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How did you get started on bass?

ASHLEY I started playing bass when I was around 11, but I actually started on guitar because my dad was a guitar player. My bass experience really started when I went to music school and my teacher said, ‘Hey, we need a bass player on a song. Do you have a bass at home?’ I didn’t really know, because I didn’t even know what a bass looked like, but I found one at home, as I had musician parents. The song that I learned first on bass was ‘Death Or Glory’ by the Clash.

“My friends and I made a little band, and started playing for the other kids. We only had two amplifiers so we shared them.”
Itai

I grew up in Israel on a kibbutz, and when I was 12, there was a war and all the adults joined the army. I snuck into a bomb shelter, picked up a bass, and taught myself how to play. My friends and I made a little band, and started playing for the other kids. We only had two amplifiers, so we shared them. Our first show for the other

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