TheGreek Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Plenty of wise words in both Victor Wooten's "The Music Lesson" and Bill Milkowski's biography of Jaco..you'll have to read the books to get them full benefit.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 "There's no money past the fifth fret" - some old bass man whose name I can't remember. "Play your originals like they're covers and play the covers like they're originals" - Something I've never quite understood by someone else whose name escapes me. "Heckle all you like, we didn't pay a fiver to see [i]you[/i]" - drummer and friend Iain Nicholson to a dissatisfied punter in 1982 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art. Frederic Chopin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alstocko Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1358437519' post='1939151'] "There's no money past the fifth fret" - some old bass man whose name I can't remember. [/quote] Victor Bailey's dad. He told him he should get his first five frets to be made of solid gold before he plays past them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Dischord - Dat chord. Theys all the same. Some drunk wannabe overheard at a pub gig. Made me smile though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChick Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Music is a safe kind of high - Jimi Hendrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 'E Flat, and I is flat too' - Charles Mingus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 'You're only as good as your drummer' - Me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurhenry Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Never, ever, ever leave instruments in the van. Me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Dave Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 ' find a guitar where the neck feels right and that's your guitar - anything else can be sorted out with a screwdriver , a soldering iron and a spray gun'. - Pat travers. and one of my own - Punter - 'Ha - do you get paid to look like that?' Moi - 'Yep - out of your pocket , you average ****' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witterth Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) [quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1358318639' post='1936806'] When laying down some tracks in the studio & the soundy doing mic placement, Eric the drummer said.... "You can't polish a jobby" [/quote] True but you can roll it in glitter, Dahhling!! that said, Norris Mcwirter (he of the Guiness book of records/ record breakers) said of his old (scottish) gran, who was on her death bed, that, despite her scottish heritage and advanced years, she had never been in the same room as bagpipes were played. Well, one Player was duly hired and brought to the old ladys room and he played an emotive peice on the pipes. once finished Norris asked his old gran what she tought of the inspiring sound of the Pipes? she replied " Och, its good theres nae smell aff them too!" Priceless Edited January 17, 2013 by witterth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witterth Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Gordie Guitar blues man (The sadly late and lamented) Rob Langdown, said to a young and very over enthusiastic bass player back in 1989/1990 "One slap deserves another" god bless you Rob. (I should know,I was that soldier) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matski Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1358332927' post='1937010'] I like to think of [b]Sir[/b] Thomas Beecham as more than just 'Orchestra conductor'.... He just came up with so many funny, funny quotes. One of the best for silver tongued acid humour. Garry [/quote] I could only remember the quote, not who actually said it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) [quote name='matski' timestamp='1358498830' post='1940140'] I could only remember the quote, not who actually said it... [/quote] If you like that one, you might find some of his other quotes amusing. A few here.... http://thinkexist.com/quotes/sir_thomas_beecham/ [url="http://blog.gaiam.com/quotes/authors/sir-thomas-beecham"]http://blog.gaiam.co...-thomas-beecham[/url] [url="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/thomas_beecham.html"]http://www.brainyquo...as_beecham.html[/url] Garry Edited January 18, 2013 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 A gentleman is a bassist who knows how to slap, but chooses not to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1358501741' post='1940221'] A gentleman is a bassist who knows how to slap, but chooses not to. [/quote] YAY! Same goes for a lady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 The spaces between the notes are as important as the notes themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumps Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Are you trying to play them drums of F*ckin beat em to death?- me on a rant years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltyG565 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 [quote name='spike' timestamp='1358502156' post='1940235'] The spaces between the notes are as important as the notes themselves. [/quote] Literally just wrote something similar on twitter. I think it was more like this actually- "The more i listen, the more i realise the notes that aren't played are as great as the ones that are". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I think it was Bill Withers who said that " if piracy continues, a lot of musicians would have to find a different way of making a living, and you wouldnt want Ozzy Ozborne to call rouns and fix your plumbing, now would you"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 “Art is never finished, only abandoned", Leonardo da Vinci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 " I'm not interested in glory, I just want the money" Shel Talmy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 "Practice makes 'permanent', not necessarily 'perfect'" dunno who said that, but I agree with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 [quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1358321836' post='1936819'] Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. [/quote] This I like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 [quote name='gjones' timestamp='1358449546' post='1939487'] 'You're only as good as your drummer' - Me [/quote] And also Ginger Baker "A band's only as good as its drummer... a good band, with a mediocre drummer, is a mediocre band" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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