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01-10-2012, 04:14 PM
|  | He's Sumthin, Alright.. | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bucks County, PA | |  Why Peeps Hate Bass solos.. words of wisdom..
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Why in the world would you stop groovin?
I love this video.. Truer words... and not a note played.
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01-10-2012, 04:15 PM
| | He's Sumthin, Alright.. | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bucks County, PA | | | |
01-10-2012, 04:37 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | When it calls for it, sometimes a solo can be just as good if not better than grooving. And who says you can't groove while you solo? Throw all the rules out the window and just play your ass off, plain and simple...
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01-10-2012, 04:48 PM
| | | | It's kind of like an offensive lineman picking up a fumble and running a touchdown. Cool sometimes, but all the time? Viewership would would slip. Remember The Fridge? Only on the goal line my man. Sorry about the fragments. I'm an English teacher, on duty, as I type. SHHHHHHHH! Darn TB!!! |
01-10-2012, 04:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, Texas | | | Lot of wisdom right there. |
01-10-2012, 05:06 PM
| | | | the Lemon Song already established that fact
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01-10-2012, 05:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | I love a good bass solo. Not the "everyone cuts out but me" type, but more the "play a lead over instrumental support" type.
I play them often.
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01-10-2012, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by DanBass  | I am not a victor wooten fan but do prefer him when he is playing rather than talking.
As to bass solos...
I like good ones and dislike bad ones, just like thos solos played on any instrument.
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01-10-2012, 05:14 PM
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01-10-2012, 05:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Western Gaul | | He is right when you play in a bar, where people don't come to hear you but feel good vibes and have fun. But in a larger scene where they come to see you and have paid to hear some music and not just drink a beer or dance it's different, the groove can take a break and let the spirit fly for a moment out of time..  |
01-10-2012, 06:01 PM
|  | Endorsing Curmudgeon: Mal's Kitchen Cruelties ... | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Columbia River Gorge | | | Most bassists I know haven't invested any time learning how to solo... Nthingnwrong with a tasty aolo now and then. Stay in the groove or not depending on the sit. In my scene staying in the groove makes sense most often.
What i never do is ... Slap...
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01-10-2012, 06:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Sydney | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by cnltb
I am not a victor wooten fan but do prefer him when he is playing rather than talking.
As to bass solos...
I like good ones and dislike bad ones, just like thos solos played on any instrument.
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01-10-2012, 06:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Sydney | | | I love bass solos (if they are good) more than on any other instrument. That's because I love bass. Those that can't hate and that's sad. |
01-10-2012, 09:56 PM
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01-10-2012, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Peace Cee It's kind of like an offensive lineman picking up a fumble and running a touchdown. Cool sometimes, but all the time? Viewership would would slip. Remember The Fridge? Only on the goal line my man. Sorry about the fragments. I'm an English teacher, on duty, as I type. SHHHHHHHH! Darn TB!!! | Hilarious. I use the "a bassist is like an offensive linemen" comparison all the time. I'm also a lifetime Bears fan and was 16 when the Fridge scored a TD in Superbowl XX. Anyway, I don't care for bass solos. It's fun to occasionally listen to Jeff Berlin or Victor Wooten solos. OK, and Alain Caron. But I really dig grooving bass parts over bass solo's any day. Just my preference. |
01-10-2012, 10:25 PM
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01-10-2012, 10:56 PM
| | | | Honestly, I don't like soloing all that much. But I never get tired of sitting on a simple groove or playing a tasty fill. I like bass solos..but they have got to be tasty. |
01-11-2012, 02:40 AM
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Originally Posted by ric4682 Honestly, I don't like soloing all that much. But I never get tired of sitting on a simple groove or playing a tasty fill. I like bass solos..but they have got to be tasty. | Yeah, I'm like that too. When I'm in a tight groove with the drummer, it's like we're in a bubble with warm glow becuz I can feel the bass groove punch me in the chest. The drummer and bassist have to have a tight relationship to the point where you guys communicate without saying a word. All its needed is head nod or a certain glance and then the drummer acknowledges with a "Yeah, I know where you goin' with this groove". It's like that. I don't want screw that up with a solo.
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01-11-2012, 03:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Milton Keynes, UK | | | Some bass players like bass solos. Do the general listening public though?
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01-11-2012, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Kwesi Mostly because they tend to suck. | Sorry but that's crap IMO. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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