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We are an existing band looking for a bass player. Our singer/songwriter/bassplayer is ready to concentrate more on our originals than bass. Looking for experienced player to do covers as well as our originals. We hope to be an originals only band within the next two years, but that is dependant on finding a bass player who can record, travel when needed, etc. We are located in C'ville. We have a great practice pad, P.A., recording equipment. Please contact if interested

tsc06@earthlink.net

P.S. We could care less about age, we're in it for your musical abilities and your great attitude. Thanks

Sure some of us still play bass. Some of us even do it without effects and midi controls.

A good bass player is as hard to find as a good man (lol)! I've worked with bass players who were so bad I literally tuned them out, & hoped the audience was doing the same! Read some of my past postings about the one who read every song progression right off his notepad. Just about every musicians' classified section I've read has at least 3 columns of "bassist wanted" ads. I got lucky this time & found a good one, & I ain't lettin' him go!

Oh yes, we still exist...I have been tugging on my bass for 20 years...for me, it is hard to find dedicated guitar players and drummers!

Believe it or not in Mt Airy, NC Great Bass players can't find a decent damn band to gig with. I'm ready to move back to NJ.

Yep there are still a few of us out thier that believe that a good bottom end is what you need. And a good bassist doesn't hurt either. I've been at it for 30+ years now and have been in and out of several bands. It always seems like it's the drummers and lead players that want to move on and not stick out the hard times. If it wasn't for you being half way across the state from me I would be there in a heart beat. It's so great to find musicians that really love to play.

Yes there are bass players out here.
I'm one who plays a REAL bass. You know, the big swollen fiddle kind.
Where your tone comes from your hands, fingers, ears and guts, not from electromanetic gizmos like pickups and amplifiers.

You guys are hilarious. There is nothing wrong with electronic innovations in musical instruments. Its natural evolution of technology. Remember, even a contrabass is quite a technological evolution of earlier instruments on it's design.

Making good music is the important thing, not spartan anachronisms.

Just funnin ya.

Another "real" bass player here.

I am having trouble finding a talented lead guitar player. I moved from a small town in New York (where there were plenty of guitar god type players) to an area near Daytona. You would think in an area with more places to play on a regular basis that there would be an abundance of good guitarists..............WRONG

Seems everyone around this area only wants to play blues and southern rock. What ever happened to guitarists that could play 80's hair metal lead guitar ???

I'm a bass player turned rhythm/singer and I was always told that good bass players were hard to find when I played bass. I had a hard time believing that until I started looking for one to start my own band. DAMN! It's true! It's a generally underappreciated art todo what a bass is supposed to do. Not that many players understand that. Also not as easy as it seems.[/img]

darn tootin. On bass guitar, I'm a guitarist who plays a little bass. Not the same thing as a real bass player.

On upright, which is a totally different instrument than bass guitar in terms of technique and approach, I consider myself to be much more a real bass player. My foundation there is much stonger.

I am having a hell of a time in MD finding bass players. Everyone wants to play guitar and hair metal at that!

Instigator, I think every musician in this area has a similar story. I thought Daytona would ba a happenin' party town! Intead, its a sleepy little tourist burg. I love it here, but the music scene certainly isn't what I thought it would be! What type of music do you play? I know a really good lead player right there in Palm Coast who is looking for a harder-edged rock band.
BTW, nice neck-thru!

Auburn Diva wrote:Instigator, I think every musician in this area has a similar story. I thought Daytona would ba a happenin' party town! Intead, its a sleepy little tourist burg. I love it here, but the music scene certainly isn't what I thought it would be! What type of music do you play? I know a really good lead player right there in Palm Coast who is looking for a harder-edged rock band.
BTW, nice neck-thru!

I know what you mean about the music scene. Not only are there less capable musicians to choose from, but it also seems that people's musical tastes are running around 10 years behind the New York tri-state area.

I am happiest playing music by: Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Ozzy, Ratt, Dio, Pink Floyd, Queensryche, Tesla, Dokken (basically anything from the Guitar God era of the hair metal days).

Thanks !