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Zeppelin Cover band with Female Rock Metal Vocalist is looking for a bass player. Auditions next week.

time, feel, groove, big pocket.....like steve rodby, marcus miller, mike poracro....sense of swing and ability to make the bass sing like richard bona or jaco. all in all a great musician who plays w/ their ears first and then their fingers. my 2 cent as a drummer.......

I look in the mirror

Dynamics, Funk, Simplicity, are a few of the basics.

Any Bass players want to jam in Brooklyn tomorrow?

They have to work tomorrow....Better off never asking anyone to rehearse on weekday or weekday nights... as for fri. sat. or sun. Go on NY Craigslist and inquire.... You'll NEVER find a NY bassist here

A good bassist is very hard to find. Just slightly behind trying to find keys players. Now I have another keys player, (for now) but the bassist thing is unbelievably bad.

I'm thinking of doing the doors thing, where one attempts to have the bass line done by the keys player.

(gulp feels like Russian roulette) lol

Don't rehearse on a weeknight? Pfft. Both of my bands rehearse during the week. I won't rehearse on a weekend night, those are reserved for gigs (or fun).

Most know the tunes.
Many times we get guys that dont know much of the material ( they think they do ) and its just a colossal waste of time.

Deadguitars wrote:Most know the tunes.
Many times we get guys that dont know much of the material ( they think they do ) and its just a colossal waste of time.

Well Dead your playing that genre of music that's a little confusing, you know? If you are a deadhead, you probably have at least heard the tunes.

If not, it's a snowball's chance in hell.

AyrTrayn wrote:
I think it's a myth guitar players make good Bass players, but Bass Players make good lead players.

I've never heard anyone say guitar players make good bass players. Always the other way around. And I believe that to be true. I have found that guitar players do not make good bass players.

Don't jam a thousand notes down people's throats - people don't listen to music to hear the bass player showing off.

Priorities may shift depending on what you're playing, but generally

- Get in tight with the drummer. Kick drum and bass hitting together is one of music's most beautiful sounds.
- Outline the harmonic shape of the chords.
- Complement / counterpoint the vocal melody.
- Produce a pleasing tone on your instrument.
- Know when you should be staying back (probably most of the time), and when there's space for you to step forward and fill up the void (which you can still do without being jerkoffy about it).
- Really need to draw attention to yourself? Drop out. People will notice you when you come back.

edrezin wrote:A great bassist is never heard, only felt. (and man does that piss most of them off)

Speaking of... our bass player just took a new job and we are screwed. Anyone want to jam in Modesto CA? Yep, that sucks even more. So far the lack of bass players in the 209 is amazing.

to that i respectfully say....bullshit. and for the record it doesn't piss me off. just strikes me as kinda ignorant.

John Entwhistle, Jack Casidy, Jack Bruce, Paul McCartney, Phil Lesh, Sting, John Paul Jones, James Jamerson, Bob Babbit....i could go on and on.

and that's in the rock/pop genre, and not even talking about great reggae players like "Family Man" Barret or Robbie Shakespeare. and we don't even need to start mentioning jazz bassists!

the above bassists made huge contributions....'feel' yes, but they also played w great amounts of personality and their lines were often melodic and memorable as well. often they provide the hook.

can bassplayers overplay and pull the rug out from under everything? you betcha. and nobody wants that. but the same can be said for ANY instrument.

the key is picking your spots and playing w personality while STILL supporting the song. it CAN be done, and when it is done well it lifts the band and the song(s) to higher levels.