Djordje Stijepovic is best known as bassist for the psychobilly band Tiger Army and for Nickelodeon star Drake Bell.
31 Facts About Djordje Stijepovic
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Djordje Stijepovic is a former member of Lemmy Kilmister's side project The Head Cat.
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Djordje Stijepovic has recorded and performed as a guest musician with Tommy Emmanuel, Marco Beltrami, Wanda Jackson, Molotov, Rachel Brice and Beats Antique among others.
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Djordje Stijepovic grew up in a music family in Belgrade, Serbia.
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Djordje Stijepovic's mother was a music professor and his father was a professional folk dancer in Serbian National Ensemble Kolo.
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Djordje Stijepovic decided to become a musician at 10 years old, after hearing Elvis Presley's and Stray Cats' records for the first time.
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Djordje Stijepovic started on guitar and switched to double bass when he was 13 years old.
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Djordje Stijepovic enrolled in a Classical music school only to convince his parents to buy him a double bass.
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Djordje Stijepovic received a master's degree in double bass performance from the Music Conservatory in Belgrade, subsequently obtaining a degree in jazz bass and arrangements as well.
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At 18 years old, Djordje Stijepovic joined Balkan Music Club, one of the first world music bands in Serbia.
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When Djordje Stijepovic disbanded Havana Whisper in 2003, he formed the rockabilly trio Atomic Sunset.
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Djordje Stijepovic spent most of 2007 touring with the Head Cat.
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In December 2013, Djordje Stijepovic received an invitation to play in Drake Bell's band as a guest at the Christmas concert of Brian Setzer Orchestra at the Dolby Theatre.
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In October 2015, Djordje Stijepovic became a member of the psychobilly band Tiger Army.
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In January 2020, the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame updated their Right Here, Right Now exhibit, which focuses on current pop stars, with artifacts from Tiger Army, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Adam Lambert, and Kacey Musgraves, which included Djordje Stijepovic's custom made shirt, shoes and bass strings.
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Djordje Stijepovic was a special guest, alongside Ana Tijoux and Money Mark of the Beastie Boys, on their MTV Unplugged performance.
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Djordje Stijepovic insists on perceiving music as a whole, with different genres just being a matter of taste.
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Djordje Stijepovic has performed and recorded with many world known musicians from very wide music genres.
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Djordje Stijepovic worked with movie composers Marco Beltrami and Danny Elfman.
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Djordje Stijepovic was a cast member in various theater plays like As You Like It, SummerSounds and Everyman.
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Djordje Stijepovic is often referred as the world's best slap style double bass player.
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Djordje Stijepovic is writing the first book about the technique.
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Djordje Stijepovic's playing draws on many influences from different music styles like rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, Gypsy, punk, metal and classical.
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Djordje Stijepovic is endorsed by Blast Cult, Thomastik-Infeld, Orange, Mogami, Mojave and CodaBow.
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The symbol that can be seen under the strings is Djordje Stijepovic's logo, which is a stylized combination of the first letter of his name and bass clef, made by the artist Zeljko Gajic.
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Djordje Stijepovic has been using Thomastik-Infeld strings since he was a teenager and they made him their ambassador in 2006.
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Djordje Stijepovic plays their Spirocore Orchestra Medium strings, Solo strings, and more recently their new prototype.
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Djordje Stijepovic uses Mogami cables, Mojave microphones and CodaBow carbon fiber bows.
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Since 2002, Djordje Stijepovic has been intensively working on the development of slap bass technique, and researching its history.
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Djordje Stijepovic publishes articles about slap bass on the web site and promotes other exponents of the style.
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Djordje Stijepovic has interviewed legends like Marshall Lytle, Ray Campi, James Kirkland and discovered new players like Nicolas Dubouchet, Ryan Gould, Beau Sample and others.