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10-24-2012, 10:18 PM
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At that Bass Player Live thing last weekend, I walked by some booth with three dudes soloing, all at the same time. Just completely walking all over each other, all doing the gnarliest "bass face". No one laying down a groove, and a small audience around them just totally stoked.
Then at one point in another room, two celeb players trying to out-do each other, slapping in the key of E with the world's glassiest, jarring, un-groovy tone.
I won't name names.
What am I missing? It felt like a nightmarish parody of a parody. How are people still down with this stuff? Is this still the norm after all these years?
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10-24-2012, 10:23 PM
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10-24-2012, 10:23 PM
| | | | Perfect bass solo = 3 seconds.
Only your mom wants to hear more.
Bass solo is a real good way to clear the dance floor.
I could be wrong and around here I usually am. |
10-24-2012, 10:26 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Upland, CA. | | I'm glad you didn't walk by me. Then again, I can't solo...and the bass faces are usually indicative of gas. 
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10-24-2012, 10:35 PM
|  | DethByDoom | | Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Houston,Tx | | | I give props to technically advanced players. BUT. 99% of audiences will be annoyed if a solo goes longer than a couple of seconds. Problem is… bass starts soloing, bottom falls out, and groove disappears. Drunks in bar/club get confused and annoyed. |
10-24-2012, 10:38 PM
| | | | OK this thread is beyond hilarious.
Dudes we've been through this before....I'm not a solo hater by trade, but that was just ridiculous. Cliche. Tragic.
But seriously, those replies above? Astounding LOLZ over here. Too many hours in the studio today with guitars and cymbals shredding my face off, so this is the perfect antidote.
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10-24-2012, 10:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North of Seattle | | Sounds like some bass players need bass players. 
My soloing consists of the same bass line but the guitarist drops out.
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10-24-2012, 10:42 PM
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10-24-2012, 10:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Upland, CA. | | | Ok, ok...even though I don't normally slap, it's beyond hilarious to see a guy with a flipper slap!
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10-24-2012, 10:50 PM
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10-24-2012, 10:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Upland, CA. | | Lately, I do a solo rendition of Stairway because it pisses people off.
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10-24-2012, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Roy Vogt Well, there is soloing and then there is Trade Show Soloing......beware! There is a difference. | Oh truth. But seriously: that shiz was WACK, and it was performed by dudes who should know better!
I should have ripped of my shirt and did a "soy bomb". Or did a Jarvis Cocker during that UK TV Michael Jackson thing. Or...or...or....
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10-24-2012, 10:59 PM
| | DethByDoom | | Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Houston,Tx | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Tanner5382 I have no interest in that type of stuff. Sounds like Guitar Center. | Lol! Yep. |
10-24-2012, 11:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | I almost went to BP Live this year, but had better things to do - seems like I had the same attitude about it the last couple years...maybe I'll go - then I don't go. I'm cracking up on this - glad I didn't go - yeah, sounds like GC or NAMM - clickity clack is all you hear - cats trying to out-slap each other. I've been going to NAMM Anaheim since around 1985 - I used to go 3 or 4 days....I'm down to 1 or 2 days now - that's all I can stand, so BP Live is not a priority at all. |
10-24-2012, 11:02 PM
| | DethByDoom | | Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Houston,Tx | | | Next gig I'm doing one minute feedback/noise solo inspired by this thread. Or is that re-thread?
I may, MAY, throw a scale in there. |
10-24-2012, 11:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Upland, CA. | | Casady bass + Sansamp GT-2 set to stun + standing in front of SVT cab = solo!!
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10-25-2012, 10:59 AM
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10-26-2012, 01:32 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Grolsch Strap Locks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New York City | | | Yeah, I don't get it personally. There's nothing more satisfying to me as a bassist then locking in with my drummer and throwing down a groove.
Maybe I'm "old-fashioned". |
10-26-2012, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by jbiscuti Yeah, I don't get it personally. There's nothing more satisfying to me as a bassist then locking in with my drummer and throwing down a groove.
Maybe I'm "old-fashioned". | This is the exact reason why I "duck out" so much at these shows. I spent a considerable amount of time at Gibson, who REALLY stepped up to the plate this year, which was across from Carvin. Carvin seemed to have "the non-stop 2/3/4 bassist slap jam" all weekend long. 
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10-26-2012, 01:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Saint Paul, MN, USA | | | Bass solos can be very good for dance-floors
The few times I take a bass solo at my gigs, they _don't_ go into the upper range of the instrument, and continue the groove quite well.
It sounds like what you mean by "solo" is "highly over-technical display of prowess in the upper register ignoring any sense of taste".
Solos don't have to be like that. I see proof every time I play a show that even a 16-measure bass solo can keep people dancing, and even convince _more_ people to dance.
A "solo" can be just a more highly decorated version of the standard bass line of whatever song you're playing. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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