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Originally posted by Bruce Lindfield
And what's wrong with being inspired by the instrument you play - if I didn't like bass lines I don't think I would have chosen to play bass. But then I get the impression that a lot of people on this board aren't actually bass players - I'm not saying that this is the case with those who have replied to this thread - but I do get the impression that there are maybe 20 or so people on this board who actually play bass in a band out of hundreds or thousands (?) who post. |
Let's take this with a tounge-in-cheek attitude here. 
According to this, only the bassplayers who are in a band are real bassplayers. Let's say those who gig instead, so we won't c*** all over the solo players.
When you look at myself in this light, I am not a bassplayer. No big suprise, I've only begun to scratch the surface of playing and this in no way hurts me. But if I were to get into a band tomorrow, I would suddenly be a bonafied bassplayer. Would I still be a bassplayer if in that band I only played straight 8th root notes? Where is the point where you can say: OK, I'm a bassplayer? Do I my lines have to be this and this hard to play, or do they have to outline the chord changes perfectly or what?
And another thought. I've been trying to get into a band for the past three months. So far I haven't even gotten an audition. I practise hard at home because I want to become a good
musician, and I'm trying to get into a music school. But despite my efforts, I'm not in a band. Does this make me a failed bassist? I clearly am not even in a band and have repeatidly failed to get in to one, so that must make me a failure. Maybe I should just drop this bass thing, huh?
Let's hear it, Supreme Arguer.
How's that for getting pissed because of an old thread that no one looks at anymore?
