He started playing the bass at age twelve and recalls learning a great deal from in-home jam sessions with friends of his musically inclined parents. He was inspired by his parents’ hard work and sacrifices as they gave him a good stable home life and appreciation of education. As an outstanding academic high school graduate he earned a complete four year full academic scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania. During his third year, Veasley lost his father. To deal with the loss, he focused on music, listening to records featuring Charles Mingus, Wes Montgomery, Grand Green and Ron Carter. These all-night affairs would also include Veasley teaching himself how to improvise, transcribe solos and studying chord progressions. Veasley took up studying classical guitar to expand his range as a musician.
"There were several factors which led me to choose music as a profession," he says. "Basically, it always moved me emotionally and offered me a way to express things I couldn't find words for. When my father died, I had a hard time coming to grips with the trauma, and music proved very therapeutic."
The mostly high-profile sideman gigs came in rapid succession for Gerald starting in the early Eighties. Depending on who he was hooked up with, he displayed a starting affinity for all sorts of styles. He played avant-garde music with saxophonist Odean Pope, did orchestra dates with the flutist Leslie Burrs, and joined violinist John Blake's group for a U.S. tour and three albums on Gramavision.
In 1988, Gerald showed his fusion side as part of the Zawinul Syndicate, and through the years since, he has been affiliated with a wide array of distinctive players - Larry Coryell, Khan Jamal, Eric Kloss, Pat Martino, Charlie Rouse, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, McCoy Tyner, label mate Joe McBride, Special EFX and pieces of A Dream.
Gerald's resume also boasts numerous other accolades. He was voted "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" in every Downbeat critics' poll from 1983 through 1992. He was most recently named "Best Bassist" in Jazziz magazine's 1999 annual readers poll. He has also taught the history and fundamentals of the electric bass to musicians and educators, both privately and at the university level. He has been artist in residence at the Artist-Teachers institute of Stockton State College; guest lecturer at Dartmouth; instructor at Philadelphia's University of the Arts; and video instructor on "Solo Bass Techniques" released by CCP Baldwin.
While still doing the occasional sideman date, Gerald's present focus is on building the audience for his own band both in Europe and Stateside, "creating more and better music, reaching more people and giving my band its own identity." All signs indicate that Gerald will be one of the most popular and revered bassist/composers, as well as instrumental recording artists, of the millennium and beyond.
Let It Snow
Gerald Veasley Lyrics
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If you will count up to ten,
That'll give me a chance to get my breath back
Then... we'll do it again an' again!
Don't stop until I say when
'Cause your kisses are sweet
An' I don't want the feelin' to end!
We glide on a magic carpet ride
All around us stars collide
And there's poetry inside my head
It seems I can hear some haunting theme
Yet there's something in your scheme
That's too real to be a dream instead!
Hey!... let's do it again an' again!
If you will count up to ten,
That'll give me a chance to get my breath back
Then... we'll do it again an' again!
Don't stop until I say when
'Cause your kisses are sweet
An' I don't want the feelin' to end!
The sound all around begins to pound
An' I know we're homeward bound
To a world we've often found before
We climb into space an' out of time
Then the bells begin to chime
We're in rhythm and in rhyme, once more!
Hey!... let's do it again an' again!
If you will count up to ten,
That'll give me a chance to get my breath back
Then... we'll do it again an' again!
Don't stop until I say when
'Cause your kisses are sweet
An' I don't want the feelin' to end!
Hey!... let's do it again an' again!
If you will count up to ten,
That'll give me a chance to get my breath back
Then... we'll do it again an' again!
Don't stop...
The song Let It Snow by Gerald Veasley is an upbeat, jazzy tune about the feeling of being lost in love. The lyrics depict a desire to never stop kissing, gliding, and feeling alive with the person they are with. The opening line, "Hey!... let's do it again an' again!" sets the tone for the entire song, indicating a yearning for the moment to never end. The singer asks their partner to count to ten, giving them a chance to catch their breath, before diving right back into the magic carpet ride of their love.
The lyrics also allude to a dreamlike state, as the singer describes hearing haunting themes and being surrounded by poetry in their head. The starry background adds to the surreal feeling of the song. However, as the song progresses, the lyrics also hint at a sense of returning to reality, as the bells begin to chime and they are once again in rhythm and in rhyme.
Overall, Let It Snow is a song about being lost in the moment with the one you love and wanting it to last forever. The playful and upbeat music adds to the joyful feeling of the song, making it a fun tune to dance and sing along to.
Line by Line Meaning
Hey!... let's do it again an' again!
Expressing eagerness to repeat an enjoyable experience multiple times.
If you will count up to ten,
Asking the partner to pause for a moment to catch his breath after an intense activity.
That'll give me a chance to get my breath back
This pause would provide an opportunity to recover from the breathlessness and exhaustion.
Then... we'll do it again an' again!
The urge to repeat the activity has not subsided and the eagerness to do it again remains.
Don't stop until I say when
The partner is requested to continue the activity without interruption until the requester indicates when to stop.
'Cause your kisses are sweet
The gentle, sensual kisses are incredibly pleasant, enjoyable and desirable.
An' I don't want the feelin' to end!
The sensation these kisses conjure up is so pleasurable, the requester wishes it to continue without end.
We glide on a magic carpet ride
The experience feels like being transported to a mystical world, where anything and everything is possible.
All around us stars collide
The partner is so mesmerizing and enchanting that the world around them comes alive in ways beyond the ordinary - almost like a magical world.
And there's poetry inside my head
The experiences and emotions the partner evokes are so vivid and profound that it's akin to poetry in motion, in the requester's mind.
It seems I can hear some haunting theme
The experience is so ethereal and otherworldly that it evokes a melody that lingers deep in the requester's mind.
Yet there's something in your scheme
The amazing sensations and sensations are so enchanting that it feels like the partner had an elaborate plan, a secret scheme to evoke such magical emotions.
That's too real to be a dream instead!
But the magnitude of the thoughtful experiences and sensations is so intense, it feels more real than even the most vivid of dreams.
The sound all around begins to pound
The emotional and physical sensations are so strong that it conjures up a heavy, pulsating feeling, as though the surroundings are vibrating in response.
An' I know we're homeward bound
Even though the experience feels like being transported to a mystical world, the requester knows that, soon, they'd be returning to the real world.
To a world we've often found before
The requester and the partner have experienced similar sensations before and keep returning to explore and rediscover them once again.
We climb into space an' out of time
The experience feels like transcending the mundane existence and ascending into a space where time has no bearing.
Then the bells begin to chime
The requester hears imaginary bells ringing, signaling a synchronized rhythm that encompasses everything around them.
We're in rhythm and in rhyme, once more!
The two partners are in perfect sync, their hearts beating in unison, their bodies moving to the same rhythm, oblivious to everything else.
Don't stop...
The requester's eagerness to repeat the activity continues and wants it to continue without end.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: KENNETH EDMONDS, JONATHAN ROBINSON
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Listened yesterday in El Pais de los Sueños, great and smooth ending