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07-16-2011, 12:29 AM
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Well, when we look around the front man is usually the lead singer, but wait, some of the these bands have bassists that are "smarter than the average bear"! Who are they:
I'll start with the obvious:
1. Sir Paul McCartney
...the rest:
Roger Waters (after all, he wrote money, maybe he didn't record the lines but he knows where the money is - song writing.)
Gene Simmons - girl friend (s) one of the hottest playmates we all idolized as youngsters, over 60 years old and still going strong in the bed, studio and on TV.
Continue the list....
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07-16-2011, 12:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: I been everywhere, man... | | | Rickey Minor - plays bass and and was an established and established musical director/arranger to the stars long before Idol or Leno.
He most likely isn't doing Macca or Simmons numbers, but I'd take his salary any day. A guy with that kind of experience, industry recognition and skill set doesn't come cheap.
Many well-known bass heroes that have been around for quite some time have considerable investments in non-music ventures and own lots of property.
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07-16-2011, 12:55 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Carvin,Modulus, Hotwire & Conklin Basses, Eden Amps | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Nashville,TN | | | Meanwhile Nathan East is flying all over the world doing Top Shelf gigs with Clapton, Hancock and the like while his Doctor Wife makes an LA Doc's income. No wonder he's smiling all the time.
And of course you can't forget Randy Jackson, who's ridden his studio, touring, production and label cred all the way to the American Idol franchise. |
07-16-2011, 05:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: I'm on a Mexican wo-oh radio | | | there's a thread here that says U2 makes $15.62 a second ???
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07-16-2011, 05:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Tampa Fl | | | Nikki Sixx writes most of the songs for Motley |
07-16-2011, 05:57 AM
|  | bassist for staind | | | | im not "in the big money" but i have a ton more than i ever expected  johnny a. staind
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07-16-2011, 06:12 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: AZ mountains | | | Sting, Geddy, and Lemmy are probably doing OK.
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07-16-2011, 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by staindbass  im not "in the big money" but i have a ton more than i ever expected johnny a. staind | I'd give a testicle to be where you are.
Hell, I'd give both.
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07-16-2011, 06:18 AM
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Cliff Williams is doing okay, too.
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07-16-2011, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by snyderz Sting, Geddy, and Lemmy are probably doing OK. | Gonna have to disagree with you there. Rush splits everything equally and Lemmy got royally screwed by record companies so he's not exactly a rich bastard. Now Sting on the other hand.... 
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08-08-2011, 10:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Twixt a rock and a hard place | | | I think Randy Jackson has done pretty well for himself. |
08-09-2011, 03:09 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | Sting.
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09-05-2011, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by BassNeo I'd give a testicle to be where you are.
Hell, I'd give both. | Well,,,,not both |
09-06-2011, 10:09 PM
| | | | Tony Levin... Sting, Vic Wooten, Marcus Miller |
09-06-2011, 10:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Maui, HI | | | Seems like I read somewhere that Duff McKeagan (?) of all people was teaching musicians about money management...
But, yeah,...Sting. $20,000 USD/month in royalties off of one song alone. Nice.
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09-06-2011, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Clark Dark there's a thread here that says U2 makes $15.62 a second ??? | Which is ironic because Bono is considered to be one of the world's worst investors... seems he has the Fecal Touch.
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09-07-2011, 05:10 AM
|  | Gettin' medieval on yo' bass... | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: new hampshire | | | The thing about Sting, McCartney, Geddy Lee, etc., is that they're also lead singers and songwriters - they're not necessarily "in the money" for their bass playing. Ricky Minor and Randy Jackson are also music directors or producers. Should we limit the candidates to people who make big money on sheer bass playing?
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09-07-2011, 08:46 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New York City | | | Didn't Robert Trujillo get a cool mil for joining Metallica? |
09-07-2011, 08:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | Darryl Jones ? Being on the Stones' payroll has to be a good deal.
Pino ? Same deal with The Who.
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09-07-2011, 08:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn | | | I've heard that Duff McKagan invested early in Starbucks and Apple. Back in the mid 90's. Apparently he (being a Seattle native) got a hot tip about Starbucks and got in on the ground floor. Not only that, but he went back to school after GnR for business. The last thing I read about him (a couple weeks ago) is that he's opened his own Wealth Management Firm.
I'd go so far as to say he is probably the richest member of Guns n Roses. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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