{"id":12834,"date":"2019-04-29T10:04:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T15:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=12834"},"modified":"2019-04-29T10:04:50","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T15:04:50","slug":"player-of-the-week-interview-with-daniel-acosta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/interviews\/player-of-the-week-interview-with-daniel-acosta.html","title":{"rendered":"[Player of the Week] Interview with Daniel Acosta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>This week we sat down with Daniel and asked him why he does what he does. Here&#8217;s what he had to say:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>eBass: So, what sort of bass are you playing these days?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Daniel: MTD 535 \/ MTD Kingston Heir 5 Fretless<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>eBass: Nice! Any customization or gear mods?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Daniel: <\/em>Mike Pope Pre-Amp<em>.<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>eBass: So what inspired you to get started? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daniel: I wanted to do something that made people happy and forget about their worries for a little while. It doesn&#8217;t matter what language you speak if you feel the groove, I am speaking to your heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>eBass: From time to time we lose that, don&#8217;t we? Between gigs&#8230;Then sometimes it hits you like a ton of bricks when you&#8217;re back on stage. Like &#8220;Wow, this is the best feeling!&#8221; So, what&#8217;s the toughest gig you ever played?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Daniel: <\/em>Every time I take the stage. I want to make that experience even better than the one before. Especially when I recognize people that have been to previous gigs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>eBass: Nice.. So who&#8217;s your current inspiration these days?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Daniel: <\/em>I have a lot of Bass\u00a0Players\u00a0that had a part in molding the musician I am today&#8230; To name a few Rocco Prestia, Jaco Pastorius, Pino Palladino and Bobby Vega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>eBass: And&#8230;your biggest fans? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Daniel: My Kids!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>eBass: That&#8217;s a real testament if they can see how much you love what you do. That&#8217;s awesome! Do you have a video or something we could show the folks at home?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Daniel: Sure thing, here&#8217;s a video of us at Downtown Disney doing &#8220;Despacito&#8221;..<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TphWtJe4mfM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Would <em>you<\/em> like to be interviewed as a featured bass player? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/featured-player\">Submit your entry here<\/a>.\ufeff<\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we sat down with Daniel and asked him why he does what he does. Here&#8217;s what he had to say: eBass: So, what sort of bass are you playing these days? Daniel: MTD 535 \/ MTD Kingston Heir 5 Fretless eBass: Nice! Any customization or gear mods? Daniel: Mike Pope Pre-Amp. eBass: So &#8230; <a title=\"[Player of the Week] Interview with Daniel Acosta\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/interviews\/player-of-the-week-interview-with-daniel-acosta.html\" aria-label=\"More on [Player of the Week] Interview with Daniel Acosta\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12834"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12835,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12834\/revisions\/12835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}