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05-25-2004, 10:03 AM
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I got off on a really bad start(and embarassing) with you guys in this section,posting a Bruce Dickinson appreciation thread.
My apologies.
Just wondering why there are legends like Mike Watt and many others to answer our queries in the bass guitar section and none here?
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05-25-2004, 10:10 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | All the DB players around here are experienced pro teachers!! 
(that doesn't include me of course, I'm just a wannabe hanger-on)
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05-25-2004, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by ironmaidenisgod I got off on a really bad start(and embarassing) with you guys in this section,posting a Bruce Dickinson appreciation thread.
My apologies.
Just wondering why there are legends like Mike Watt and many others to answer our queries in the bass guitar section and none here? | Do you mean people who teach bass as the sole means of income? I'm guessing, but I think most of us middle-to-old fart DBers here have taken some students along the way. I have; I don't any more. |
05-25-2004, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield All the DB players around here are experienced pro teachers!! | And alot of them have worked with/know the great players, and they're great players themselves. If you look a little closer you'll realize there is a wealth of information for DB'ers on this site, and it's amazing. Some of these guys are even teachers at universities across the country. It's awesome to be able to ask questions to a gaggle of professional-working-30+ years experienced players any day for advice. Which means that they're all technically knowledgeable not just about upright, but also about music in general. Plenty of these guys have paid their dues and know their theory and how it all works together.
On top of that you have a whole bunch of pro-luthiers as well. I don't think you could find a better DB site. It's a blessing to have y'all... I'm going to cry now.    |
05-25-2004, 01:54 PM
| | | | Mike who ? |
05-25-2004, 02:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | | Mike What?
No, Mike Watt. Punk and post-punk slab player. The Minutemen, fIREHOSE, and god knows what else. Pretty cool s**t. |
05-25-2004, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by hdiddy And alot of them have worked with/know the great players, and they're great players themselves. If you look a little closer you'll realize there is a wealth of information for DB'ers on this site, and it's amazing. Some of these guys are even teachers at universities across the country. It's awesome to be able to ask questions to a gaggle of professional-working-30+ years experienced players any day for advice. Which means that they're all technically knowledgeable not just about upright, but also about music in general. Plenty of these guys have paid their dues and know their theory and how it all works together.
On top of that you have a whole bunch of pro-luthiers as well. I don't think you could find a better DB site. It's a blessing to have y'all... I'm going to cry now. | I'm somewhat new here but so many questions have been answered, even questions I didn't even think to ask. Lots of good info here and things I can already put to use.
Have not even visited the luthier's corner yet. |
05-26-2004, 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by DonZ Mike who ? | That disrespectful,man.
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05-26-2004, 04:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ironmaidenisgod That disrespectful,man. | Dont take it wrong ironman, i dont know who is this Mike too, and im sure lots of people here on the dark side dont know too, i dont think DonZ was disrespecting nobody, its just that sometimes, we wouldnt know even the most famous slab players , the DB is mind, brain, soul consuming....and very jealous too
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05-26-2004, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by ironmaidenisgod That disrespectful,man. | Man, I play slab too but I have no idea who this cat is. |
05-26-2004, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by DonZ Man, I play slab too but I have no idea who this cat is. | Same here, but I hadn't heard of him until he became a pro here!
When TB started, there were more DB players than BG and there was a DB "Pro" who answered questions about Jazz - I asked him several about substitutions, I remember! 
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05-27-2004, 04:06 AM
| | | | Who was he?
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05-27-2004, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by IRUNMADLYWITHMYDOG That disrespectful,man. | Uh, no. With all due respect, what is really disrespectful is not watching where the hell you're going, stumbling in to a room full of strangers, introducing a topic they know nothing about, and then getting offended when they clue you in that they don't know what the hell you're talking about. Or who. That is disrespectful. And I mean that in the most respectful of all possible ways.
Honestly, why should a bunch of crusty old classical and jazz musicians know who Mike Watt is? Do you honestly think Mike would be offended at the notion that an affable but crusty double bassist on a BBS doesn't know who he is by name? I don't. If you ever go to Germany, will you be offended if you run into folks who don't speak English? If so, I respectfully suggest you re-examine your position on international travel. |
05-27-2004, 01:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Buffalo, NY | | | Its not disrespectful to not know who someone is. And this is coming from someone (me) who lists Mike Watt as one of my main influences.
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05-27-2004, 01:10 PM
| | | | SCHOENBERGISGOD, on the plus side, now I know who Mr. Watt is... |
05-27-2004, 02:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | I'm crusty?...
but, but......
I DON"T WANNA BE CRUSTY!....... 
sniff, sniff......and I do too know who Mike Watt is.....hmphhh.. |
05-27-2004, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by DRRRLFRIEND If you ever go to Germany, will you be offended if you run into folks who don't speak English? If so, I respectfully suggest you re-examine your position on international travel. | Dear DRRLFRIEND,
Uh... I think you're wrong there buddy boy, of course I expect EVERYONE to speak english everywhere I go... because... I'm American! I always get annoyed with those Frenchies not speaking English when I'm trying to talk to them. They're sooo rude! And whats this about America being disliked in other countries? America is the best country in the world!
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Ahem. Anyways, I had no idea who Mike Watt is until today. We could name a bunch of legendary DB masters or even people from other genres that you wouldn't know and call you disrespectful too. But it just doesn't make any sense to do that. |
05-27-2004, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ironmaidenisgod Just wondering why there are legends like Mike Watt and many others to answer our queries in the bass guitar section and none here? | I really don't think you'd recognize any of our "LEGENDS" if you heard their names. You came all the way over here to say that?
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05-27-2004, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by ironmaidenisgod I got off on a really bad start(and embarassing) with you guys in this section,posting a Bruce Dickinson appreciation thread.
My apologies.
Just wondering why there are legends like Mike Watt and many others to answer our queries in the bass guitar section and none here? | Why are you posting here? Why am I reading this? Why am I responding?
And why would you post an appreciation thread for an aging heavy metal singer on a BASS message board. Man you make me embarassed to admit to playing the electric. |
05-27-2004, 06:44 PM
| | Guest | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Westminster Ca. | | | Iron, now I have read your post's in the BG forum, and None of them have been this Dumb... I mean, You remind me of "Peter" from family guy, Not Homer Simpson dumb... But close...
If you cant think of anything of Any value to contribute here, go to the BG side, They will understand.
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