David Tranchina (Private Acoustic and Electric Bass) started playing music in fourth grade on the viola. From that early age it became apparent that he had a “musical ear.” At age 13, his parents rented him a bass and it truly was love at first sight. It was an electric bass, and soon he was imitating the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jaco Pastorious. He loved improvising and played in a jazz band, a few rock bands, and wrote and recorded some original tunes as well. He went to UC Santa Cruz and switched to the double bass. Four years later he graduated with honors, and was an accomplished young bassist who now could play classical bass and loved to play jazz. He also found that he liked composing tunes, and wanted to experiment with finding new ways of expression through music and combining music with other mediums like video and art. “There is no end of possibilities in music and art,” he said. “Music is always new an exciting for me, and it is ever challenging to be original.” David’s influences on the bass include John Clayton, Barry Green, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Buster Williams, Ray Brown, Christian McBride and Charles Mingus. Currently, David attends Cal Arts for his Masters Degree and hopes to explore these musical possibilities with like minded folk.