Scott Free
What got you started on bass, Scott?
When I was five, my parents gave me two records for Christmas—the Sesame Street album and Revolver by the Beatles. Man, there were some great songs on that Sesame Street record, and Revolver was mind-blowing. I played drums when I was five, because Ringo Starr was my idol. Everything about that album tripped me out. How did they make those sounds? ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ was otherworldly—it still is. The melodies were normal but the harmonies were mystifying to me, and that really caught my interest—like, how did they know to sing that interval?
Has that influenced you as a musician?
Yes. In my solo recordings, I put in all sorts of harmony layers which sound pretty natural to me. I’m pretty lazy about doing it live, though. Fireball Ministry’s albums have quite lush harmonies—and I feel guilty not jumping in there
