Our favorite freelance friend-of-MO, widely known for his stream-of-conscious verbalizing, print motojournalism stylings and bass playing, has just been profiled in VoyageLA. Yes, that VoyageLA. He’s a heavy cat, man. But we already knew that.

NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Meet Thai Long Ly of Bell Sound Studios

VOYAGELA STAFF

Today we?d like to introduce you to Thai Long Ly.
Thai Long, can you briefly walk us through your story ? how you started and how you got to where you are today.

I started playing bass guitar at age 12 and fell in love with the idea of doing nothing but music for the rest of my life. That combined with my penchant for sleeping in and staying up all night meant that a normal job would never cut it. So I made it my life?s mission to steer clear of one at all costs! I played in a host of bands growing up, and when I realized my boat to stardom had sprung a slow leak, I seized an opportunity to open a high-end bass guitar boutique called L.A. Bass Exchange (Tarzana, CA) when I was 25. This was a way to stay surrounded by the things I loved as well as to be my own boss. Steady money helped, too. I had just been dumped by my girlfriend and had lost my job at another music store when this happened, so the motivation to succeed was at an all time high for me.  They say success is the best revenge, right" I ran that shop for five crazy fun years before a shady move by a partner combined with a growing recession forced its demise....