Bass Musician Magazine - SPECIAL August 2014 Female Bassist Issue | Page 132

JENNIFER Interview by Eric Parsons Jennifer Young travislarsonband.com facebook.com/thetravislarsonband YouTube @TravisLarsonBand Twitter @TLarsonBand This interview first appeared in the February 2013 issue of Bass Musician Magazine Jennifer Young is bass player extraordinaire for the Travis Larson Band – an award winning progressive rock trio that hails from the central coast of California. TLB is a group that always seems to be in motion, whether they are touring nationally in support of their six records and two full-length performance DVD’s or working in the studio often alongside such luminaries as Steve Lukather, Victor Wooten, Dave LaRue, and Vinx; they have also shared billings with Ted Nugent, UFO, Steve Morse, and Ronnie Montrose, to name a few. When you think back on all your recorded tracks – which bass parts are you particularly proud of? I’m pretty happy with all of my bass tracks these days and I can appreciate the art of “playing for the song”, even if it’s a little ordinary. There’s a slap section and solo on “Hell’s Half Acre” from the ‘Rate of Change’ record that I think kicks some ass, but I’m no music critic. I’ve gone through a lot of growing pains during my career so there’s definitely bits on the first couple of records that make me cringe. But those were different days, raw and unleashed.