JANIS WALLIN | BASS & VOCALS

Janis comes to Family Groove Company from Lemoyne, PA. Before meeting her future band mates in Los Angeles, Janis fell in love with music while studying at Franklin & Marshall college. Though she majored in History, weekends never failed to find her with one of her bands, heading out to nearby entertainment centers like Philadelphia and New York City. Janis has performed with bands whose styles have ranged from rock to bluegrass to hiphop to jazz, and this early performance experience, juxtaposed with her classical piano background, fostered the development of the tasteful playing that has become inseparable from FGC's sound. After arriving at the Musicians' Institute in LA, she quickly rose to the top of her class, and was later voted "Outstanding Bassist" by her teachers and peers. It was not long before she began teaching at MI, but the real thrill came when, having met Adam and Jordan, she finally found the project she had been looking for. Janis took a big step when she moved to Chicago to play with FGC fulltime, but she's never regretted the decision for a moment, even on the Windy City's coldest days.
Janis' gear: Janis plays a 1994 Musicman Stingray 4-string that she loves more than any material thing she has ever owned. Janis and her bass were united back in December 1998 when she ran slow-motion towards it in a field, and since then it has not been touched or played by anyone else under penalty of death. She plays through an Ampeg SVT-4 Pro head and an Ampeg BSE410-HLF cabinet. She uses whatever strings are on sale, but can proclaim brand loyalty with the snap of a finger (endorsements, anyone??).

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