Meet MAX
Jozef Max Lepelley, a 15+ year bass guitarist certified with ASCAP and featured in bands such as Banana Bread, Vice and Virtue, and Clad Undergrad has built a strong connection with venues coast to coast, booking artists into multiple shows spanning 2019-2023.
Jozef presents booking opportunities to bands across Portland Oregon, and the surrounding areas of New York while offering session and performance services to bands and musicians in need. He has managed Banana Bread into a band that received two warped tour opportunities, Opening for Reel Big Fish, Five Iron Frenzy, as well as receiving an 8.2 rating on our song “Misunderstood” via Reverb Nation.
Jozef Obtained a AGS from Portland Community College, while continuing studies in music and media production from Western Connecticut State University, and Nyack College NYC.
Experience
Meet Max
A professional bass guitar player with experience playing music from metal and rock bands like ‘Avenged Sevenfold’ and ‘Slipknot’, to classical music like ‘Vivaldi’ in A’ Minor and Jazz artists including Miles Davis, and the ‘New York Bar Quartett’. Jozef brings his passion to recording studios, jazz quartets, orchestras, and bands alike with over 20+ years of combined music and production experience and formal education from WCSU, PCC, and Nyack College NYC.
Accolades
15+ years on the bass
AGS: PCC; education at WCSU; Nyack College NYC.
Certificate in strings proficiency 2011, Shepaug Valley High School.
3rd chair violist for Norwalk Youth Symphony 2009-2011.
First chair violin for Shepaug Valley High School Strings Quartet 2011.
Bass player for Nyack College NYC Jazz Quartet 2014.
10+ Years in Production and Recording studio work.
Bass guitarist for rock bands ‘Banana Bread’, ‘Vice and Virtue’, ‘Clad Undergrad’, ‘Trust In Judo’.
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Muse "Time Is Running Out" bass tabs.
I wrote these tabs in drop D, DADG
Intro:
G:|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D:|----------------------------------------2-----2-2--------------------
A:|------------------------------5-5-6---------------------3-----5-5----
D:|-7-7-10-7-7-10-10-7-9-9-7-9-9-------2-2---2-2-----2-3-3---3-5-----5--
Chorus:
G:|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D:|------------------------------------------------5-5-3-3-2-0----------
A:|--------------------------------------------3-3----------------------
D:|-3(8x)-5(8x)-7(8x)-5(8x)-3(8x)-5(8x)-7(8x)-------------------(repeat)
Chorus P2:
G:|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D:|-------------------------5-5-3-3-2-0---------------------------------
A:|--------------------3-3-----------------------------------3------5---
D:|-3(8x)-5(8x)-7(8x)---(repeat 2x, on second continue)--3-3--3-5-5---5-
Verse:
G:|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D:|------------------------2--------------------------------------------
A:|---------------------------------3------5----------------------------
D:|-7-7-10-7--9-9-7-9--2-2--2---3-3--3-5-5---5-(repeat 2x than go into walking line)
Bridge:
G:|---------------4-5-----------------4-5----------------4-5------------
D:|--------5-6-7----------------5-6-7-------------5-6-7-----------------
A:|--5-7-8-------------3-5-7-8------------7-5-7-8-----------------------
D:|-----------------------------------------------------------5-2-------
Ending:
G:|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D:|---------------------------------------------------------------------
A:|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D:|-7-7-10-7---7-7-10-7---7-7-10-7-7(downslide)--7-7-10-7---------------