phil_the_bassist

[quote name='chris_b' post='729770' date='Jan 30 2010, 03:31 PM']Don't lend anyone your gear. They don't care about damaging it and they won't pay up if they do![/quote] BIG plus 1! It got to a stage where I was taking a £100 returnable cash deposit before the gig, and once I'd fully made sure the head was still working they'd get the money back. ANY repairs more than £100 would be paid for in a ratio of 1 finger per £10 costs, starting with the left hand. No feckin' prisoners, no feckin problems.

[quote name='chris_b' post='730524' date='Jan 31 2010, 01:05 PM']Seems like you can play all you need to on bass and what you want is a musical diversion. How about learning piano?[/quote] cos I've not got a piano, or room for one I've thought that, but I've put so much goddamn effort, time, blood, sweat and tears into bass I just wanna keep going till I can make some money out of it possibly.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='730508' date='Jan 31 2010, 12:55 PM']Rancid stuff is always fun to play. I'd start here.[/quote] ooooh, i thought I'd got some Rancid, but I've not got that track.... I've got Maxwell Murder!!! Is it possible to play at normal speed with fingers instead of a pic? lets find out

[quote name='silddx' post='730510' date='Jan 31 2010, 12:57 PM']Try learning Big Swifty by Zappa (from Make a Jazz Noise Here). It's long, horrendously difficult, and it will keep you occupied for a VERY long time. It's also a monster piece of music which will bring many smiles to your face.[/quote] I'll also learn Approximate...i hear the notes are pretty easy, it's just the timing you gotta concentrate on

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='730504' date='Jan 31 2010, 12:53 PM']primus? [/quote] lol! that may well be an option, I'd forgotten about ol' Les...should've thunk about him with the sonic-barrage slapfest that's been reverberating around my room of recent weeks ...any other less percussive options?

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='730493' date='Jan 31 2010, 12:45 PM']how about something that is beyond your current reach? Something that technically you can't play at the mo, to give you a challenge[/quote] liiiiike...? That's the trouble, I can play all the hard stuff in my collection...I'm now down to trying to playing bach cello suite in G major entirely in slap...which sounds godawful and has no place in this world!! Whatcha got in your collection that has some killer basslines? tell me tell me tell me?!

I'm really struggling to get any enjoyment or satisfaction out of playing bass since a recent band i ploughed money and hundreds of hours into turned out to be a haven of pathological liars, deceit and bs. Compound that with the loss of a close relative, moving out of my beautiful home back to my parents, that two-faced bitch leaving me, and my boss trying to make me quite by turning my job into 8hrs of daily purgatory has left me with a problem. I've run through all the James Jamerson, Muse, Rush, LedZep, AC/DC, Jackson5, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, The Who and Jamiroquai tracks that I know and used to love, but all that happens is I get to the end of the song and go "o well, i can still play that'un." Can any of you suggest any songs/bands to help me get some enjoyment back into my playing? I've got a beautiful bass, but no desire to use it.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='721858' date='Jan 23 2010, 03:55 AM'][/quote] my personal favorite, pure silliness!

god, that's awful My condolences to the friends and family affected by all this.

[quote name='johnzgerman' post='714187' date='Jan 15 2010, 07:11 PM']sometimes i play the same song as the rest of my band[/quote] I [i]WISH[/i] my old guitard could've done that'un! it would've made the gigs much better!

[quote name='Dubs' post='698847' date='Jan 2 2010, 05:06 PM']Thanks mate I don't want to go too OT or into much detail but in short it was a painful breakup of a 3 1/2 year relationship. That's enough said about that.[/quote] very much been there mate, my sympathies! have a man-hug Anyway, back to the startling resemblance to Ped after a hard night out and the musical fellow in the aforementioned website! All he needs is a Vigier and Ped's avatar has himself a stunt double

[quote name='Machines' post='698299' date='Jan 1 2010, 07:36 PM']In the nicest possible way - we are providing this forum for free and it's probably the best place there is for selling it to someone honest that will not cause you problems, I think it's a bit grumpy to complain when a simple rule is introduced for the general benefit of the community. It's a topic that's been mentioned for months and months, has been reviewed and general consensus taken into account.[/quote] +1 to that!! I think it'll improve things. It seems to me that the seller will have a price in mind to tell to the PMers, or it would be phrased "PM with offers"...in essence causing a silent auction. As is mentioned, there are a gerzillion other places to sell, each with THEIR own rules which are updated over time, this is just an addendum to the BC Rules Of Engagement...all's fair in Love and Bass after all!

[quote name='Dubs' post='698749' date='Jan 2 2010, 02:35 PM']This has definitely lightened up one of the shittest days I've had in about 4 years.[/quote] that doesn't sound good...best wishes for the rest of the year buddy!

I'm glad you guys are liking it as much as i am! it's given me hours of fun doesn't take too much time to figure out how to drop in/out the beats and samples to get a pretty groovy track goin

[url="http://www.incredibox.fr/"]http://www.incredibox.fr/[/url] Fun little site, with striking resemblance to one of our own!

Lylodile, give us a review buddy, and put this whole thing to rest You do have a way with words Mr S.D.! [quote name='skankdelvar' post='687277' date='Dec 17 2009, 01:14 PM']Crafted in a Chinese hellhole by weeping orphans chained to benches and overlooked by a giant image of a glaring Mr Balzary, which bears the exhoratative slogan: "Work well lest I cast you into my dungeon, whenceforth none do come."[/quote] [quote name='skankdelvar' post='687351' date='Dec 17 2009, 02:28 PM']A long and intimate experience of Rock Stars' brides and partners suggests to me that she will be a maiden of pulchritudinous aspect and bountiful charms. She will [i]not[/i] be a "munter". By strange coincidence, this thread occurs not long after an event that took place during my recent diplomatic trip to Seattle. I was attending a reception at the home of my good friend Mr Bill Gates where, on observing my entrance, a certain lady was heard to remark: " I do declare! Who is that long, handsome cove? A sporting Gentleman with a prodigious manhood, I'll be bound!" Being informed of this, I promptly introduced myself and led her to the buffet, where, clearing a space amid the crab claws, we gave ourselves to pleasurable abandon. Matters being satisfactorily completed, I recognised the crestfallen fellow watching us from the doorway as being Mr Flea's bandmate John Frusciante. "Why Mr Frusciante," I cried. "I expect you will soon be departing, for I have indeed [i]most thoroughly packed your baggage[/i]!" How we both laughed as he scampered from the room, tail between his legs. Should Mrs Flea and I ever chance to meet, the sensible money would be on a similar outcome.[/quote]