Bass Musician Magazine - SPECIAL August 2014 Female Bassist Issue | Page 78

ARIANE Interview by Rául Amador Ariane C Cap arianecap.com facebook.com/ariane.cap Twitter @bassista Some of the band(s) I Play With: OoN - the bass-bassoon duo of Paul Hanson and Ariane Cap, Generation Esmeralda (Santa Esmeralda), The Brian Cline Band, Lara Price Girls got the Blues, The Party Monsters Gear I Use: Marleaux Consat and Votan basses, four to six string Fibenare Globe fretless, TC Electronic RH 750 head, TC Electronic RS 210 cabs, (For my duo gigs, I run stereo), Dean Markley SR 2000, Eminence electronic upright, an old Bohemian upright, Fretwraps by GruvGear Endorsed By: GruvGear, Dean Markley strings, TC Electronic, Marleaux Bass Guitars, Fibenare Bass Guitars What made you decide to play bass? I loved the feel of the instrument against my body when laying down a grove. It all started when a band I was a keyboardist for needed a bassist for upcoming gigs. I picked up a red Soundgear and played my first gig a few weeks later and never looked back. How/Where did you learn to play? At first, I studied via private lessons with a great local bassist, Wolf Wein (who I ended up marrying). Then at the Bass School Munich, the Academy of Music in Vienna, University of Miami, as well as the University of South Florida. I also studied with Kai Eckhardt, and attended camps with Victor Wooten, Chuck Rainey, Steve Bailey and many others. Who are your musical inspirations, both male and female? Too many to list… From Bach to Jaco, Michael Manring to Chuck Rainey, Bruce Hornsby to Phillip Glass, Phil Lesh to Chris Squier. I love all kinds of music, including Funk, Rock, Blues, World-music, film scores and am influenced by all sorts of instrumentalists and vocalists… also on the bass, MeShell Ndegeocello, Carol Kaye, Esperanza and Tal.