... You got me there. Sorry I overstated. ... Are you so sure? For those who fall into the camp of feeling that the bass should stay in the lowest octave and...
I shall now address and respond to a few responses to my rant about bass in rock: ... Good argument, but I can pick at it a little: the intro to Van Headache's...
... It's just a drum machine with some kind of phaser or flanger applied. ... There are countless albums where the bass is mixed too low. Take Metallica's 'And...
Glenn, ... Uh, uh, no way in hell, buddy, I'm not that dain-bramaged! Hell, I've NEVER liked them, but I can still give you their most famous quote: "Fans...
Cliff, ... I don't know whether I've been exalted or smited. <?> OTOneH, I feel honored that you'd include me in your responses at all. OTOtherH, you make it...
... Is that like Rodney Dangerfield's, "Take my wife. Please!"? ... Gotta agree with the un-man. Metallica had one good idea, 'way back when. But it wore thin...
I like to see and hear new combinations, so it doesn't necessarily disappoint me if a band lacks a bassist. Depends on the music they make, to me. --moonie...
My drummer buddy really feels better playing with a bassist -- I have given it a shot on my VG-88, GR-33 and also a fretless bass, but my heart's not in bass...
I had an old high school buddy, lost touch with, who was, to me, the perfect example of both. He funked, popped, and wiggled, but he believed in the importance...
I'll take this opportunity to throw out a name here, one of the many unsung heroes of bass [in my skinny book, anyway]: Jack Blades. You *may* remember his...
That's the kind of sense of humor I like. Funny [to me] how some people get this huge backlog of cultural identity all tied up with their musical tastes. Just...
Speaking of Paul - what about that scat bass line in I Will from the White Album? So cool with that Bing Crosby meets Vaudeville sound. Penny Lanes bass seems...
... That is so weird to me. I can't go back right now and listen to all the recordings with this in mind, but his playing has always seemed to pop right out of...
I think one of the things that is a trap when you are a guitar player is that we tend to train our brain to hear the guitar bits when we listen to music. Over...
... I think you're definitely on the mark here. The good producers will think about how the listeners will be hearing the music (for the Beatles it was AM...
This whole thread is starting to remind me of my ex-father-in-law's rants about how "modern" (late 70's then) music was totally lacking because it had no...
That's a medical condition! see http://www.drnatura.com/ :-D On Monday 05 June 2006 03:00 pm, tekrytor wrote: <snip> ... <snip> -- ... Scott Russell (master...
... It's a big liability if you write music only in terms of your main instrument. I might be treading on thin ice here, but I've found that full band music ...
... No argument here. ... No, you didn't. I've been using "thoom" for years. I made it up. B-] McCartney's bass was pure genius. Add his name to the list of...
* Paul McCartney's bass, I can barely ... The problem is your speakers. I have found that when you listen to almost any Beatles recording on a really good...
Peter- MAN, are you hitting a topic that gets my goat: crummy speakers. Almost everyone I know has a car or home system with the loudness or bass boost turned...
Esteemed Synth Strummers, Has anybody ever tried to emulate/reproduce/fake the arpegiator patterns from Townshend/Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again", or "Baba...
And, while you're at it, has anyone ever found a description or catalog of the various arpeggiator patterns? I've always thought that could be rather useful,...
Is it an arpeggiating pattern, or is it a intermittent noise gate, or maybe a deep tremelo effect, applied while the keyboardist plays chords or chord riffs? ...
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