Overplaying

[fretmeister]

Whichever one I'm playing, apparently.

 

 

[Misdee]

I would have to say accordion, on the basis that to my ears any accordion is too much so a lot of accordion is unspeakable.

[leschirons]

At an open mic night in France, our visiting daughter decided to get up and sing At last, Etta James' classic. I was on acoustic bass, drummer on brushes, mate on keys. However the self appointed house harp player assumed he was included in the line up.  After him playing continuously over the vocals for the first two minutes, I thought I'd really overstepped the mark when I screamed over mic "Shut the f*k up"  but then, a big cheer and applause from every other muso in the place. These people have to be told.😆

[Beer of the Bass]

2 hours ago, prowla said:

 

Jools Holland on Later tries to turn every song into a "featuring me doing meaningless widdles".

 

 

My most egregious example of Mr Holland mangling a song as a guest was when he did "Doorbell" with the White Stripes, on a Wurlitzer electric piano. What it really needs is simple chords, hit insistently right on the beat, but he did some sort of lazy, sloppy behind-the-beat boogie thing that just turned it to mush. 

[anthomp]

23 hours ago, Beer of the Bass said:

Amplified blues harmonica can really grate when overdone. Part of the problem is that many insist on cranking bigger amps than most guitarists use in those settings (often a 4x10" Fender Bassman derivative), the other thing is overblows.

Overblows have some sort of prestige status as the advanced technique that a good player must have, so once players have mastered them they'll shoehorn them in wherever they can. But what overblows do is get you a harsh toned, usually slightly out of tune note that's outside of the key you're playing in, so absolutely excruciating if overused. 

Well informed 👌👌

[chris_b]

20 hours ago, leschirons said:

. . . . I screamed over mic "Shut the f*k up"  . . . .

 

How many times have I envisioned myself doing that!!!

Edited 9 hours ago by chris_b

[Baloney Balderdash]

Theremin?

[Bolo]

Cowbell!

 

Of our five-piece cowbell section the soloists alway get in a ringing war with eachother. Unbearable!

[gjones]

I was at a jam, a few years ago, and a trio got up to play three U2 songs.

 

The bassist proceeded to play slap bass over all three of them.

 

It would have been hilarious if it wasn't so tragic.....

[Elfrasho]

My experience is that people overplay through boredom. Playing the same set every weekend for years on end drains you. But, i find that overplaying on bass or drums can work as long as the players are topnotch. Aslong as the groove and bottom end are still there then really it doesnt matter a great deal. Guitarists that get bored and widdle over everything really destroys the dynamics of the tune, so they get my vote. The pricks.

[prowla]

2 hours ago, gjones said:

I was at a jam, a few years ago, and a trio got up to play three U2 songs.

 

The bassist proceeded to play slap bass over all three of them.

 

It would have been hilarious if it wasn't so tragic.....

U42?