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12-13-2004, 03:42 PM
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Is anybody else feelin' this guy? I think he's got some pretty sweet groove lines and is a pretty creative bassist, yet keeps it kinda simple.
Any response?
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12-13-2004, 03:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chicago, Illinois | | | The new one or the old one? Ben Kenney or Dirk Lance? Both are outstanding, Kenney is more slow groove oriented and I like his work a lot. But Dirk Lance was outstanding in his own way and I'd love to have written some of his basslines. |
12-13-2004, 03:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Brussels, Belgium & Luxembourg | | | are you talking about the new one ( Ben Kenney ) or the old one ? ( Dirk Lance ) |
12-13-2004, 03:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Central Florida | | | The new one. Sorry bout that.
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12-14-2004, 10:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sao Paulo, Brasil | | | yeah.... hes really good... used to play guitar with "the Roots", that says enough about his ability...sometimes the guitar players have a different ear to what should be played on bass....i think his lines are really tasteful... |
12-14-2004, 03:09 PM
| | | | He is unbelievable live.Different solo on Stellar every time!
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12-14-2004, 03:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Llandrindod, Wales, UK | | | Before I heard A Crow Left Of The Murder, my friend was telling me how the new Incubus bassist was rubbish and how much more he loved Dirk Lance. I heard the album, and don't agree with him at all. There's some really, really good stuff on the new album; the basslines have a groove but also a kinda technicality to them that kinda set them apart from other "good" bassists. They work really well, the band seem to gel pretty well.
Mark.
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12-14-2004, 03:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Englewood, CO | | | I think both bassist are good, but Dirk does a lot more for me. I get a better feelin' out of Dirk's grooves.
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12-14-2004, 05:30 PM
|  | Sponsored by Jagermeister | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle / Tacoma | | | The new guy doesn't do anything for me. Yeah, for the different music Incubus has been doing, he fits right in.
I use to listened to them back in the day (mid 90's), and that's what I liked, and miss.
A couple of weeks ago, one of the music channels was showing a live recent Incubus concert, and that Ben guy was just wanking all over the place! Many songs that originally had lots of space and simple grooves, he ruined by trying to fill every gap with notes and doing runs wether it fit or not (mostly not). Not really impressed. |
12-15-2004, 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by 5stringDNA I think both bassist are good, but Dirk does a lot more for me. I get a better feelin' out of Dirk's grooves. | me too.
I mean, i really dig the album and my fav songs are from aclotm, but in a bassists view, Dirk was jsut more my cup of tea than Ben is. But maybe i'll change my mind when i get the DVD. |
12-15-2004, 07:21 AM
| | | | You might well do.Ben is outstanding on it!
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12-15-2004, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Caca de Kick The new guy doesn't do anything for me. Yeah, for the different music Incubus has been doing, he fits right in.
I use to listened to them back in the day (mid 90's), and that's what I liked, and miss.
A couple of weeks ago, one of the music channels was showing a live recent Incubus concert, and that Ben guy was just wanking all over the place! Many songs that originally had lots of space and simple grooves, he ruined by trying to fill every gap with notes and doing runs wether it fit or not (mostly not). Not really impressed. | Thats interesting because my teacher who's been playing for 27 years has seen them live twice and couldn't complement Kenney's fills enough.
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12-15-2004, 07:17 PM
| | | | Ben Kenney is a great musician, however, he tries to fill up every bit of space possible. I am a huge Incubus fan and have seen them live 15 times over the past 10 years. I recently had seen them w/ Ben and he is very talented. He played a killer drum solo as well as some guitar live. He is a jack of all trades. But compared to Dirk, Dirk had the groove. |
12-16-2004, 01:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Madrid (Spain) | | | I like both basists and I could definitely like Incubus as a whole if they changed their rather "intellectual" approach to music and also change their dumb and boring singer!
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12-16-2004, 02:18 AM
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Originally Posted by andruca I like both basists and I could definitely like Incubus as a whole if they changed their rather "intellectual" approach to music and also change their dumb and boring singer!
ANDRUCA | their "intellectual" aproach and singer is what makes them good. |
12-16-2004, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by andruca I like both basists and I could definitely like Incubus as a whole if they changed their rather "intellectual" approach to music and also change their dumb and boring singer!
ANDRUCA | WHAT???? Their lyrics stimulate the mind, poetic, tell a story without so many words. Boyd has some killer pipes on him!! Boring? Ouch.
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12-16-2004, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by andruca I like both basists and I could definitely like Incubus as a whole if they changed their rather "intellectual" approach to music and also change their dumb and boring singer!
ANDRUCA | Mmm, I don`t agree. I enjoy their approach to music and
like many of their lyrics. |
12-16-2004, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ApeIsHigh81 WHAT???? Their lyrics stimulate the mind, poetic, tell a story without so many words. Boyd has some killer pipes on him!! Boring? Ouch. | Too true!
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12-16-2004, 04:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | Both bassists are great, but in different ways.
Personally, i felt that Dirk was more in the pocket. Keeping it tight with the guitarist and drummer moreso then Ben did.
Again personally, i also thought Dirks tone/rig was to die for. |
12-17-2004, 02:27 AM
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Originally Posted by gazman_res Both bassists are great, but in different ways.
Personally, i felt that Dirk was more in the pocket. Keeping it tight with the guitarist and drummer moreso then Ben did. | Yes!
I've seen the Live at redrock DVD now, and my opinion is very "divided" about ben Kenney.
I think he plays outstanding on the songs that he recorded, but he just butcheres the older songs... what did he do to a certain shade of green? I wanted to boooh at him for that.
As said before, Kenney might be an excellent musician (i think he plays the bass with a guitar-approach) while Dirk was a great bassist and had the groove. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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