More on Plan B

Members of Plan B answer our most pressing questions. Here are the highlights.

 

Brent Brandon

Age: 36
Lives in: Orange
Instrument: Hammond organ/piano
Playing for: 16 years
Other jobs: First year paralegal; bartender
Free time activities: He’s getting married in the spring of 2009. Enjoys ceramics as a hobby.
Other bands he’s played in: He was in Solomon Grundy (www.solomongrundy.com), playing eclectic rock, for 10 years.
Thoughts on his musical career: “I just want to keep getting better … we all just love to play.” The band would like to put out a CD they already have 12-14 original songs, written by himself and guitarist, Marty Schwartz.
Musical influences: Medeski, Martin & Wood, among many others, including Radiohead, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

Marty Schwartz

Age: 33
Lives in: Carlsbad
Instrument: Guitar
Playing for: 15 years
Other jobs: Teaches elementary school music and gives private guitar lessons.
Free time activities: Spending time with his wife and daughter.
Other bands he’s played in: “I just got back from a tour of Europe with Elliott Yamin. I was in some popular San Diego bands Wise Monkey Orchestra, Psydecar, Damn Dirty Apes, Supabad.”
He knew he wanted to play: “When I was 18 I started playing guitar and got hooked on it. I studied music in college and got some decent gigs while I was still in school. I started being able to pay my rent with gig money and that was all I needed to go down that rabbit’s hole.”
Musical influences: Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, John Scofield, Jeff Beck, Grant Green.

Adrian Musolf

Age: 38
Lives in: Costa Mesa
Instrument: Drummer
Playing for: 29 years. “I started when I was 9. After I drove my mom nuts beating on my legs, cereal bowl, couch arms, cats, etc, she bought me a starter Sears drum kit. After about three days, the kit was unrecognizable, and she couldn’t afford another one, so she enrolled me in the school band. I have been playing ever since.”
Other jobs: Construction supervisor
Free time activities: “I am a dad to Grant, the eight-year-old.”
Other bands he’s played in: “A friend made me aware once that music is like a wheel of fortune … as long as you have a space on the wheel, it is bound to stop on or near your number. Since I have been playing in groups keeping my space on the wheel, the wheel has stopped near me several times. I have had the opportunity to see several groups’ number come up, sometimes in the rehearsal studio RIGHT next to me, including, Stone Temple Pilots, No Doubt, Fastball, and Korn.”
Thoughts on his musical career: “I will always play music, whether I am selling out the enormodome, or packing them in at the cave.”
Musical influences: Billy Martin, Stewart Copeland, Tom Waits, Keith Moon, Manu Katché, and Curly Howard.

Aaron Barnes

Age: 24
Lives in: Anaheim
Instrument: Bass
Playing for: Eight years
Other jobs: Gives bass lessons.
Free time activities: Studies music and hangs out with his girlfriend.
Other bands he’s played in: “Several over the years. The Middle Class Heros and Sam Sasso and Kettleblack most recently.”
He knew he wanted to play: “When I heard the super-heavy bass line in ‘Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2’ by Pink Floyd, I knew I wanted to be a bassist. I really liked the idea of laying down these huge fat notes underneath the rest of the music and making the groove happen.”
Musical influences: Paul Jackson, Phil Lesh, Charles Mingus, Chris Wood.

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