Comments on: The Angry Bass Player http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/the-angry-bass-player/ Tips, Advice and Inspiration for Gigging and Aspiring Bass Players Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:49:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alexia Wilbanks http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/the-angry-bass-player/comment-page-1/#comment-2517 Alexia Wilbanks Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:01:49 +0000 http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/?p=36#comment-2517 Wow, great blog.Much thanks again. Really Cool. Wow, great blog.Much thanks again. Really Cool.

]]> By: Jaymz http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/the-angry-bass-player/comment-page-1/#comment-800 Jaymz Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:25:19 +0000 http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/?p=36#comment-800 Hi everybody I have just found this place and I like it alot so I will be coming back in the future. I am a bassist and I play with a pick. The reason I play with a pick because I like the snappy attack it gets when you play with it at the end of the bridge and it cuts right on through suits my style and seems to seperate my sound from most of those that play around my area. I even had a few musicians recognise this fact by telling me I had a very unique sound I put it down to the fact Im proud of using a pick where as I bet most other bass players wouldint dare use one because as we all know real bass players use there fingers :-) Listen to spme of the later clash basslines for instance thats a cool sound man its all with a pick of course the list goes on. I will usse my fingers ocassionally on certain songs such as chilli peppers or something like that or if it needs that fat round sound but I reckon do what the song needs. Just my two cents cheers to all of ya'll Hi everybody I have just found this place and I like it alot so I will be coming back in the future. I am a bassist and I play with a pick. The reason I play with a pick because I like the snappy attack it gets when you play with it at the end of the bridge and it cuts right on through suits my style and seems to seperate my sound from most of those that play around my area. I even had a few musicians recognise this fact by telling me I had a very unique sound I put it down to the fact Im proud of using a pick where as I bet most other bass players wouldint dare use one because as we all know real bass players use there fingers :-) Listen to spme of the later clash basslines for instance thats a cool sound man its all with a pick of course the list goes on. I will usse my fingers ocassionally on certain songs such as chilli peppers or something like that or if it needs that fat round sound but I reckon do what the song needs. Just my two cents cheers to all of ya’ll

]]> By: Sarisha http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/the-angry-bass-player/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Sarisha Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:21:23 +0000 http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/?p=36#comment-669 wow boys, harsh words... wow boys, harsh words…

]]> By: james wilson http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/the-angry-bass-player/comment-page-1/#comment-60 james wilson Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:10:38 +0000 http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/?p=36#comment-60 some tunes we recorded - live from carnegie basement www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/64054 some tunes we recorded – live from carnegie basement

http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/64054

]]> By: james wilson http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/the-angry-bass-player/comment-page-1/#comment-59 james wilson Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:15:56 +0000 http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/?p=36#comment-59 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktHcr9K08BY hey!!!! i think i figured it out .... now i dont feel so much like a drummer .... lmao this is an older video we have on youtube ... its a cover of feeling allright http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktHcr9K08BY

hey!!!! i think i figured it out …. now i dont feel so much like a drummer …. lmao
this is an older video we have on youtube … its a cover of feeling allright

]]> By: james wilson http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/the-angry-bass-player/comment-page-1/#comment-57 james wilson Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:29:47 +0000 http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/?p=36#comment-57 thanx jerry for a great response.you sound like a guy who has excellent judgement of character ... lol ... im sure u would enjoy watching us perform ... it is real ... i dont really get into the awestruck rockstar personna like a lot of others .... we just go up and do our thing ... and it works for us ... we are there for the music first .... to feel the crowd second .... and the money 3rd .... but of course it is rare to get the first 2 without the second ....lol... we do have some stuff online .... all home made of course ... easiest place to find it all is at our facebook group if you are on there .... the group is called HI FI LOWRIDER .... there are links there to a couple places we have some recordings posted and there are some videos there as well .... recorded on a camcorder so the sound could be a lot better .... and of course the mistakes are all there too ....lol .... once i figure out how to post a link or 2 here i will if ya cant find anything .... let me know thanx jerry for a great response.you sound like a guy who has excellent judgement of character … lol … im sure u would enjoy watching us perform … it is real … i dont really get into the awestruck rockstar personna like a lot of others …. we just go up and do our thing … and it works for us … we are there for the music first …. to feel the crowd second …. and the money 3rd …. but of course it is rare to get the first 2 without the second ….lol… we do have some stuff online …. all home made of course … easiest place to find it all is at our facebook group if you are on there …. the group is called HI FI LOWRIDER …. there are links there to a couple places we have some recordings posted and there are some videos there as well …. recorded on a camcorder so the sound could be a lot better …. and of course the mistakes are all there too ….lol …. once i figure out how to post a link or 2 here i will if ya cant find anything …. let me know

]]> By: Jerry http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/the-angry-bass-player/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Jerry Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:07:36 +0000 http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/?p=36#comment-47 Thanx James for a great response. You sound like a very cool and down to earth kind of guy with not only more than your fair share of musical performing abiliby but some very cool and genuine musical insight as well. I am guessing that I would probably very much enjoy watching you perform. Do you have any material available for listening to online? Rock on and God bless. Jerry Thanx James for a great response. You sound like a very cool and down to earth kind of guy with not only more than your fair share of musical performing abiliby but some very cool and genuine musical insight as well. I am guessing that I would probably very much enjoy watching you perform. Do you have any material available for listening to online? Rock on and God bless.

