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06-10-2008, 10:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Seattle, WA | | | My boys covering Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at the talent show
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Well, my two boys (ages 9 & 10) have been practicing since March, and on Friday they finally got their "Two Minutes of Fame". They covered Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at their elementay school's annual talent show. The boys only got 1:50 or so to do their thang (keep in mind this song is normally over 4 minutes long).
Casey the guitarist and I have been playing for a little less than 2 years, and his brother Julian only started playing bass back in March.
Everything went great! My only regret is that we didn't crank up the Orange Tiny Terror and the Roland Bass Cube 30 even higher! The Tiny Terror held its own, but the Bass Cube was really struggling to keep up with 300+ bodies in the multi-purpose room. (I think I need to upgrade to an Ampeg BA-112!) 
The YouTube link below is for the standard definition version, but I've uploaded a higher quality verison. Just click on "Watch in high quality" below the hits "Views" link...and crank up the low end on your speakers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KWfI1c4OzM
Rock on! 
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06-10-2008, 10:25 PM
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06-10-2008, 10:27 PM
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06-10-2008, 10:32 PM
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06-10-2008, 10:52 PM
| | floppy b strings | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bronx, NY | | Wish I started out with gear like that. The tone on that Tiny Terror is awesome! Great crunch from that amp. I'm listening through laptop speakers so I can't really hear the bassist. 
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06-10-2008, 11:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Seattle, WA | | Thanks! They worked really hard...and I put in a lot of work for their 2-minutes on the stage. But it was worth it.
I told the boys that if they learn 6 or 7 more songs, I'll let them do some busking at the Seattle Center this summer armed with some Roland Cube Amps. I think the 10-year-old will be getting a Roland MicroCube Bass RX amp for his birthday in July, so maybe sometime in August the boys will be ready for their first multi-song gig! Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSnake2012 Wish I started out with gear like that. The tone on that Tiny Terror is awesome! Great crunch from that amp. I'm listening through laptop speakers so I can't really hear the bassist. | I was also real happy with the tone from the Tiny Terror. I'm running it through an Avatar 1x12 cab with the broken-in version of the Celestion G12H-30, the "Hellatone 30". Turns out that this is the same speaker Orange uses in the Tiny Terror combo.
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06-10-2008, 11:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | that is one lowwwww bass
good job!
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06-10-2008, 11:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | wow wow wow. that's awesome. you should be very proud. this is incredible at their age and well if they keep it up....keep us posted in eight years! |
06-10-2008, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Suprise Panda! that is one lowwwww bass
good job! | Yeah, he figured that if he was covering a Nirvana classic, he might as well strap on his bass like Krist Novoselic, too.  
The body is lowwwww, but at least he keeps the neck pointed up so he doesn't torque his wrist on his fretting hand.
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06-11-2008, 05:25 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Arkansas | | | That completely blows away my friends and I lip-sync skit of "you gotta fight for your right to party" at my elem. talent show back in '86. We just air guitar'd it.
That is so cool. I bet you are very proud!
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06-11-2008, 05:29 AM
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06-11-2008, 05:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Perth Australia | | | damn little kids being able to play AND sing.
Good job
im still incapable of this. one thing at a time is good for me.
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06-11-2008, 06:10 AM
| | | | That should make your proud! You'll hate the feedback generating when he's 17 playing through 100 watts and a 4x12 hehe. |
06-11-2008, 06:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | I like how he went up to the amp at the end to feedback!
He has a pretty nice starting amp too.
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06-11-2008, 06:21 AM
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A word of caution: Kids have the ability to blow right by you musically. My boys have been playing since they were 6 (twins), now almost 16. It seemed to go from, "Hey, dad, can we play with you?" to "Okay, dad, just do this." very quickly. Actually, that's a pretty great feeling.
And, as you alluded to, you can get away with buying a lot more equipment "for the boys" without aggravating the wife than if it was for you! 
Rock on!
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06-11-2008, 06:25 AM
| | | | Great Job Dad!!
They did a lot better than a lot of the covers on youtube by folks much older than these guys! (If you can bear it, check some out.. uggg).
I'd wager having a musical, supportive father is a big help there. |
06-11-2008, 06:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Largo, Florida, USA | |  KICK @$$!
THAT ROCKED!!!
Well done!
Freakin' love seeing kids involved in music and in your case, they seem to be very good at it already!!
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06-11-2008, 06:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Niagara Falls, NY | | | OP - that's awesome. I wish my parents would have encouraged me to get into to music. Your kids are gonna rule the high school band scene when they get there! |
06-11-2008, 06:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | Awesome, congrats! You must have been really proud to see that. I hope when I have kids they're into music. |
06-11-2008, 06:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Horsham, Pa | | | I can't begin to say how awesome that was. Thanks for posting the video.
They rocked!!!
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