Dave Corsie - Bass

Dave has been playing bass guitar for 25 years and has performed with many bands. He performed with The Expresso Bongo Orchestra, a 10 piece band with a 5 piece brass section, who covered a wide variety of styles and provided Dave with a lot of gigging experience playing festivals, hotels and residencies at Ronnie Scott’s as well as working abroad. He recorded two albums with the EBO.
Throughout his 16 years with the EBO, he has also played in many other bands and has worked as a dep and session musician, including work as an orchestral pit musician for numerous shows around the Midlands, covering a wide range of styles from funk, soul, rock, jazz through to Latin, Ska and pop. Dave has also played in many covers bands as well as writing original material.

Dave teaches bass guitar at a variety of schools, colleges and universities around the Midlands area as his main profession, along with being an examiner for Rockschool.

Instruments: 4 string Musicman Stingray and a 5 String WAL. When the need requires it, Dave also uses a Lightwave Fretless and a Yamaha SLB 100 Electric Upright Bass.
For amplification - Trace Elliot, opting for a rack mounted SMX 12 300 watt head and separate 2 x 10” and 1 x 15” cabs.