christhammer666

^good point never thought of it like that

so after having 2 disasters leaving my last 2 bands and not picking up my bass for 3 months,ive decided to try out for another band tomorrow night.after a friend having my bass on loan till last night and the band only sending me some songs yesterday ive only been able to learn one song for the try out .funny thing is I feel quite confident.because Ive not been playing ive not geared myself up for failure..fingers crossed I wont make a total twat of myself

great band.very much in the vein of dream theatre,dgm and symphony x

alex webster

morbid angel- where the slime live .........gojira-the heaviest matter in the universe from 1.49 onwards...............crowbar-like broken glass................mortician-chainsaw dismemberment

I know we was in d then went to drop c now some singers weve been auditioning wanted it lower now the guitarard wants to stay dropped to Bb

devin townsends -ziltoid the omniscient

no alex Webster ?????? and paul mcartney above john myung.guy must be on crack

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1362309912' post='1998107'] Buy a dirt cheap bass and keep it in standard tuning, use that for your theory related practice. If you are playing in [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Bb,F,Bb,E you'll need to HEAR scales in order to play them fluently, the more you practice in standard tuning the better you will be able to hear scales.[/font][/color] [/quote] ....totally agree there.im trying to convince both my bands if sylosis and opeth can sound heavy in standard tuning so can we lol

one band use drop c.....the other we tune Bb,f,Bb,e

this is another one of my topics which always starts with...am I being totally thick........in standard tuning I know that if I want to play a G scale ill start 3rd fret on the E string.cos the 2 bands im in tune way down, im finding it hard to learn any theory cos all the notes have moved (if that makes sense). I don't wanna keep retuning my bass just to learn scales.whats are my options should I think of a 5er ??? all opinions welcomed as always...................jamie

thank you one and all for the advice.......how long do you get for murdering band members

[quote name='jackers' timestamp='1358451147' post='1939527'] maybe you could try suggesting reworking the vocals a bit (changing the key) and try tuning up to drop d or drop c sharp. I have only worked with one female vocalist who needed a tuning lower than drop d, and she scared the crap outta me (think angela gossow). [/quote] have suggested all this....ill turn up watch it turn to sh*t and when they admit i was right ill just stand there like a smug twat

@essential tension...its his band so he sorts of calls the shots. but as prime bass says ive argued the toss and said why dont we just drop a fret problem sorted what do i know im only a bass player and apparently we know sod all

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1358445193' post='1939374'] Drop C is too high for her? Is her name Brian Blessed? [/quote] i actually laughed out loud when i read that

nah no horns in sight lol. a lot of the songs are in c#,d so i suppose they think to satisfy her we have to detune. only thing is some of the songs are quite fast and downtuned to Bf it will just sound like a load of mush as mr vader said theres loads of open strings so will sound like a wall of sh*t. anyway what do i know im still the new guy myopinion if a singer says the songs are still to high when we are tuned down to drop c then their not right for the band

i got the tuner with mine as well its awesome it pick up lower tunings super easy

ill keep this as short as possible.......... so joined a band few months ago just as singer left,all songs are in drop c so C.G.C.F had a few rehearsals everything is really tight,then singers start asking about joining the band. the one singer who the guitarist and drummer love at her audition starts saying the songs are to high can we lower the key/tuning ect so since then ive now been told by the guitard that were tuning to Bf,F,Bf,Ef (is this even a recognised tuning) i only have a 4 string so now i gotta re-set up my bass tross rod saddles ,the works even though it might not work out with her what a frigging pain in the backside

great thread bass- me drums-gavin harrison-porcupine tree keyboards-jordan rudess-dream theater guitars-brent hinds-mastodon vocals-russell allen-symphony x my prog wet dream

got my first audition in a longggggggggg time on saturday and to be honest im bricking it. guitarist says come up with what like aslong as it fits the song(obviously) so im coming up with all this melodic stuff(ive always been guilty of trying to over play) i got a bit stuck so i asked the guitarist for some guidance as the songs are in drop c and the speakers on my laptop are pants turns out the last bass player played something really easy so i can relax a bit (and breathhhhhhhhhhhhh) j

Bb

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1351548145' post='1852578'] Gary talked a lot of bollocks. [/quote] totally agree.sometimes after ive had a nightmare day at work sometimes the last thing i wanna do is play bass. does not mean its not for me

our first vid shot in crystal palace park [url="http://youtu.be/6yPQ6bewFFc"]http://youtu.be/6yPQ6bewFFc[/url]

i was but you turned me down

gone over 3 songs were recording friday night for our new double album woo hoo sometimes the stuff i play sounds great just wish i knew what the hell i was playing half the time lol