Jerry

]]> By: james wilson http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/the-angry-bass-player/comment-page-1/#comment-43 james wilson Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:38:28 +0000 http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/?p=36#comment-43 hi jerry .... first off .... i am a lot like u when it comes to feedback as well .... the guys that give the ol couldnt play guitar shit are guys that really dont know shit about music let alone playing the bass and its function within a unit .... and they never say that after they see me play ....lmao ... and i dont totally disagree with bass players that use a pick .... it is a really cool sound for the right kind of music and i would never put down a good player for using 1 .... i really should have elaborated a lil more on that statement .... many of the guys i have met that play strictly with a pick got into playing the bass cuz they had a bud or 2 that were jammin and they needed a bass player .... and in most cases the guy wasnt much of a player as far as gutiar was concerned so instead of practicing like hell on their chosen instrument they decide that anybody can play bass so he gets a bass and starts jammin .... well that attitude generally transcribes into them being one of those guys paul was refering too .... only they didnt even take the time to learn how to play with their fingers .... which in my opinion really limits the exploration of your axe ... a player who only uses a pick has 1 thing to strike with ... a player who uses his hands has 4 fingers and a thumb to strike with ... no matter how ya look at it it opens a lot of doors as far as speed and mobility across the strings .... and to be honest with ya i never use a pick cuz i feel awkward with it and limited ect .... and yes i am guilty of being lazy that way .... i could get used to it and practice more at it and add to the bag of tricks .... problem is ....well like i said .... i use 4 fingers and a thumb .... kinda hard to get any satisfaction from a pick ............ getting the feel for a song is always the best approach .... sounds like we approach the art in the same way ..... sometimes when i am not real familiar with a band i may learn or at least tool around with 3 or 4 tunes .... picking up as many trademark sorta licks from the bassist so when i get with the boys i can adapt with the drummer and play something a lil different but still capture the essence of the band as well as the song ... or maybe cuz i like his style and wanna adapt a lil peice of it to blend in with my own style ect ......... also .... glad to see there are more of us not satisfied with standing in the back .... lotta people are blown away when they see a bass player doing a good job fronting a band and make a big deal of it .... but when a guitar player does it he is just a guitar player with a good voice ....lol ... hi jerry …. first off …. i am a lot like u when it comes to feedback as well …. the guys that give the ol couldnt play guitar shit are guys that really dont know shit about music let alone playing the bass and its function within a unit …. and they never say that after they see me play ….lmao … and i dont totally disagree with bass players that use a pick …. it is a really cool sound for the right kind of music and i would never put down a good player for using 1 …. i really should have elaborated a lil more on that statement …. many of the guys i have met that play strictly with a pick got into playing the bass cuz they had a bud or 2 that were jammin and they needed a bass player …. and in most cases the guy wasnt much of a player as far as gutiar was concerned so instead of practicing like hell on their chosen instrument they decide that anybody can play bass so he gets a bass and starts jammin …. well that attitude generally transcribes into them being one of those guys paul was refering too …. only they didnt even take the time to learn how to play with their fingers …. which in my opinion really limits the exploration of your axe … a player who only uses a pick has 1 thing to strike with … a player who uses his hands has 4 fingers and a thumb to strike with … no matter how ya look at it it opens a lot of doors as far as speed and mobility across the strings …. and to be honest with ya i never use a pick cuz i feel awkward with it and limited ect …. and yes i am guilty of being lazy that way …. i could get used to it and practice more at it and add to the bag of tricks …. problem is ….well like i said …. i use 4 fingers and a thumb …. kinda hard to get any satisfaction from a pick ………… getting the feel for a song is always the best approach …. sounds like we approach the art in the same way ….. sometimes when i am not real familiar with a band i may learn or at least tool around with 3 or 4 tunes …. picking up as many trademark sorta licks from the bassist so when i get with the boys i can adapt with the drummer and play something a lil different but still capture the essence of the band as well as the song … or maybe cuz i like his style and wanna adapt a lil peice of it to blend in with my own style ect ……… also …. glad to see there are more of us not satisfied with standing in the back …. lotta people are blown away when they see a bass player doing a good job fronting a band and make a big deal of it …. but when a guitar player does it he is just a guitar player with a good voice ….lol …

