scalpy Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Music made by session players is lifeless and not proper music. You should listen to Stax and Motown and Zeppelin. Not exactly joined up thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 [quote name='Bikenbass' timestamp='1382259884' post='2249700'] "Don't think I'd recognise a bass guitar." Said to me Friday by a beautiful woman I tried (and failed) to chat up. [/quote] Someone must have told her you were the bass player. How else could she have failed to succumb to your charms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Harvey Vinson's book 'Rhythm Guitar' (which in all other respects was pretty effective in educating me as an 18-year-old beginner) warned that a hybrid pick-and-fingers technique was a short cut to mediocrity. Someone should have told that to James Burton, Albert Lee, Jerry Donahue etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1382265726' post='2249775'] Someone should have told that to James Burton, Albert Lee, Jerry Donahue etc. [/quote] Never heard of 'em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethFlatlands Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 "Just stick to the root notes. Play it how the other guy did on our demo." Didn't stay long in that band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 The bass should be 'felt' not heard. Maybe true back in 1960, but not today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnyboy Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 "Get rid of that old fashioned Orange amp and Sound City cab and get one of these modern transistorized combos" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 [quote name='Donnyboy' timestamp='1382275453' post='2249905'] "Get rid of that old fashioned Orange amp... [/quote] He's just taking the pith, just a segment of his imagination. [size=4] [/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 (edited) [quote name='Bikenbass' timestamp='1382259884' post='2249700'] "Don't think I'd recognise a bass guitar." Said to me Friday by a beautiful woman I tried (and failed) to chat up. [/quote] That might have meant, "I would like to learn to recognise a bass guitar, would you please show me the one you keep in your bedroom." Edited October 20, 2013 by ras52 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 [quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1382277157' post='2249933'] He's just taking the pith, just a segment of his imagination. [/quote] These puns are giving me the pip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 No need to carry a spare set of strings. (See DB section) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChick Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 "Don't do A level music as you need to get a proper job and universities won't like A level music" My Mum, in 1990, which led to me making a huge mistake and giving up music altogether for many years!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltyG565 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 [quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1382286280' post='2250102'] "Don't do A level music as you need to get a proper job and universities won't like A level music" My Mum, in 1990, which led to me making a huge mistake and giving up music altogether for many years!! [/quote] That's sad. My parents are pretty much the only people who would support me in making that choice, although I think that's mostly because they know they can't steer me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ML94 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 'Not even Pro's read! Why are you trying? - This was from a dickhead university lecturer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikenbass Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 [quote name='Musky' timestamp='1382265231' post='2249769'] Someone must have told her you were the bass player. How else could she have failed to succumb to your charms? [/quote] I told her! Never stood a chance anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1382266038' post='2249776'] Never heard of 'em! [/quote] Neither had I. And here was me thinking I had invented that picking technique a few weeks ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushers Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Guitarist in my first band band who was also teaching me bass told me Reading music? thats for ........ dont do it Worst co.ment he could have made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzneck Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 "Get one of those Warwick Dolphin 5 string thingys........" from the singer/guitarist in a blues band I played in for a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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