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Rock & Instrumental Rock Music artist from Elgin, Illinois. New songs free to stream, with purchase options starting at $1. Add to your playlist now.

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Dave Rix

SPACE BLUES! Instrumental grooves featuring harmonica and bass!

19 songs
335 plays
Picture for song 'Futility' by artist 'Dave Rix'

Futility Futility

Brooding guitar track with a groove!

Instrumental Rock 86 BPM 4/4 No samples

Picture for song 'Spreading In All Directions' by artist 'Dave Rix'

Spreading In All Directions Spreading In All Directions

A grooving, danceable track with bluesy harmonica and bass riffs!

Instrumental Rock 118 BPM 4/4 No samples

Picture for song 'Polygamous Polygons' by artist 'Dave Rix'

Polygamous Polygons Polygamous Polygons

Imagining how shapes communicate...

Instrumental Rock

Picture for song 'You Moved' by artist 'Dave Rix'

You Moved You Moved

An emotional ride utilizing different elements to create a slight melancholy mood.

Rock 4/4 No samples

Picture for song 'That Groggy Feeling' by artist 'Dave Rix'

That Groggy Feeling That Groggy Feeling

The way your brain feels when you're sick...

Electronica 82 BPM No samples

That Groggy Feeling
50 years of playing bass and harmonica, through the big hair 80's, blues, hard rock, tribute bands, acoustic duos and trios. It's been a great ride! These are songs from my heart and soul and I hope you enjoy listening to them as much as I enjoyed writing and recording them!
Band/artist history
Started playing harmonica (harp) at 14, bass at 16, mostly self taught. Went through numerous bands, the late 1970's-80's spandex/big hair era, blues bands, acoustic duos/trios, tribute bands including Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, T Rex, and Bob Seger. began recording, writing, singing back up vocals on a 4 track cassette recorder. Now that I'm retired with a home studio, been very busy recordgin/releasing/collaborating all sorts of projects and musical styles and loving every minute of it!
Have you performed in front of an audience?
50 years performing, recording. Lots of hard work!
Your musical influences
Bass- Jaco, Stanley, Jack Bruce, Martin Turner, Michael Manring, Mark Egan Harmonica- Sonny Terry, John Mayall, Magic Dick, Corky Siegel, Howard Levy, Paul Butterfield, Charlie Musselwhite Guitar- Jeff Beck, Bill Nelson, others too numerous to mention!
What equipment do you use?
A dozen different basses including 2-8 strings, a 12 string, and a fretless, but Sire V7 and Ibanez SR1400 are my go to basses. Markbass amps all the way! Bass pedals include Markbass Compressore, Korg tuner, TC Electronic Chorus, MXR Phase 95, NUX bass preamp, and BBE Sonic Stomp. Harmonicas I play are Hohner Golden Melody and Rocket Amp, Suzuki Manji, with Blue Moon combs, various mics including a hot Astatic JT30, Blows Me Away Bulletini, and EV RE10. Harp amps are Sonny Jr. 4x10, Fender Bassman Reissue, VHT Special 6, Fender Super Champ X2, Mesa Boogie Blue Angel. And for harp pedals a Joyo American Sound, TC Electronics delay and reverb, Lone Wolf Harp Shield.
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