wjl

Biography

About me? The usual story, bought a guitar to punish my ma...

Bass player in several bands in my youth
first studio recordings around 1976 (aged 19)
dropped it all aged 25 or 26 because it didn't feed anyone, not even myself

didn't make much music for about 35 years or so

got a fretless bass mid 2017
discovered Wikiloops in February 2018, started to support it one month later <3
helped out in an orchestra during autumn/winter 2019
and got my upright in August 2020

also helping out as a photographer / video guy in the high school big band of our daughter ( known here as https://www.wikiloops.com/artist/Zuleikha+L.php )
see photos in https://www.flickr.com/photos/wjlonien/albums/72157671009663106 if you like

Instruments

Squier Vintage Modified Fretless Precision Bass, 2017
Christopher DB202 double (or upright) bass, 2010

recording devices

Røde NT-1A microphone and Shadow 950 piezo pickup for the double bass
Tech21 VT Bass DI
Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 (2nd gen) USB audio interface
Debian GNU/Linux 'stable' with real time kernel and with additional KXStudio repositories
Arch Linux to try out the new pipewire sound architecture for professional use (like here)
Ardour with several free (as in cost and as in freedom) plugins
self-built desktop computer with an older i5 processor and 16GB RAM

Birthdate

February 18 1957

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