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A
young boy told his mother that he wanted to be a musician when
he grew up. The
mother replied, "Now, honey, you know you can't do both". My
mother never said that, but she probably thought it several times.
Since high school, I have played bass and performed professionally
in Boston, New York, Paris, Los Angeles, Dallas, New Orleans,
Atlanta and even Disney World. While living in Boston, I studied
with a great bassist and friend, Larry Jackson and made a part-time
living playing in several rock, pop, blues and jazz bands throughout
New England. College gigs and Aprés Ski parties were the
most fun. I
have been drifting between art and music careers for most of
my life. For a time, I was even able to do both, but after I
got married, I soon realized that I needed to "grow up" and
get a life (with money in it) before doing anything serious with
music again. Being a performing and recording musician is an
incredible rush, but it turned out to be no way for me to make
a living. For
anyone who's interested in my current setup... I have a 1972
Fender Jazz bass with EMG active pickups, a BADASS bridge and
a homemade brass nut with the grooves filed so that the strings
are really close. I use a Hipshot D-Tuner and DR Highbeams. My
effects are all BOSS Chorus and Digital Reverb foot pedals, as
rackmounts never seemed to work well in live settings. My amp
is a very sweet SWR Workingman's 15. After almost 30 years of
various configurations (Ampeg, Guild, SWR Pedula, Acoustic, Fender,
Hartke, Squire, GK, and JBL), I believe that I finally have the
ultimate sound. Now,
if I could just start playing again... Anyway,
here are a few of the bands I have recorded with. I'm hoping
to get some mpegs and more images available
soon.
The
Sal DiFusco Project
Sal
DiFusco: guitar
Kenny: keyboard
Chris Costello: bass
Bill Good: drums
The
Sal DiFusco Project
The
Uchida Building, Berklee College of Music
Hottub
Pirahnas
Steve Buzzotta: guitars, lead vocals
Chris Costello: bass, vocals
Bill Good: drums, vocals Disconnected 3:36
Closer to You 4:55
The
Reach
Steve
Buzzotta: lead vocals, guitar
Jim Peterson: guitar
Chris Costello: bass
Bill Good: drums
Penni Lane-Smith: vocals
Tina Darby: vocals Feed
the Spirit 4:50
Live Forever 5:25
The
Radicals
Robert
Duncan: piano, lead vocals
Kim Duncan: lead vocals
Sal DiFusco: guitar
George Doolittle: acoustic guitar
Chris Costello: bass
Tom Foote: Drums
Joe Galeotta: Percussion Spread
Your Wings 5:25
Run the Race 6:00
©2007
Chris Costello. All rights reserved.
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