keefbaker

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I'm seeing more and more that I'm in the minority here. Music and playing is in my blood and if I didn't do music in at least one form it'd be like not eating. Other people and money really aren't a factor.

As to the gigging question. I think I've been a composer first and a player second pretty much always. For me the instrument was a way to get the ideas in my head out. I don't NEED gigging for that, I just need a way to record it. Whether anyone else hears me play is completely not a factor in whether I'll play bass/guitar/doublebass/whatever in the future. I'll play because I can't imagine not doing.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1453855742' post='2963585'] When I'm gigging at a club and see the utter disinterest in live rock music from the under 30 crowd,I wonder where the gigging drive is for all the bass players under 30. [/quote] They're likely doing their own stuff at the venues that allow them. I remember when I was in my 20s and I hated cover bands that played music I saw as "old people music". The cycle continues.

I hammer the crap out of Spotify, I search and search and find all sorts.

58 precision.... The bass I've always wanted.... MUST NOT BLOW 10 GRAND ON A BASS!

Well, I guess I'm in a different situation as it's an electronic band, even the drummer uses pads. But for me... Bass > Hartke Bass Attack > PA. Done. Get it right out front and as long as I can hear the beat then I can play.

TBH if someone told me I had to play Mustang Sally in front of a bar full of drunk people.... No way would I do that for free. I have loads of respect for the people who go out and do bar work. I'm not one of them, I play the gigs I want to play. And that means financial recompense is little to none.

Absolutely. If I were in that situation I'd drop out of that rather than ask for financial recompense because I can get more money elsewhere. I totally get why people charge, but also why people don't. Just because I tend not to charge doesn't mean other people who are using this as a business shouldn't. #NotAllBassPlayers

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1453428830' post='2959497'] I'm not sure I'll ever understand the whole playing for free thing. [/quote] Ok, well I'll explain if from my own perspective... I run my own business... I make quite a bit from it... The kind of money I'd get from a gig would be buttons so I don't care about it, I play because I like playing. I get to choose when I play, I don't play wedding or bar gigs so no contracts and therefore no financial protection required. To me it's like golf. Some people play golf for fun, I play bass. That said if I was asked to sign a performance contract that included penaltied then hells sh*t I wouldn't do that for free.

They look cheap... That's what gets me and this is from a guy currently lusting after a stealth black HH5 stingray, so I'm far from anti-music man.

Cos there's a massive shortage of people making P and P/J basses out there? Er no... Meh.

Lol. Tsk.

Not seen another thread about this so I thought I'd start one. Managed to watch the first half last night (busy day) and it's really good so far. Anybody else got this yet?

Hello, My name's Keith. Originally I lived in the north but made my way down to sunny Cambridgeshire, I've been playing for about 23 years but still somehow manage to be sh*te. I've had a few albums out of my own (mainly electronic stuff) and occasionally play out with a band.

Ok, I'm going and I might even have a pass to buy a new bass. WOOP!

Ok, just listened to a demo of a Billy Sheehan Attitude... sounds like a monster.

I'm tempted for that reason alone if I'm honest. I've never been to one of these.

Hence the "I can't make my damn mind up" thing.

[quote name='GrammeFriday' timestamp='1452268416' post='2948325'] Stingray. /thread [/quote] I've been wondering about that too. Specifically the 5string HH version.

I'm not sure. I mean the start of ace of spades is a great example, and I know that's a ricky but it's not quite. I guess a simpler question is what's the roughest sounding P these days? Fender or no. And is that rougher than a thunderbird? I suppose I'm just really close to getting a thunderbird but would rather not go Gibson and I don't like the shape much. That would have been easier if I'd just said that wouldn't it.

In the meantime this is out in a week and a bit http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jaco-Pastorius-DVD/dp/B015NLH4EA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452268150&sr=8-1&keywords=jaco

Funnily enough that's around the time I'm thinking of buying my next bass.

And growling and deep. Not so fussed on zing.

Yeah, I use a bass attack too. Great pedal. I guess I was wondering if there was anything else that has the kind of grumpy sound you get from a P or a Thunderbird, but maybe turned up to 11. So not a soft P sound but a "I just punched you in the guts and made your balls cry blood" P sound.