Leanne Bowes is a professional bassist, vocalist and music director for hire based in Los Angeles, where I sat down with her to talk about competition as a "hired gun" and what it takes to set yourself apart, keeping charts as fastidiously as tax paperwork, and not dying in some advertising job. Fun!
“Slept in my clothes” | Small world | The breadth of competition | “It’s casting, it’s Hollywood” | Killing it at “Hot Cross Buns” | Pity for drummers | “Keep her out of the shot” | Avoiding scurvy on tour | Autodidactic tradition | “Any sucker can learn the notes” | Sliding scale, trending upward |
MUSIC FROM THE SHOW:
Hunter Valentine, "Sick Sister" (from The Pledge)
Shiragirl, "We Are the Underground" (from Andi Underground)
Poison Idea, "Just to Get Away" (from Feel the Darkness)
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Cover art photo by Nick DiNatale
Theme music: Such Gold, “No Cab Fare” (from The New Sidewalk)