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12-06-2012, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by kevteop  I don't think I know any musicians who have measured their max speed against a metronome. I mean, there are better things you could be doing. Musical things. | This.
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12-06-2012, 10:12 AM
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Public Relations: PJB | Staff Writer: BMM, Seymour Duncan | See Bio | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI | | | We had this discussion in another forum, where a bassist asked "what would be a good goal for my own ability?" Obvious questions aside (where are you at now, what do you wish to accomplish, etc..) we settled on something like 16th notes at 140bpm three minutes straight would be a good level.
Will he ever play a song like that? Probably not, but we were using it more as a guide. Besides, the amount of time you spend at that tempo is far more important; many of us could play 16th note passages at 140, but to do that for an extended length of time is something else entirely. |
12-06-2012, 10:28 AM
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Endorsing artist: Lakland basses | | Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Chicago | | | Depends upon whether I use my Makita cordless lithium ion or DeWalt hard-wired.
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12-06-2012, 10:40 AM
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Nobody believed him, so to prove it he played one!
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12-06-2012, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Nev375 The analogy fails. Because to some women, size IS important. | But it does work because in some bands speed is important. But it's not a requirement for all bands, just like how having a foot long dick isn't a requirement for getting laid by every woman out there. |
12-06-2012, 02:33 PM
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12-07-2012, 11:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Brisbane, Australia | | | It never fails me to amaze me how quickly the "dick" analogies come out. What the hell does this have to do with music? (although it has been amusing) |
12-07-2012, 11:51 AM
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12-07-2012, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by sobie18 | Damn Sobie ya beat me!! I came across this vid late one night and almost died laughing. What's the point?  |
12-07-2012, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by preside Damn Sobie ya beat me!! I came across this vid late one night and almost died laughing. What's the point? | That's hilarious. His age makes it even funnier - all those years playing and that's it? |
12-07-2012, 01:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Shaw AFB, South Carolina | | Yeah, I was taken aback by that one...I remember back in the 80's, Adrian Davison was listed as being one of the fastest bass players. And he didn't run chromatics over the strings in a musical nightmare, either. 
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12-07-2012, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by sobie18 Yeah, I was taken aback by that one...I remember back in the 80's, Adrian Davison was listed as being one of the fastest bass players. And he didn't run chromatics over the strings in a musical nightmare, either. | Was that the guy who used to have the advertisements in _Bass Player_ that touted "runs exceeding 18 notes per second"? I never heard him but the ads left me expecting that he would be some sort of amusical speed machine---I'm glad if I was wrong about that.
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12-07-2012, 01:42 PM
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12-07-2012, 07:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | I think dick analogies are okay as long as they don't make the threads sticky.
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12-08-2012, 04:05 AM
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Originally Posted by DeadGoonz | Is that a seven string bass? Seven string guitars are bad enough.
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12-08-2012, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by DeadGoonz | Eww. I can't stand bass solos like that.
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12-08-2012, 08:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Shaw AFB, South Carolina | | | Yeah, I couldn't make anything out of that vid. Bill has some other items that are better sounding/clearer on YouTube.
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12-08-2012, 08:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida, US | | | Yea, I'm somewhat familiar with Bill Dickens, but that video was a terrible example of anything except how to poorly record a concert, lol.
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12-09-2012, 12:59 PM
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12-09-2012, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Clark Dark | Well that was different. Very fast playing for sure. Hmmm.
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