Jeff Brumley's guest appearances

Jeff Brumley

Empower Your Voice

Karen Michaels

David Smith

Chris Ballew

Ken Stringfellow

Nikki Loney

Mike Allen

Barbara Strozzi

John Henny

Nancy Bos

Jeanne Kelly

Allen Henderson

Kate Baker

Peter Jacobson

Amy Marie Stewart

Amanda Kaiser

OwlTail

"Challenge is what motivates me. Particularly doing new things."   Jeff Brumley is part of a Multi-potentialite community. His day job is in the tech world; he has an MBA. Jeff grew up singing in church, studied piano starting at age 8, performed in musicals, the choir, and played acoustic guitar in high school, before taking up his primary instrument, bass. In college he sang and played bass but usually not at the same time. Jeff went to college at Seattle Pacific University and studied voice with Jacinta Koreski.    Jeff loves to engage with people in his bands, creating or recreating art with real people in real time.   Little Harold was his group where the guitar player and Jeff, the bass player, would trade off singing lead. Jeff played a 12-string bass.   Regarding multitasking, Jeff feels that if you are actually playing an instrument and singing at the same time, that is pretty close to real multitasking. If you are singing and playing, you are doing twice the work. Your brain is very busy.   He loves playing Beetles songs as well as Toad the Wet Sproket. His absolute highlight was doing "Under Pressure" with Marcus Shelton.    Jeff's next challenge is to master a fretless instrument, because you have to engage with the instrument that much more.   He says if you are going to learn to sing and play at the same time, isolate the tasks - play in the dark, not looking at your hands, and learn to play that way. Practice moving around the room and having distractions to imitate a real performance. Communicate what you are trying to do with the band so they can give you chances to try it out. "As a bass player, the groove is more important than your need to sing."   Here's a video clip which shows Jeff in action     This is the performance of "Under Pressure" Jeff told us about.    Little Harold on Bandcamp: littleharold.bandcamp.com/   To see Jeff perform, check out the band Rise Up - a tribute to the musical Hamilton. https://www.riseup.band/shows/. Or on Facebook, Rise Up Hamilton Tribute    Every Sing on Twitter: @Every_Sing_Pod   Nancy's website: NancyBos.net/podcasts

"Challenge is what motivates me. Particularly doing new things."   Jeff Brumley is part of a Multi-potentialite community. His day job is in the tech world; he has an MBA. Jeff grew up singing in church, studied piano starting at age 8, performed in musicals, the choir, and played acoustic guitar in high school, before taking up his primary instrument, bass. In college he sang and played bass but usually not at the same time. Jeff went to college at Seattle Pacific University and studied voice with Jacinta Koreski.    Jeff loves to engage with people in his bands, creating or recreating art with real people in real time.   Little Harold was his group where the guitar player and Jeff, the bass player, would trade off singing lead. Jeff played a 12-string bass.   Regarding multitasking, Jeff feels that if you are actually playing an instrument and singing at the same time, that is pretty close to real multitasking. If you are singing and playing, you are doing twice the work. Your brain is very busy.   He loves playing Beetles songs as well as Toad the Wet Sproket. His absolute highlight was doing "Under Pressure" with Marcus Shelton.    Jeff's next challenge is to master a fretless instrument, because you have to engage with the instrument that much more.   He says if you are going to learn to sing and play at the same time, isolate the tasks - play in the dark, not looking at your hands, and learn to play that way. Practice moving around the room and having distractions to imitate a real performance. Communicate what you are trying to do with the band so they can give you chances to try it out. "As a bass player, the groove is more important than your need to sing."   Here's a video clip which <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBXM7LXhqno" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shows Jeff in action</a>     This is the performance of "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_73qXbtLL4o" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Under Pressure</a>" Jeff told us about.    Little Harold on Bandcamp: <a href="https://littleharold.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">littleharold.bandcamp.com/</a>   To see Jeff perform, check out the band Rise Up - a tribute to the musical Hamilton. <a href="https://www.riseup.band/shows/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.riseup.band/shows/</a>. Or on Facebook, Rise Up Hamilton Tribute    Every Sing on Twitter: @Every_Sing_Pod   Nancy's website: <a href="http://NancyBos.net/podcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NancyBos.net/podcasts</a>

ES014: Setting the Mental Bar Higher w/ Jeff Brumley on Playing Bass and Singing