like jammin to loops? Feedback wanted!

MrSnuts · #1 04-05-2011, 10:03 AM

Hi everyone!

Let me get right to the point:
YOU guys play bass, I would like to hear some of that!
So let me invite you to check out http://www.wikiloops.com, theres a ton of free beats to choose from and a bunch of eager guitarists waiting for you to show up and leave some deep notes.

If you took a look at the project, I'd be grateful to all feedback you've got - we went online with wikiloops just a week ago, so I'd be interested in your first impressions!

Thanks in advance and greetings

MrSnuts · #2 04-26-2011, 01:28 PM

nobody? come on...

Dirk Diggler · #3 04-26-2011, 04:40 PM

Seems to me if there are so many other players wanting bass players, then they should be willing to pay for our service.
What do you pay per track?

Sorry I just felt like pretending to be troll.

MrSnuts · #4 04-26-2011, 04:56 PM

er....
what about:
respect!
...and dont tell me you got that every day ;-)

A tempo · #5 05-07-2011, 07:57 AM

Just tried WikiLoops. What a great FREE practice tool. Thanks to MrSnuts and his team.

MrSnuts · #6 05-08-2011, 11:42 AM

ahhh... what a relief :-)
thanx man! hope there will be some more happy bassists cheering after a visit to wikiloops!

My name is Mudd · #7 05-08-2011, 01:01 PM

My instructor has me working on trying to develop my own bass lines as part of my theory lessons; the site seems like a good practice tool for this. I'll definitely give it a try, since there's a number of blues tracks to choose from (I SO want in a blues band!).

MrSnuts · #8 05-11-2011, 03:39 AM

hey Mr.Mudd... I'm a bit surprised someone with a primus faible is looking for blues loops ;-)
Thanks for the comment, glad you found it worth recommending!

greetings!

My name is Mudd · #9 05-11-2011, 10:51 AM

Hah...note the two d's; it's actually an obscure reference to a character from 'Catch 22' (a feeble attempt at cleverness, although I DO love Primus.)

And a belted welcome to the forum!

MrSnuts · #10 05-31-2011, 12:49 PM

believe it or not, I just had to google catch 22, never heard of it :-) looks like an interesting read. If I ever get off the wikiloops project, I might try to get a copy!

is a belted welcome the kind where you get whipped with a belt ?! lost on idioms tonight :-)
greetings from germania
the snuts

ack · #11 05-31-2011, 01:04 PM

Very cool site - there are some great tracks to help a beginner like myself.
If I get to the point where my playing doesn't suck, I'll try to contribute something worthwhile.
Thanks for the work.

relwof · #12 05-31-2011, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrSnuts

is a belted welcome the kind where you get whipped with a belt ?! lost on idioms tonight :-)
greetings from germania
the snuts

I suspect he meant to say belated. I further suspect that were whippings in order, he might prefer chains. Could be wrong about either or both of those...

Good luck with Wikiloops, seems like an interesting project.

My name is Mudd · #13 05-31-2011, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrSnuts

...looks like an interesting read.

It is...and yeah, that should have been 'belated' (missed seeing that until just now...oops).

MrSnuts · #14 06-01-2011, 11:33 AM

Thanks for the checkout!

Quote:

Originally Posted by ack

If I get to the point where my playing doesn't suck, I'll try to contribute something worthwhile.

I just hope this will work like what I'd call hitchhikers-law - if you got a ride, you have to pick up other people hitchhiking to make up for theese helpful hands later ;-)

Be careful waiting for the I-dont-suck-moment, most people I know have either stopped playing or stopped having fun on the way.

As far as wikiloops is concerned, I really hope it will not end up in a "check this, I can play even more notes..."-contest. What I like so much is that many times, the easy tracks are liked best, and who leaves space for others will be rewarded with remixes. So what it comes down to is knowing what your job is when playing a certain instrument and not beeing the all-ego kind of player that has been keeping me from many "real" sessions.
I just put up another two-chord backing-track, me playing guitar, certainly no big masterly skills involved at all, but quite inspiring to improvise on,

which is what I'll spend the rest of the evenin with ;-)

thanks for the belated welcome, starting to feel at home here! Just amazing to see two thousand people online that all seem to have a certain hobby

Toastfuzz · #15 06-01-2011, 11:50 AM

Nice man, I always had an idea in the back of my head for something like this but never pursued it. I'll definitely give it a look when I get out of work

FunkySoulBro · #16 06-01-2011, 12:03 PM

Thank you for showing me this. What a great idea for a website!!!

tylerwylie · #17 06-01-2011, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FunkySoulBro

Thank you for showing me this. What a great idea for a website!!!

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MrSnuts · #18 06-02-2011, 09:20 AM

thanx again for the roses... with your support, this is going to be a steady source of inspiration. I'll stay busy roundin up some more drum tracks if possible... theese timekeepers are hardest to convince it seems ;-)

MrSnuts · #19 06-17-2011, 10:11 AM

... just thought I'd let you know that some fresh drum tracks have arrived at wikiloops today, shared by "Dafunkydrummer" based in germany and "MrAdamOnDrums" from canada :-)
they are open to add some bass right away...

Cheers!

makkE · #20 06-17-2011, 10:28 AM

This is cool!! Awesome idea.

Edit: The site is nice, just looks a tad crude. But good players on there, cool practice for me.
Here's my first bass recording on it:

http://www.wikiloops.com/viewpage.ph..._id=960&riff=1

fun.