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#158924 by Donald Ray
Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:16 am
Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:16 am
Hell
I am seriously looking for one right now to join Us
Memphis here ...Please send a email
I am seriously looking for one right now to join Us
Memphis here ...Please send a email
I am looking for a plug & play opportunity with a state wide, regional or opening act group. I have a day job, but my schedule is very flexible so I can travel. I'd very much welcome any referrals or an opportunity to audition. I have a profile on Bandmix under AlgebraBlue (Orlando). Thanks, Mike.
Bass Player. Former student of Dave LaRue (Bassist for Joe Satriani, Dixie Dregs & others) and Perry Stern (LO & DeadMens Dreams). 10 years + total playing time. Blues, Classic & So. Rock; Alt. Rock & Motown. I can travel. Pro Equip.
#159425 by Michael Oliver
Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:09 am
Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:09 am
This is a very amusing thread. You'll find good bass players at any successful, money making gig.
Michael
I can assure you, that based upon my own experience, you can also find bass players at cheesy, miserable gigs!
Talbot
I can assure you, that based upon my own experience, you can also find bass players at cheesy, miserable gigs!
Talbot
#161182 by Official Denial
Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:57 pm
Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:57 pm
You'll find that MOST bass players were at one time a guitar player. It isn't uncommon for a guitar player to change over to find work. Try asking guitar players if they would like to try out for that position. You might be delighted with the results. NOTE: avoid guitar players with an ego on this as they become insulted when asked to change over. Some more humble guitar players change over more easily due to the fact that to them it's about the enjoyment of making music, not stroking their ego.
Michael Oliver wrote:This is a very amusing thread. You'll find good bass players at any successful, money making gig.
What about people who just switched from guitar to bass?
You CAN be good at both, but chances are you're not.
Usually my biggest problem (along with what I wrote months ago) is that a guitarist has no idea what the bass does. They play all these galloping rhythms and other, just very, untalented and uninteresting progressions. It's a real shame when I get to a possible new band that tells me they play live, and they aren't well rehearsed or the stuff they play is just generic or won't take them/me anywhere.
I don't think all people know this but, 99.8 percent of every band ever hasn't done anything, and just because your friends like it doesn't mean anyone else will.
Lynard Dylan wrote:Hasn't done anything?
That was me being cynical.
What I mean is: I had an endorsement from horizon before they were bought (plus that band is broken up now), another one I was in were working on a record deal, and that same band was signed up for a tour before our guitarist became too much to deal with, and I moved back home from the airforce.
I wouldn't consider that having done anything yet. That band was doomed to be a local/regional band because we weren't good enough, we didn't have a good enough product. I still haven't made as much as I have paid for my equipment.
Touring nationally or worldwide is an achievement, a 6 figure record deal is an achievement. Until then, I will only work as hard as I can for those goals, and until then I haven't done anything.
Mr. Viking
You haven't done anything? How silly! Give yourself a break - life ain't about winnin' - you always lose in the end. life is about showing up.
When you're playing at all, you're winning. The rest is gravy.
Talbot
You haven't done anything? How silly! Give yourself a break - life ain't about winnin' - you always lose in the end. life is about showing up.
When you're playing at all, you're winning. The rest is gravy.
Talbot
Da*n straight, Talbot.
Even, "Doing something," doesn't always make you better than everyone else in the end except for having different memories. To illustrate what I mean, I've seen the following bands play for crowds of 300 or less in the last five years:
Stephen Pearcy (Ratt lead singer)
Night Ranger
Firehouse
...and others
I'm not saying that's what those bands regularly draw, but I know a bar owner who has an outdoor venue and puts summer concerts together and he's always (no offense to him) making terrible decisions. Locally, he's just not going to have the drawing power for these bands to make money off of what he's paying to have them...even with the liquor sales. I think he broke even on Firehouse.
The funny thing is, he did midget wrestling with no cover charge and absolutely killed on the profits that night!
I'm done rambling now...[/list]
Even, "Doing something," doesn't always make you better than everyone else in the end except for having different memories. To illustrate what I mean, I've seen the following bands play for crowds of 300 or less in the last five years:
Stephen Pearcy (Ratt lead singer)
Night Ranger
Firehouse
...and others
I'm not saying that's what those bands regularly draw, but I know a bar owner who has an outdoor venue and puts summer concerts together and he's always (no offense to him) making terrible decisions. Locally, he's just not going to have the drawing power for these bands to make money off of what he's paying to have them...even with the liquor sales. I think he broke even on Firehouse.
The funny thing is, he did midget wrestling with no cover charge and absolutely killed on the profits that night!
I'm done rambling now...[/list]
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