ahpook Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 one of the funniest comments i ever received was "you guys are great, if you practiced more you could as big as kasabian' aim high eh ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Nobody... I'm told I look fairly intimidating on stage and once I'm off I'm far to introverted to actually speak to people I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matski Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 [quote name='Beedster' post='944873' date='Sep 3 2010, 07:34 PM']It's like this Singer: hot chicks "can I have your number/a shag" Guitarist: musicians "love your slide playing mate" Drummer: slightly less hot chicks "the singer's not interested but you can shag me if you want" Bass: soundguy "love that rig, my mate Dave plays Mesa Boogie" Never varies C[/quote] A word of advice: only join bands where all the other members are uglier than you... Or foreign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 When I was playing bass i'd always have gear-geeks asking me about my pedalboard etc. Since i've been playing drums I don't think anyone's approached me - in two years!! Maybe the old stereotypes don't hold up so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 "You should do a few covers" Get this helpfull advice a lot. Drunken/medicated and incoherent South Africans are quite high on the list at the moment. "You should do a few covers" "I used to play bass in a band.........." "You should do a few covers" The best was from a Polish guy who comes to a fair few of our gigs. Just after I got my new rig and the drummer had played a bit more forcibly than usual. "Your bass was sounding huge this time. Your drums were awesome too. You. (to the guitarist) You sound the same" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 [quote name='Low End Bee' post='946981' date='Sep 6 2010, 10:36 AM']"You should do a few covers" Get this helpfull advice a lot. Drunken/medicated and incoherent South Africans are quite high on the list at the moment. "You should do a few covers" "I used to play bass in a band.........." "You should do a few covers" The best was from a Polish guy who comes to a fair few of our gigs. Just after I got my new rig and the drummer had played a bit more forcibly than usual. "Your bass was sounding huge this time. Your drums were awesome too. You. (to the guitarist) You sound the same"[/quote] Was that the same Polish guy on Saturday who was calling out for cover versions of songs by The Cult? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 [quote name='Clarky' post='946989' date='Sep 6 2010, 10:46 AM']Was that the same Polish guy on Saturday who was calling out for cover versions of songs by The Cult? [/quote] No. He fell into the inebriated South African camp. "Play something that ****s up my head" was a good one too. I fear we were too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 [quote name='Low End Bee' post='946996' date='Sep 6 2010, 10:53 AM']No. He fell into the inebriated South African camp. "Play something that ****s up my head" was a good one too. I fear we were too late.[/quote] I was worried he would follow your guitarist home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 "Thish ish my mate Tommushhh, he playsh gitar too, heeesh brill, can he 'ave a go on yoursh pleeesh, heesh fab, no really he ishhh..." "Sorry, I dont know him, I dont know you, you are having a very good time, and I can t risk my kit" "But why not, he'sh rea'y rea'y good [hic]" "Well he can't actually stand unsupported, and he cant give me a down payment of £5000 to cover the likely damage" "You no fun, and your bandsh-crap!" "Thank you very much, have a nice night, bye then...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Usually nobody, which is how i like it. All i want to do is pack up, get paid, and exit sharpish. Unless i'm waiting for a lift. Leave all the "networking" to the singer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 We were setting up before a BOTB thing we entered (needed to try and win money for a van) and all the other bands were saying hi and being friendly except this one other band. They were sat there with their 'manager' being cool - there are 4 ladies in 'my' band and 2 guys and I think they expected they would have to show the girls how to switch on an amp, where the cable plugs in etc - and they made no effort to chat. Once we started to play the went very sombre looking. I made a point of chatting to them and being friendly but left before their sound check..... Come gig time they were ok but their mandatory cover song was Dakota by Stereophonic and I sh*t you not it sounded like each member of the band was playing in a different key! I went over after and suggested it was an interesting version of the song The results came in and guess who didn't win and walked out without saying a word. As for post gig we always gig away cd's after a show so we get people coming to say hi but with 4 ladies in the band I don't get much traffic regardless of how good my tone is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Groupies for me! Hurrah! However this is because I always make sure I join bands full of ugly bastards! Saying this the best one i had was when i was 18. I was playing bass in a big production of Jesus Christ Superstar. At the time i had very long hair and a bit of beard. The guy playing jesus had short ginger hair so was wearing a wig and wig beard. After all the shows in the bar area after i got all the attention. Loads of people came over saying what a great singer and performer i was....i took all the plaudits and said thanks. It use to really piss the Jesus actor off. Ha ha. One back for the bass players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigster Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 one guy tonight asking about the G&L I was playing - and I was the one rattling on, for some inane reason, adrenaline still flowing after a full on gig, I started boring him with the incarnation of G&L and how Leo created his 'best guitars ever' until I noticed the guy was glazing over!! and had to berate two friends, girls, who DIDN'T come up to the stage and go 'wow' and flutter their eyes even tho they said they wanted to!