Bass Magazine Check-In: Doug Howard

We check in with the bass player of Touch and Todd Rundgren’s Utopia

Bass Magazine Check-In: Doug Howard

We check in with the bass player of Touch and Todd Rundgren’s Utopia

Bass Player: Doug HowardBands & Artists: Touch, Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, Edgar Winter, SpoonBread, solo artistHome: New York CityHow have you been passing time during the lockdown?Fortunately I remained busy writing and doing remote sessions with a variety of people, and working on the new Touch album. While I’ve had my moments of cabin fever, I’ve incorporated Zoom and Skype into my routine, and I’ve toyed with a couple of P2P applications for real time work. But nothing replaces having everyone together in the room or on the stage. Outside of that, it has been a lot of films and reading—and eating! But thanks to my better-half, Jan, I’ve shaved regularly and not gone completely feral. For all of us in the music business, I’m thankful that outfits like MusiCares, the SAG/AFTRA Foundation, the PRS, and others have created some very effective support systems. What the business will look like after this remains a big question mark, but undoubtedly there will always be mu
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Chris Jisi   By: Chris Jisi