{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"TYE 128: P!nk bassist Eva Gardner on rock stardom and overcoming rejection","description":"Eva Gardner could have easily been given a golden ticket to music stardom. But the fact that she wasn\u2019t drove her to go get it on her own. Eva grew up in a rock and roll family as the daughter of Kim Gardner, a notable bass player in the 1960\u2019s British Invasion music scene who played with acts like The Creation, Ron Wood, The Birds, Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart. But while Eva found great influence in her father\u2019s career path, she wasn\u2019t immediately encouraged to follow.   It wasn\u2019t until a holiday to visit a family friend, The Who\u2019s John Entwistle, where that all changed. Eva went on to study music at UCLA before beginning a career as a professional touring musician with acts like The Mars Volta, P!nk, Gwen Stefani, Cher, Tegan & Sara, Moby and Veruca Salt.   She\u2019s on The YES Effect Show to talk about her journey from growing up in a rock and roll household, making a name for herself as a bassist, to breaking norms as a female musician in the male-dominated music industry.  In this episode, you\u2019ll learn:   Why Eva\u2019s dad Kim initially didn\u2019t encourage her to pursue being a bass player How The Who bassist John Entwistle influenced Eva to start playing bass guitar What Eva learned after failing her music school audition, and what she did to improve Why you should surround yourself with people whose skills are are better than yours How the initial rejection from her dad inspired Eva to pursue a career as a musician How Eva got a job as P!nk\u2019s bassist Eva\u2019s most memorable moment playing on stage with P!nk The one thing everyone should do to find clarity on their path Quotables:   \u201cIt\u2019s those NOs that made me want to turn them into YESes  even more.\u201d   \u201cThe path isn\u2019t always clear at first\u2026until you take the first step.\u201d   \u201cWhen you\u2019re with people who are bettering you it really makes you step up.\u201d   \u201cSomeone asked me \u2018why do I do what I do?\u2019 Ultimately it\u2019s about connecting with other people.\u201d    \u201cI feel like if it was handed to me I probably wouldn\u2019t have wanted it. I probably would have taken it for granted.\u201d  Links mentioned in this episode:   Eva Gardner\u2019s music: https:\/\/www.evagardner.com\/    Eva on IG    Join The YES Effect Inner Circle Facebook Group for a behind the scenes experience about what it means to Believe, Belong and Become!   Join Shelli on Facebook Join Shelli on Instagram Join Shelli on YouTube ","author_name":"The YES Effect","author_url":"http:\/\/www.TheYesEffectShow.com","html":"