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Has to be 'groupies' for me with the KISS tribute... Lots of "How do you do that with your tongue?", 'Is that codpiece [i]all you[/i]?", "Can I see your tongue again?..... Oooooooh!!!!!" etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earbrass Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 (edited) [quote name='cetera' post='954612' date='Sep 13 2010, 12:33 PM']Lots of "How do you do that with your tongue?", 'Is that codpiece [i]all you[/i]?", "Can I see your tongue again?..... Oooooooh!!!!!" etc etc [/quote] I used to get a lot of that. In the end, it got so bad I was asked to leave the Salvation Army band. Edited September 13, 2010 by Earbrass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 (edited) My other half always gives me a wry nod or wink, and sometimes if my dad comes along i get the 'well done' stuff. I sometimes get the gear geeks, and i don't mind, as i've been guilty of it myself. Get a lot of 'x tune is better than last time now you've had more time with it' etc. Had a few really nice compliments off some pretty well known players, Pete from Elbow wants my Rickenbacker...our guitarist knows them, so when they're free they come to see us. Wondering when our next gig will be, as we haven't played in ages, i'm sure people will be blown away now we have a String section playing with us. May encounter a bit of geekdom now that i'm taking the Fretless as i've recorded 3 tracks on the new CD with it. Edited September 13, 2010 by AndyTravis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmanAzz Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Generally, some weirdo ive never seen before asking about my gear. The fact that most of what i say probably goes straight through the persons ears because they are too drunk or generally have no idea about music is a different matter. Also i seem to get a lot of other bands being very observant and saying "nice set guys, you sounded good" which is kinda pissing annoying as a lot of the time they haven't even watched us. Anyway not the top, groupoes and rock n roll thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnyboy Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 A bit of everything I suppose - like the occassional ones where comments are made about " your cool bass" - also like it that big whoopsies are'nt mentioned! I do tend to be the one that nutters seem to be attracted to -normally good humoured thankfully. Last year found that a chap I was diagreeing with because we didn't play any Queen had just been in a bit of bother for threatening someone with a gun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Savage Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 [quote]"Mate,you're band's dead good....You should go on X Factor"[/quote] THAT one pisses me off something rotten. [quote post='944873' date='Sep 3 2010, 07:34 PM']It's like this Singer: hot chicks "can I have your number/a shag" Guitarist: musicians "love your slide playing mate" Drummer: slightly less hot chicks "the singer's not interested but you can shag me if you want" Bass: soundguy "love that rig, my mate Dave plays Mesa Boogie"[/quote] And THAT is why I'm drumming with the band I'm in at the minute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pietruszka Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Last Monday, it was another BC'er! I supported the Intervals and Steve kindly let me use his Phil Jones. We got chatting and turns out he's a bass chatter! That was a pleasant surprise. A great evening and nice to talk to a bass player who knows what hes talking about! Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howdoesitgoagain Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 mostly slightly drunk people, sometimes the wife if she has bothered to come along, often the sax player who still can't believe he is in a freakband..... Best one I had was mid gig at one of the first shows we had done, largish pub venue. I was using someone else's 300+watt set up and was getting on with it when some one shouts "can't hear the bass, turn it up a bit" so I did, apparently some people started to feel unwell and had to leave the bar, it was like some sort of microwave effect.. On reflection it did sound a bit harsh on stage but as I am usually quite close to it [ so I can keep an eye on the drummer ] can't fully appreciate the actual sound when it focuses somewhere in front of the stage,,,,,, I did end up living with a groupie I brought back from a festival in the 1980's but I was a guitarist then so it doesn't count Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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