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Mike Gordon Biography

Michael Eliot "Mike" Gordon (born June 3, 1965) is a bass guitar player and vocalist most recognized as a founding member of the band Phish. In addition to bass, Gordon is an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano and guitar. He is also a filmmaker (Rising Low, Outside Out) and author (Mike's Corner). He has released five solo studio albums.

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I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence.

Bass, Big, Grateful, Listen, Player, Typical

Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the first note and nothing would be there. Those guys would just roll their eyes.

Eye, Note, Nothing, Pain, Rig, Song

I'm always interested in mixing technology and music. You know, maybe I'll have a MIDI bass pickup at some point, I don't really think that's the direction I would want to go.

Interested, Know, Mixing, Technology, Thinking

I haven't written enough songs to be able to say that I have a system. I've only written a handful.

Able, Enough, Song, Songs, System, Written

Actually, it's great to play with someone who tries to come up with interesting drum beats because it pushes the music in different directions.

Beats, Come, Interesting, Play, Trying

I like referring to the saxophone and having a guitar lick instead. Same with the cymbals; having the cymbals and not playing cymbals.

Cymbals, Guitar, Lick, Like, Saxophone

Right after I graduated, my girlfriend, who I had been going out with for five years, dumped me, and my grandmother died.

Girlfriend, Grandmother, Years, Right, Dumped

In order to have that incredible groove that makes you dream you have to think not of the groove, but of the dream.

Dream, Incredible, Order, Thinking

Travelling to different countries is a goal. I wouldn't mind playing huge places if we got an opportunity to, but it's nice to play small places too. Fish was saying yesterday that he doesn't ever want to play stadiums, or maybe he would once, he said.

Country, Different, Nice, Opportunity, Said, Yesterday

The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.

Bass, Cool, Player, Thing, Thinking

I feel like I want to write some songs and I don't know how to go about doing it. Usually it's the lyrics that are a problem, and I think I am not really cut out to be a lyricist.

Cutting, Like, Lyrics, Song, Songs, Writing

I built all the speaker cabinets myself.

Built, Cabinets, Speaker, Speakers

It's really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend.

Important, Bass, Blend, Drums, Somehow

We have access to more resources in general, and they are not going to force a situation on us, whether its the producer, or the cover, or what songs we have to play. And it's a small enough company that it seems like the people there care about music and not just about business.

Song, Play, People, Songs, Resources