bass player that knows me is well aware of Wanda and the Maidens. I got a few E-mail addresses I can use. Jim
After really debating with myself over the merits of who is best at what, I concluded my vote should go to Wanda. Yeah, right. Like I actually had to think before voting for her.
For those of you that haven't voted a couple of the nominees you guys should check out to consider voting for are Antonella Mazza. An Italian player similar to Wanda, a highly trained multigenre bassist. Antonella on myspace Also Amy Humphrey who with her husband Joe on drums, are Clatter. Clatter on Myspace For the gear geeks Amy has an amazing setup utilizing only a single bass she has footswitches to run or alternate her 3 amps; a clean bass amp, an effected amp, and a Mesa guitar amp. Amazing array of sounds from just one stringed instrument. She sings at the same time too! I thought Geddy was busy. Jim
You can also check them and other female bass players out at www.bassgirls.com , a website dedicated to supporting female bass players!
Whoops. Should of had that in there. Y'all check out all the other ladies holding down the bottom line all over the place. Jim
Congrats W!. Of course seeing as she won the category for best band with a female bassist there is congrats for all the ladies! Jim