Bill Dickens is really fast.

[Llama's Rage]

I just thought I would share.


DAMN he is fast.

[Garry Goodman]

you bet! A great player!

[chimp]

yeah but dont you think he realy sounds sh*t when he goes fast? his tone is terrible he always gets this fieldy type clack clack sound. otherwise he is pretty good.

[NJL]

i think his slapping stuff sucks ass

his finger style playing is really, really nice and very melodic

[john turner]

Originally Posted by chimp

yeah but dont you think he realy sounds sh*t when he goes fast? his tone is terrible he always gets this fieldy type clack clack sound. otherwise he is pretty good.

i've heard bill dickens in person numerous times and i think his tone is great.

as for sounding "sh!t" there's nothing that bill dickens does that sounds like excrement. it may not be your thing, but to call it by nature bad is confusing the subjective and the objective.

[FF Petro]

Not only is he a really great bassist, but I believe him to be a good teacher too. I have bought tons of instructional videos and none of them have given me better descriptions of techniques than the complete collection of Bill 'buddha' Dickens. I'd recommend it to anybody in a heartbeat.

[bassteban]

+1- his videos are great. What impresses me about his playing is how cleanly he slaps, especially on that tightly-spaced (for me) bass & with his stubby little (again, for me, when compared to my Wicked-Witch-of-the-West digits)fingers! Ferilldo!

[Matt Till]

Having not heard any of Bill Dickens work, and not basing this statement on his work, I'd just like to say, "Fast is overrated."

[bryan bailey]

When he's not being gratuitous, he is a great player.

[Josh Ryan]

these threads always suck. I wish I could stop clicking on them.

[peteroberts]

Bill Dickens is really fast.

I've heard that somewhere!

[Matt Till]

I saw a dude on Leno playing the guitar with an egg beater... he was fast.

[willgroove2]

"Having not heard any of Bill Dickens work, and not basing this statement on his work, I'd just like to say, "Fast is overrated" but this topic is about bill dickens isn't it?bill not only play's fast but clean with alot of skill and musicality.

[Jazz Ad]

Originally Posted by john turner

i've heard bill dickens in person numerous times and i think his tone is great.

as for sounding "sh!t" there's nothing that bill dickens does that sounds like excrement. it may not be your thing, but to call it by nature bad is confusing the subjective and the objective.

I would still second this feeling, after listening to a lot of the stuff he did.
When he goes into mindless wanking mode, all he produces is some gargling that IMHO doesn't have much to do with music.
But yeah, he is fast. Indeed.

Originally Posted by Matt Till

I saw a dude on Leno playing the guitar with an egg beater... he was fast.

The kind I'd shoot just to watch him die.

[Adam Barkley]

Anybody notice that somebody who looked a hell of a lot like Dickens playing drums for Snoop Dogg on the MTV New Years Show? Wasn't Dickens originally a drummer?

[Matt Till]

Originally Posted by willgroove2

"Having not heard any of Bill Dickens work, and not basing this statement on his work, I'd just like to say, "Fast is overrated" but this topic is about bill dickens isn't it?bill not only play's fast but clean with alot of skill and musicality.

This thread's intial statement was just about how fast he was, not how clean/melodic he was. Fast is just a technique, fast and clean is good technique... melody/feel is an artform.

From what I've heard of Bill Dickens, he's the bee's knees, but just as a general statement, fast is overrated.

[freshmeat1989]

Sorry, but who does Bill Dickens play for, and what are some good songs for me to check out?

[Llama's Rage]

he is mostly a solo act, you can check out his site if you want,

Clicky

[oversoul]

I just wish he would finally release that solo album...