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06-08-2011, 05:27 PM
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One day, one my daughters was riding with me while I was playing a Marcus Miller CD. My daughter asked me, "are you better than him?" I said, "no he is one of the best in the world." She said, "you sound like him when you play." I was honest and said that I just sit around and play a lot of his songs. A few days later, my smallest daughter was with me in a music store while I checked out a bass. She said, "You're playing that Marcus Miller stuff!" Finally, today I was playing Peter Muller, and they said, "Great! Marcus Miller!"
It's funny that Bernard Edwards is my avatar, and I personally think that Anthony Jackson is the greatest actual bassist in the world ( although MM is a way better song writer, producer, etc.)
The bottom line is that when I am just fooling around, I love to play MM slap licks, and that's what my kids remember. 
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06-08-2011, 05:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Philadelphia, USA | | | My son once told me I reminded him of Geddy Lee when I noodled around. I thought he must be looking for a lone, ... lol. Still, it made me feel good. |
06-08-2011, 05:40 PM
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06-09-2011, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by 4StringAxe  My son once told me I reminded him of Geddy Lee when I noodled around. I thought he must be looking for a lone, ... lol. Still, it made me feel good. | Hopefully, he meant you SOUNDED like him and not looked like him! 
And it's always cool when kids notice things like the OP writes about. My 5 yr old granddaughter will always sit in the den with me when I'm playing my bass, and I was playing the mellow parts from Iron Maiden's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. A few days later I was watching the DVD when that same part of the song came on. She was busy playing with her toys, but suddenly perked up and said, "Hey, that's Grandpa's song!". Gotta admit, that made my day!
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06-09-2011, 09:14 AM
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06-09-2011, 09:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wethersfield, CT | | One time I put Michael Manring's Soliloquy album on and my brother and my mother thought it was me playing. 
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06-09-2011, 09:32 AM
| | | That reminds me (semi-off topic): about a year ago, I was playing a Buckethead CD when my daughter came over for a visit. I was sitting on the couch when she entered and she gave me the strangest look . . . then she said, "oh, that's a CD playing, I thought that was you practicing."
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06-09-2011, 09:41 AM
| | | | Her: "Daddy you always play the blues? Everyday. You sad or something..?"
Me: "You know your mama right?"
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06-09-2011, 09:46 AM
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06-09-2011, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by dwm74 Hopefully, he meant you SOUNDED like him and not looked like him! | I went to school with a girl that looked like Geddy. No joke!
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06-09-2011, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese One day, one my daughters was riding with me while I was playing a Marcus Miller CD. My daughter asked me, "are you better than him?" I said, "no he is one of the best in the world." She said, "you sound like him when you play." I was honest and said that I just sit around and play a lot of his songs. A few days later, my smallest daughter was with me in a music store while I checked out a bass. She said, "You're playing that Marcus Miller stuff!" | High praise, indeed! Significant others can be pretty tough critics, sometimes...
I say you should keep this in mind when their birthdays come around.  |
06-09-2011, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by dwm74 Hopefully, he meant you SOUNDED like him and not looked like him!
And it's always cool when kids notice things like the OP writes about. My 5 yr old granddaughter will always sit in the den with me when I'm playing my bass, and I was playing the mellow parts from Iron Maiden's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. A few days later I was watching the DVD when that same part of the song came on. She was busy playing with her toys, but suddenly perked up and said, "Hey, that's Grandpa's song!". Gotta admit, that made my day! | lol ... Personaly I think I look more like him than sound like him ... and I look nothing like him. |
06-09-2011, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by gjbassist I went to school with a girl that looked like Geddy. No joke! | I feel sorry for her boyfriend! |
06-09-2011, 10:57 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | | | I was playing along with some Muddy Waters albums the other day, and asked my daughter "What kind of music would you call this?"
Her answer: "Old person music?"
I guess she's right! |
06-09-2011, 11:31 AM
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are the girls budding bass players, yet?!!
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06-09-2011, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by pacojas great story, Dr.Cheese!
are the girls budding bass players, yet?!! | Maybe, I have ukelele on the way for the oldest. 
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06-09-2011, 08:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Poulsbo,Wa | | | Great story!!! My family tells me pretty frequently how good I sound when I play. Always makes me feel good.
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07-12-2011, 01:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NJ via NYC | | Same here. A few months back I was watching a Fred Hammond full band performance on TV. My 13 year old daughter walked in and said "you could be in his band!". I said really? you think so? She said "yeah, You play that stuff all the time and sound just like the record". I thought to myself... yeah, I guess could!
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07-12-2011, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by gjbassist I went to school with a girl that looked like Geddy. No joke! | Guy I knew in college had a girlfriend who looked like Journey frontman Steve Perry. |
07-12-2011, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by dalkowski Guy I knew in college had a girlfriend who looked like Journey frontman Steve Perry. | I take it he drank, and heavily.
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