I played bass at Westport Church out in Hillsboro this morning. It was good to play since I haven’t played the bass anywhere for nearly a year.

I was filling in for their bassist who was out of town. I’m going to be playing a bit for them here and there for a while because they’re a little short of bass and electric guitar players. I’m really excited to get a chance to play electric guitar because that’s where my passion has been lately. I will say though, that it has been fun digging the bass out, dusting it off, and straping on that big slab of wood and letting the low notes rumble out. I’ll get plenty of chances to play bass because I understand their bass player really likes playing electric guitar as well, so I want to make sure I give him a chance to fulfill that desire.

It’s kind of an interesting story how I got connected with Westport so I’ll try to give the condensed version. I’m subscribed to a email group called ChurchBass that has around 500 bass players on it from around the world. A message was sent out a few weeks ago that a church in Hillboro needed to borrow a bass amp for someone who was filling in on bass for them. I replied that I had one to borrow so that’s how I got connected to Jamie, their Director of Worship Arts. The funny part was that the bass player turned out to be Todd of Ethnos fame.