Peter Ind
Peter Ind (born July 20, 1928) is a British jazz double-bassist and record producer.
Early life
Peter Ind was born in Middlesex. His father was a builder. Ind began to learn the violin at the age of eight and played in his school orchestra. He soon found that he preferred the piano and played gigs from the age of 14 around his home in Uxbridge. At this point, he played mostly popular dance numbers of the time. He was influenced during World War II by radio broadcasts of American big bands. By the age of 16 his income, supplemented by a variety of day jobs, was greater than that of his father.
Feeling that he lacked a technical understanding of music, Ind took evening classes in piano and classical harmony at London's Trinity College of Music in the period 1944–46. He transitioned to playing the bass because he liked its sound and thought that his piano technique was limited. He had bass lessons from 1947 with Tim Bell, who "introduced me to what was then a revolutionary method of bass fingering, in which all four fingers of the left hand are used – playing semitone intervals", and later with James Merrett. He also became a full-time musician in 1947.
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- London Concert released: 1977
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Waiting For Death
by: Bitter EndPulled to the limit
And I can’t take the strain
The world’s gone mad
And this madness will drive me insane
I can’t take this pain!
Signals are crossed
I don’t know what to think
Confusion and chaos
Are driving me over the brink
And I need a drink!
You’re waiting, waiting for death
Waiting, waiting for death
Trapped in the rat-race
And I’m playing their game
But I’ll keep on fighting
‘Cause I’m never gonna be tamed
I won’t be tamed!
If you know the truth
Don’t swallow their lies
Ignore what they tell you
And learn to believe your own eyes
And not their lies!
You’re waiting, waiting for death
Waiting, waiting for death
Pulled to the limit
And I can’t take the strain
The world’s gone mad
And this madness will drive me insane
I can’t take this pain!
Signals are crossed
I don’t know what to think
Confusion and chaos
Are driving me over the brink
I need a drink!
You’re waiting, waiting for death