]]> By: Jerry http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/the-angry-bass-player/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Jerry Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:04:19 +0000 http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/?p=36#comment-33 Thanx for the passionate discussion fellas. I, like you guys have been thumping for quite some time (I am in my mid 40's). I compose and record complete songs (all guitars, keys, drums, bass, etc.) by myself, but I am almost always the thumper on stage (cover bands as well, like you guys were discussing). This is the case generally because I don't like the way most of they guys have bassed in bands where I have been a guitar player, stand-off lead vocalist, etc. Much like you James, in the band I am currently working with I do about 75% of the lead vocals, as is commonplace for bands I have worked with in the past. I rarely get the smart alec guitar comments. I generally get things more like: "how do you manage to pull off singing those songs that most bands can't get away with because none of 'em can sing it, etc.?" and "how do you get your fingers to move like that, especially while you are singing?" This is often in a power trio. I don't use tabs either, they are usually wrong. It makes much more sense to me to listen to the WHOLE song and get the feel of it. Also, in my believe, a real bass player rarely plays the same song the same way with different bands (especially drummers). Your job as the thumper is to tie the percussion and the rest of the band together while adding the flavour appropriate to the song. You must read your band members and complement them as you create (withing the spirit of the song, of course) your own part, as needed. Enough tooting my own horn and colostimising...I mean philosophising (I think ya get my point). My real point is, yes, the Good Lord was gracious enough to give me more than my fair share of musical ability, to some He has given much more than me, others much less, it is His call (not mine or anyone else's). The real objective is: are you having fun jamming? And more so, "are you doing something good with the musical ability you have been alloted?" (Again, we don't choose how much musical...or any other ability...that we get, we would do best to be thankful for what we have been alloted.) If you can answer yes to both of these questions, excellent. If not, reconsider what you are doing, no matter how "good" you [may think that you] are. Also, I have heard some guys that only use a pick on the 4 stringer and they sound great. A lot of them happen to be well known and are or have made lots of money doing it....and they meet the criteria that I just labled that I strongly feel are key to playing. This of course applies to bass or whatever your forte/preference may be of playing/singing. Therefor pick bass playing is legal and often sounds cool, therefor is permissable (I am a finger player 99+% of the time). Do good and have fun. God bless. Jerry Thanx for the passionate discussion fellas. I, like you guys have been thumping for quite some time (I am in my mid 40′s). I compose and record complete songs (all guitars, keys, drums, bass, etc.) by myself, but I am almost always the thumper on stage (cover bands as well, like you guys were discussing). This is the case generally because I don’t like the way most of they guys have bassed in bands where I have been a guitar player, stand-off lead vocalist, etc. Much like you James, in the band I am currently working with I do about 75% of the lead vocals, as is commonplace for bands I have worked with in the past. I rarely get the smart alec guitar comments. I generally get things more like: “how do you manage to pull off singing those songs that most bands can’t get away with because none of ‘em can sing it, etc.?” and “how do you get your fingers to move like that, especially while you are singing?” This is often in a power trio. I don’t use tabs either, they are usually wrong. It makes much more sense to me to listen to the WHOLE song and get the feel of it. Also, in my believe, a real bass player rarely plays the same song the same way with different bands (especially drummers). Your job as the thumper is to tie the percussion and the rest of the band together while adding the flavour appropriate to the song. You must read your band members and complement them as you create (withing the spirit of the song, of course) your own part, as needed. Enough tooting my own horn and colostimising…I mean philosophising (I think ya get my point). My real point is, yes, the Good Lord was gracious enough to give me more than my fair share of musical ability, to some He has given much more than me, others much less, it is His call (not mine or anyone else’s). The real objective is: are you having fun jamming? And more so, “are you doing something good with the musical ability you have been alloted?” (Again, we don’t choose how much musical…or any other ability…that we get, we would do best to be thankful for what we have been alloted.) If you can answer yes to both of these questions, excellent. If not, reconsider what you are doing, no matter how “good” you [may think that you] are. Also, I have heard some guys that only use a pick on the 4 stringer and they sound great. A lot of them happen to be well known and are or have made lots of money doing it….and they meet the criteria that I just labled that I strongly feel are key to playing. This of course applies to bass or whatever your forte/preference may be of playing/singing.
Therefor pick bass playing is legal and often sounds cool, therefor is permissable (I am a finger player 99+% of the time). Do good and have fun. God bless. Jerry

]]> By: james wilson http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/the-angry-bass-player/comment-page-1/#comment-25 james wilson Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:03:06 +0000 http://thegiggingbassplayer.com/?p=36#comment-25 like the guys who cant play without a pick ... lmao ... dead give away of who couldnt play guitar like the guys who cant play without a pick … lmao … dead give away of who couldnt play guitar

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