Dave Pomeroy is a bassist, writer and producer who has played on hundreds of albums with artists such as Elton John, Emmylou Harris, Sting, Alison Krauss, Peter Frampton and Don Williams. Born in Naples, Italy he lived around the world before becoming a mainstay in the Nashville music scene. Over the past 20 years, he has raised over $250,000 for Nashville’s ‘Room In The Inn’ homeless program with his annual benefit concerts and CDs. Since 2008, Dave has served as the president of the Nashville Musician Association and in 2010 he was elected to the International Executive Board of the American Federation of Musicians.
In this episode of The Creative Life Podcast, Dave talks about how he is trying to balance being a musician and being a representative of musicians as president of the Nashville Musicians Association. He shares with us his story on how he started from playing the string bass and moved to playing the bass guitar. Dave tells us more about being a studio musician and a touring musician.
"Play what's right for the song."
- Dave Pomeroy
Dave Pomeroy Show Notes: The impact of the Beatles on Dave's life (2:57) Playing as a professional musician (4:37) Touring and working full time with Don Williams (6:08) Live music (8:08) The Worshipful Company of Musicians (10:43) Younger generation of musicians (16:03) The Nashville Number System by Chas Williams (22:15) Don Williams advice to Dave: "Play The Song" (26:18) Favorite Tools: ProTools Roland RC-50 Roland GT-10B Favorite Book: Music is My Mistress - Duke Ellington The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten Favorite Record: Cream - Wheels of FireJoin James's Facebook fans: https://www.facebook.com/jamestaylordotme
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ABOUT JAMES
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As a creativity expert Taylor is a frequent guest speaker at universities and international conferences. He has given keynotes and talks at Apple, Subscription Site Summit in San Francisco, the British Music Show in the UK and at several universities across Europe including University of Dundee in Scotland and University of Macerata in Italy. He is often called upon by media outlets to give his views on trends in creativity and innovation. He has been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, Columbus Dispatch, STV, Business Insider and San Jose Mercury News as well as featured on BBC TV and being the subject of a 30minute program on his life for BBC Radio Scotland. As a host on shows about creativity and innovation he has interviewed legendary investor Maynard Webb (Yahoo.com, eBay.com & Salesforce.com board member) and New York Times best-selling writers Chris Guillebeau ($100 Startup), Rolf Potts (Vagabonding), Brand Cooper (The Lean Entrepreneur) and Ryan Holiday (Trust Me I’m Lying). James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA).
Meet James at http://www.JamesTaylor.me
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ABOUT THE CREATIVE LIFE
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The Creative Life is a weekly self-improvement show full of #motivation, #inspiration, and #creativity strategies with creativity speaker and author James Taylor.
The Creative Life blog can be read at: http://www.jamestaylor.me
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