dadofsix

Play it before you buy it.

Rats! Here and I thought that we'd be talking about something edible! Ooops, my bad!

Rats! I got an 8!! It's been too long. I should have done better.

If they're a real band, then they shouldn't have any problem providing you with tapes or videos of their performances. <><Peace

If you learn from it, and grow from it, nothing happens for naught.

I've got an old Tobias Growler five string that I need to reintroduce myself to. :-) It's a fine little bass but I just don't need to use a five string bass that often.

Seriously, though, that's some outstanding animation work there.

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1433031131' post='2787275'] Needs more cowbell. [/quote] My thoughts exactly! lol

Of the dozens of guitarists that I've worked with over the years, with one very remarkable exception, every one of them absolutely HATED receiving any kind of criticism about their playing. <><Peace

I would take Discreet's advice but would do one thing further: I'd play the tape for him (when it's just the two of you together so he doesn't get all defensive) but [u]I wouldn't identify the band playing[/u]. This means you'll have to tape the show on the sly. You can say you got the tape from some friends of yours who have started up a new band and then ask him his opinion on how it sounds and what they can do to improve their delivery. You've baited the hook and set it before him. If he takes the hook, you've got him. BUT, all criticism of ALL musicians playing has to be on the table. Hopefully, he'll soon notice the shabby guitar playing. But, If he notices things in the bass sound, grit your teeth and listen. He might actually have a point. Then, after a few minutes of listening you can gently break it to him who the artists actually are. All bets are off, though, if he immediately recognizes the sound of his playing and thinks that you are trying to pull a fast one on him. That's why it must be done privately -- just you and him. This is probably nonsensical advice but I'm on my fourth cup. Feel free to call me a blithering idiot and disregard. lol <><Peace

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1432136674' post='2778509'] Johnny Depp [/quote] Johnny Depp was a musician in South Florida long before he went to L.A. and became an actor.

Honky Tonk Woman Alright Now Black Magic Woman Brick House C'mon, gents and lasses, let's purge ourselves of these demons! lol

Seems right to me! lol

IMHO the puff of smoke you'll see is what'll be coming from the back of your amp after you plug it in and turn it on anywhere here in the states. Just rent something here to play that runs on US voltages.

I enjoyed his work. It sounded quite like it fit the groove though it was a bit too busy in the piano solo. The bass was a little too "out front" of the rest of the music but I guess that was necesssary to hear exactly what the player was doing on the video.

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1431783123' post='2774951'] This may help? [url="http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bVOqAWl0jAA"]http://m.youtube.com...h?v=bVOqAWl0jAA[/url] [/quote] Isn't this the fellow that was playing on a Rush tribute band shown on this site a few months back? The drummer was the vocalist.

Condolences to his family, and to the world.

If I could put my practice on "hold" for a few months, I'd do it in a second IF I was playing with the right people, in the right size venues, for the right money. It's curious, though, that this thread has come up when it has. I've recently been contacted by a group about 90 minutes to the west of me who are talking about mini-tours. Even curiouser, they didn't contact me to fill a bass slot, they want to use me as their singer/front-man. I'm supposed to meet with them at the recording studio in Abingdon next Wednesday. I guess we'll just have to see what happens. :-) <><Peace

Ah, such is the stuff of life. :-)

If it's an large outdoor venue then the night-time shows with the lights in your face are easier. It's too easy to get caught up in the moment at a large daytime show when you can actually see how many people are actually there. In smaller venues, the packed house is always easier to play for than the audience of 10 or 11. With the packed house you know that, chances are, somebody out there is actually enjoying what you're playing. With tiny crowds you end up trying too hard to please the people who are there and sound anything but natural. Just my 2 cents worth. <><Peace

For the most part I hate anything that I describe as "vomit rock" where, from time to time, the heavy metal "singer" sounds like he's hurling his lunch across the room. Surprisingly, on the positive side (very surprisingly, actually) and thanks to a son who listens to them all the time, I've started to become rather fond of Coldplay's work. <><Peace

All my performing gear (sans basses) is on the band trailer at the drummer's house -- no, you can't have his address. lol I've got the rest of my keys, drums and guitars set up in the "music room" which is what my kids named it (while creating it!) a few Christmases ago. :-)

+1

I think anytime a girl ventures into what is unfairly deemed "man's work" they ALWAYS try harder. It's not fair, but, more often than not, it makes them shine. <><Peace

As a singer, I find that I have to sing all the time or my vocal endurence wanes -- both with the throat and with the lungs. Throat training in the car while driving, then, for diaphragm training, weird scales, singing along with favorite tunes at the house, singing to tunes that forces me to reach beyond what I'm comfortable with, the whole enchilada. My voice is a tool, just like my bass guitars are tools. I absolutely hate working with someone who sounds good for three or four songs and then begins to "gravel up" because they've "lost their wind" and have flabby throat muscles. It's just damned unprofessional IMHO. <><Peace