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04-19-2007, 10:26 AM
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Here is a video I made, and it PROVES that Sheehan is not just about speed.
Enjoy, comment and rate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p49yndQKoFE |
04-19-2007, 10:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Thornton, CO | | I didn,t watch your video because I have seen a great deal of Sheehan and I already know he is a bassmaster 
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04-19-2007, 10:58 AM
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Ive been watching him perform since '84. No need to tell me!!
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04-19-2007, 11:15 AM
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This isn't a typical sheehan to me. He does solo and wank off a little bit, but he actually uses some groove in this one. 1000 times better than any other Sheehan video I've seen.
And to comment on the original post. In my opinion your less likely to get anywhere as a bass player if all you do is wank off your bass. Sheehan figured out way early on that groove and feel are the money makers, not bass solo's.
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04-19-2007, 11:29 AM
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Owner: Bass Direct | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UK | | Yep - he is a groove player. He is one of my heroes/inspirations because he is a giiging musician and, as he says, has played lieterally thousands of gigs, from bars to stadiums, holding down the bass groove.
Sadly he is synonymous with tapping etc. I have met him a couple of times at bass clinics in the UK and I have had a couple of long conversations about this very issue - this was in the 90's - he is down to earth about his playing. He just has many strings to his bow (bass) 
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04-19-2007, 11:42 AM
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Glad to see ppl around here who actually like Sheehan as much as i do. He's been a huge influence on me and my playing, but i do not shred... it's not in my hands, they just dont work that way. but the grove that he puts out is unreal!!!!
Again, thank you.
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04-19-2007, 11:43 AM
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04-19-2007, 11:46 AM
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04-19-2007, 04:10 PM
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04-20-2007, 02:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bowling Green, Ohio | | | ^ Yeah man, Sheehan is a great guy... he actually plays the attitudes that you can buy in the stores, not soem fancy custom shop upgraded one, he says "this was a very important thing in the deal with yamaha for me, i didnt want a kid to save his money and then get a cheap plywood version"
Oh and TyronPotamkin, that vid you posted of him, its him playing his song "The Suspense Is Killing Me" from his album "Cosmic Troubadour"
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04-20-2007, 12:41 PM
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04-20-2007, 12:54 PM
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...I'd play guitar
But it's nice to see there was at least one guy trying to make since of the redicuolusness of showmanship in the 1980's
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04-20-2007, 03:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coconut Creek, FL | | | Video Producer: Where the hell are you? Youv'e been gone for almost 3 hours! Billy is going to be here in 15 mins.
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04-20-2007, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by TyronPotamkin  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9bG8hwZ9Bo
This isn't a typical sheehan to me. He does solo and wank off a little bit, but he actually uses some groove in this one. 1000 times better than any other Sheehan video I've seen. | wow. whats the name of that song? |
04-21-2007, 01:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | I don't think anyone has bashed his playing: It's those solos. I love his playing with a band, solid as a rock. And a super nice guy to boot... but I don't really get the speedy shreddy solos and how they are suppose to be appealing.
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04-21-2007, 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by funkalicious101 wow. whats the name of that song? | "The Suspense Is Killing Me" from his cd "Cosmic Troubadour" its filled with great music, and theres less wanking on the cd version...
His song "Back In The Day" is f'n amazing too! |
04-21-2007, 03:58 AM
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Originally Posted by bassist 4 life he actually plays the attitudes that you can buy in the stores, not soem fancy custom shop upgraded one, he says "this was a very important thing in the deal with yamaha for me, i didnt want a kid to save his money and then get a cheap plywood version" | except for the scalloped frets, i don't believe the attitudes come like that.
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04-21-2007, 04:51 AM
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04-21-2007, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by bassist 4 life "The Suspense Is Killing Me" from his cd "Cosmic Troubadour" its filled with great music, and theres less wanking on the cd version...
His song "Back In The Day" is f'n amazing too! | thanks. I have heard a couple songs from that album and have quite liked them all. Especially Taj. |
04-21-2007, 11:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bowling Green, Ohio | | | yep, there was a video of taj floating around youtube,i cant find it now, it was awesome. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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