POSERS - your stories of the peopl we loathe most

Samthebassist · #1 11-26-2008, 08:49 AM

ok wow..i have met so many bassist posers over the years..its ridiculous...

for instance, i was at my local guitar shop, checkin out teh 5string fretless' and i started talking with the owner,and he tells me about how some guys come in after playing bass on guitar hero, thinking they can play bass.

O.O was the only face i could make....

thats crazy..guitar hero (as much as i love the game) has really lowered the standards of bassists

so really..random guys, who do well on a video game, all of a sudden think they can b musicians? bassists? guitarists?

so, i kick a lotta butt on halo..so that means i can become in intergallactic super space soldier? no...some of these guys..need 2 b sat down and given a stern talking 2, or at least a slap on the hand....

maybe if guitar her really grasped the awesome power of the bass, then MAYBE people can learn from it, but until then, posers are just think bass is the easiest simplest instrument in the world

WhiteKnuckles · #2 11-26-2008, 08:58 AM

I don't know of anyone who thinks that because they play with RockBand or Guitar Hero that they instantly know how to be a player. That said I do know of several people who after playing those games decide to pickup a real instrument and give it a whirl...and that, in my opinion, is a really good thing.

nortonrider · #3 11-26-2008, 09:05 AM

There is a commercial for the Wii thing. they have them programmed to make the sounds of many different instruments.

The girl in the ad after playing one says " I always wanted to be a musician".

I've never touched one but It looks like you just shake the thing to get different tones. I wouldn't be suprised to see someone start up a band playing only these things.

**funkybass4ever** · #4 11-26-2008, 10:49 AM

I do home schooling for students and one of my students wanted to play me on guitar hero- they thought i would be great at it because i play bass.

Infernal Affair · #5 11-26-2008, 11:34 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-f5VRc8ucs

The video speeds up at weird points when they start playing the song when I watched it. It's not supposed to do that.

There's no need to be a hater. I'm sure we all have our reasons for picking up instruments, and I'm sure that the stories you hear get embellished a little. Sure there's some dudes who think they're all that when they pick up a guitar because they've played Guitar Hero, but there's a lot of people who really want to learn an instrument as a direct result of playing the game. Sure a lot of them end up quitting after a short period of time, but there's some who stick with it. When Ramones came out tons of kids picked up an instrument and started a band because their stuff was so simple. Was that a good thing? Some may disagree, but I think it was a good thing.

James Hart · #6 11-26-2008, 11:54 AM

My boss has been after me to give him guitar lessons for over a year (I play a little guitar and we were friends since before he was my boss). He's got all the Rock Band and Guitar Hero releases and plays them almost daily... he's stopped asking about lessons since now he has a sense of playing / performing from the game.

Not sure what I think of the issue... but I'm sure it'll keep some people from playing that aren't really musically inclined. Maybe it will inspire those with music talent to actually start playing.

Fishheadjoe · #7 11-26-2008, 12:04 PM

I think it's great! These folks will buy instruments, play them for a few months, get bored and then offer them up for sale at a significantly lower price than retail!
It's a win win for those of us who play!

fishheadjoe

sarcastro83 · #8 11-26-2008, 12:08 PM

So there are people out there that are actually in the school of thought that seeing as they've become proficient with a guitar hero controller, they are by default six-string virtuosos?

I don't really think I know anyone who is that retarded...

PBassFunk · #9 11-26-2008, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by sarcastro83

I don't really think I know anyone who is that retarded...

saracastro83, you need to read the comments on Youtube.

sarcastro83 · #10 11-26-2008, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by PBassFunk

saracastro83, you need to read the comments on Youtube.

Sir, not reading the comments on Youtube is the reason why I myself am NOT retarded... I'm merely an idiot-savant.

GearHeadBassMan · #11 11-26-2008, 12:27 PM

I don't see anything wrong with rock band/guitar hero leading people to pick up real instruments.

lunarpollen · #12 11-26-2008, 12:27 PM

If you haven't seen the Guitar Hero episode of South Park yet, definitely check it out!

androo75 · #13 11-26-2008, 12:32 PM

Does Guitar Center have a food court yet?

Awesome posers - Zack Attack!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NZslRqjZ9Y

Rich L · #14 11-26-2008, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishheadjoe

I think it's great! These folks will buy instruments, play them for a few months, get bored and then offer them up for sale at a significantly lower price than retail!
It's a win win for those of us who play!

fishheadjoe

+1

Hatcher14 · #15 11-26-2008, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiteKnuckles

I don't know of anyone who thinks that because they play with RockBand or Guitar Hero that they instantly know how to be a player. That said I do know of several people who after playing those games decide to pickup a real instrument and give it a whirl...and that, in my opinion, is a really good thing.

I have had the same experience as you when it comes to Rock Band and Guitar Hero. I also think it's great that it has inspired some people to learn an instrument or a new instrument and even if most of the people quit the real instruments, atleast there will be some that will actually become musicians. The ones who quit will probably gain a new respect for people that actually do play too.

For the people that actually believe that they are musicians (or rock gods) because they are good at the games, well that's just hilarious.

jsingles · #16 11-26-2008, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by lunarpollen

If you haven't seen the Guitar Hero episode of South Park yet, definitely check it out!

YOURE NOT ROCK STARS!!! THEY ARE JUST PLASTIC CONTROLLERS!!!!

insomniac2295 · #17 11-26-2008, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by GearHeadBassMan

I don't see anything wrong with rock band/guitar hero leading people to pick up real instruments.

+1000000

Stereo Joe · #18 11-26-2008, 12:58 PM

Back when I was in high school, there was a dude who was as big of a bass poser as they come.

He would always be playing 'air bass' and rocking out to some non-existent music trying to look cool.

Somehow he made it into the jazz band, so there were two bassists (him and myself). I worked hard at learning the charts and playing in time, but he would ruin it because he would just be looking at my fretting hand and be following what I was playing, a second behind me. I used to turn his amp down when he wasn't looking to help the rhythm section stay together. He usually didn't notice...

He would always talk about how great of a bass player he was and how he played with other famous musicians.

One day, he brought in a CCR record (that's right, an LP) and claimed he had recorded the bass tracks on it. When I pointed out that his name was nowhere on the credits, he said it was because he was too young to be given credit, so they put his uncle's name on the album.

I think back to this guy and I crack up. I have no idea what he's up to (although I might go look him up on Facebook).

Audiophage · #19 11-26-2008, 01:50 PM

This is just the same thing that skaters were dealing with back in '99 when Tony Hawk and it's imitators were popular. It gives some people an interest in really learning about the subject of the game. However, it also gives some overconfident pricks the impression that real life is just like a videogame. Ignore the later group and they'll go away soon enough.

rasthedoctor · #20 11-26-2008, 02:44 PM

I think that if you already play bass or guitar Guitar Hero and Rock Band could probably help shore up your timing a little bit and maybe get you some stamina/dexterity practice... which is good... and yeah, if you don't already play maybe it'll get you into music, which is also cool... I don't know - I think those games are fun.