Bass Players that are Over-Appreciated Club

caeman · #1 06-01-2011, 12:45 PM

Enough of the whiners choosing the wrong band to play in.

I have the problem of being over-appreciated. That's right. The people I play go out of their way to compliment my play, my learning progress and my faithful attendance. It's rather embarrassing at times, all of that mutual respect and courtesy.

Anyone else suffering this problem?

MuzikMan · #2 06-01-2011, 01:12 PM

You should hear what they say when you're not there !!!

caeman · #3 06-01-2011, 01:17 PM

Don't burst my bubble. You meanie.

pklima · #4 06-01-2011, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by caeman

I have the problem of being over-appreciated.

Yeah, me too. I regularly get unsolicited offers to join bands and turn most of them down, usually because they don't want to play Shakira covers. I've become so spoiled...

Tampabass · #5 06-01-2011, 01:24 PM

they love me. they really love me.

MuzikMan · #6 06-01-2011, 01:24 PM

I know this is all in good fun but I have to say that years ago I WAS generally praised for my bass playing when I didn't think it was warranted. Eventually I started to believe it! As a result, my progress diminished. It didn't help when I heard from my bandmates that they were amazed that I could play normal even when I was hammered.

erock0138 · #7 06-01-2011, 01:28 PM

I was playing dive bars when i was 15 with my dad, I had a lot of offers to join other bands then, and everyone told me how good I was then. Not meaning to sound arrogant at all, but that's what happened.

caeman · #8 06-01-2011, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by pklima

Yeah, me too. I regularly get unsolicited offers to join bands and turn most of them down, usually because they don't want to play Shakira covers. I've become so spoiled...

That is so sad. Shakira is, like, a modern day Madonna or Cindy Lauper. Just not appreciated.

caeman · #9 06-01-2011, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by MuzikMan

I know this is all in good fun but I have to say that years ago I WAS generally praised for my bass playing when I didn't think it was warranted. Eventually I started to believe it! As a result, my progress diminished. It didn't help when I heard from my bandmates that they were amazed that I could play normal even when I was hammered.

Or, maybe being told, "Man, you play so much better when you're hammered!"

MuzikMan · #10 06-01-2011, 01:32 PM

I'm the man! I'm so bad I should be in detention!!

Phalex · #11 06-01-2011, 02:12 PM

I'm in! My band loves me so much that I'm asking probably the best bass player in town to fill in for me when I go on a little trip this summer. I still remain confident that my job will still be there when I come back.

Russell L · #12 06-01-2011, 02:16 PM

One band leader said that if I left him he'd hunt me down and kill me.

Another band leader looks up from a step below because he begged me to come back, and he knows he can't find anyone else.

Walkin' tall, oh yes.

pklima · #13 06-01-2011, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by caeman

That is so sad. Shakira is, like, a modern day Madonna or Cindy Lauper. Just not appreciated.

I'm apparently so overappreciated that most of the musicians I know appreciate me more than they appreciate Shakira. Now that's overappreciated!

deepBassie · #14 06-01-2011, 02:24 PM

Count me in.

I can't slap, sub-average walking bass, can't use a pick, no great speed, no finger tapping or what-not, poor form to boot. I do have a decent ear and developed my own style over the years using bits & pieces of what I've heard. People tell me I've got a funky white-boy groove and that I'm a great bass player. I don't buy it for a second but who am I to judge...I'm just the bass player.

HeadyVan Halen · #15 06-01-2011, 02:29 PM

I'm so good, I had my secretary type this.

caeman · #16 06-01-2011, 03:38 PM

I should note that every member of this club has the #1. Because, well, we are.

southgabass · #17 06-01-2011, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by pklima

Yeah, me too. I regularly get unsolicited offers to join bands and turn most of them down, usually because they don't want to play Shakira covers. I've become so spoiled...

Same.... I had one band stalk me down at my daytime job... it was akward....

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Originally Posted by MuzikMan

I know this is all in good fun but I have to say that years ago I WAS generally praised for my bass playing when I didn't think it was warranted. Eventually I started to believe it! As a result, my progress diminished. It didn't help when I heard from my bandmates that they were amazed that I could play normal even when I was hammered.

Yeah I get that too.... but I never let it slow down my progress being that I think I'm the only one in my band that actually practices.... and people have seen me fall out drunk and not miss a single note in songs... they are amazed... even fell down 5 steps at a gig once... laid in the floor and played the song... took a second as the bass was out of tune to figure out where to transpose it to though

southgabass · #18 06-01-2011, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by caeman

I should note that every member of this club has the #1. Because, well, we are.

+10,000,000,000,000,000

=D

Duckwater · #19 06-01-2011, 03:54 PM

My bandmates constantly compliment my playing and they think that I'm one of the best bass players in the world. If only they knew how mediocre I really am...

IWishIWasBlank · #20 06-01-2011, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by southgabass

... even fell down 5 steps at a gig once... laid in the floor and played the song... took a second as the bass was out of tune to figure out where to transpose it to though

And I'll go with southgabass ftw on this thread.

Myself, I don't think I was "appreciated" at all. But, I never missed a gig, and I'm pretty sure I was tuned correctly each week. There were certainly times I thought I was so good I didn't need to practice, and times I practiced more than my bandmates. Looking back, I'd say I appreciate the experience, and learned what I could from it.