General Music Chat

Lynard

I'll admit I've drank my share of whiskey and chased women till I finally caught one. But only missed one engagement in my life, and that was a photo deal - and yeah, I was chasing a woman.

I agree with Dog about playing commanding bass. I've found folks really love me or they really don't like me at all. I will drive a band though, if that's what is wanted.

John Entwhistle lamented once that all that heavy lifting he was doing was assumed to be the guitar.

As I learned when I played in an acoustic electric band, you can be pretty darn aggressive if you do it right - whatever the genre. A great example of really punchy bass in an acoustic context is on the Leonard Cohen song "So Long MaryAnne."

Bass doens't give you as many tricks to play - I don't find myself able to pop pinch harmonics or bend nearly as much as with guitar. Sure fun to start rolling that thing along though. Really nice on five string punching the low B - the walls shake even if you're outdoors!

People don't notice mediocre bass at all. But damn - they notice bad bass pretty quick.

Talbot

If your talking to me Chaeya
I don't know how to play the bass correctly
Come on tho don't most of them just play on the
accented beat.
I got nothing against bass players
I just don't want to do it
Peace

Yeah, but there's other stuff happening in there as well, tones, thumpin', slappin' and so on. One of my favorite bands is Ugli Stick and I got into them all because I was awed by their bass player. The problem is most people don't know how to play it correctly, because they make it boring, so they'd never know. But I respect that you just don't care to play bass, and that's fine too.

Chaeya

Sorry that I don't live closer to Texas. Would be honored to come and jam with you and see where it goes.

This is what amazes me about EVERY hot shot guitarist I have jammed with this summer. You don't have any rhythmic talent to drive a band. The same with bass, ok you know the root and one beat out of 4 is putting me to sleep.
Mr drummer(you are tapping, not listening, thats why we have metronomes.)

I just love players that can't handle the basics because they are all rock stars. Even know it alls aren't that bad.

Give me a bass player that can pump up a band, even if he is playing in a different key. TOOO FUNNNY.

Glen

don't make me come up to New York and bring you a shot of thunder! From what you say I'd put a smile on your face for sure.

I mostly play six string these days but I can still drive nails with my bass.

Sadly, the last guitarist i worked with found me annoying. "Thinks he's in Judas Priest or something." i took it as a complement.

Anything less than thunder and lightning is no fun. Which is what I think you were saying in your post.

I'm working on going back to playing for money but it ain't just money - so yeah...If the players aren't feeling it in their gut you might as well watch re-runs of Green Acres.

Talbot

Talbot,

I sure like a lot of bass players ie
McCartney, Cetera, Sting, that guy who played for
Ten Years After, and probably at least a couple more.
The list goes on and on for guitarist

Lynard

You are so right on about that ten years after guy - I could get tired of the guitarist pretty early but that bass player knew exactly what to do!

Talbot

you know who I have stumbled across and rediscovered recently? John Paul Jones of Led Zepplin has a few solo projects out and I got the "Thunderstealer" CD.

It made me realize how much he contributed to Led Zep's sound and songwriting. If you're a Zep fan, you'd probably like it.



The bass players I've been using are always the best musician in the band. No slouches, whatsoever. Dependability has been the issue, though.

you know who I have stumbled across and rediscovered recently? John Paul Jones of Led Zepplin has a few solo projects out and I got the "Thunderstealer" CD.

It made me realize how much he contributed to Led Zep's sound and songwriting. If you're a Zep fan, you'd probably like it.



The bass players I've been using are always the best musician in the band. No slouches, whatsoever. Dependability has been the issue, though.

JPJ was the band, man. You could replace the others, maybe. JPJ? Hahahahaaaa gl with that.. he was the core.

I don't remember his bass parts in Led Zep to be spectacular. They were utilitarian and completely practical...but nothing that made me think he was anything more than holding the bottom line for the world's greatest guitarist. I figured he was the bassist because of his versatility on piano and mandolin. Didnt realize that he was a better mandolin player than Page until I heard him on his solo stuff.

His last album was with the guy from Queens of the Stone Age singing and playing guitar with the drummer from Nirvana. They called themselves "Them Crooked Vultures"

But he did a project with Diamanda Galas that would make your soul curdle like spoiled yogurt. Etu might like it, but it creeps me out to hear those multiple voices coming out of her screaming the litanies of satan.

:::shudders:::::

JPJ did more for them than you realize.

With him they were something to behold, without them.. well..not as much for sure.