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01-21-2011, 06:45 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bergen County, New Jersey | | | Craig Strikes Agian!! Another Inspired, Well-thought out CL Ad
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Okay - this Craig's List is great - are they trying to insult bass players everywhere or are they challenging all of us? More importantly - who'd reply to this?? (posted in North New Jersey)
RE: ANYBODY CAN PLAY BASS
Okay--I have a bass & amp--anytime you think you want to sit in with us "boring old farts" just let me know. I guarantee you that you couldn't cut the mustard--nor could 90% of the players out there. Yes I agree--most blues bassists are boring--but so are country guys. Remember--it takes more creativity to create over fewer chords--that's what's missing in music today. The heart and soul is missing--it has become a steady stream of meaningless notes--there is no connection to the tune being played. Technical players, lacking articulation, space between passages, nuance, dynamics---I've been in this business for over 50 + yrs.--the music scene is flooded with players--sad to say that most of them are mediocre at most. I don't know what "music" you profess to play---that is your choice--but we have our preference--we're not knockin what you play. But again---the invitation is open--I KNOW you wouldn't be able to keep up with us.
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01-21-2011, 06:58 AM
|  | Gettin' medieval on yo' bass... | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: new hampshire | | | This looks like a retort to someone ELSE who had insulted bassists.
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01-21-2011, 06:58 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Oklahoma | | | What a crazy sounding ad. "we're not knockin what you play"......uh.....yeah you kinda are guy. This guy sounds tri-polar... |
01-21-2011, 06:59 AM
|  | Stuck somewhere in the 90's | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA | | | What I gathered from reading this add:
We are looking for a bass player who has the chops, but will play what and when We tell them to. We also expect top notch playing and dedication, for little to no pay. Furthermore, don't expect to get any complements on Your playing or anything You wrote on Your own.
We aren't trying to come off as jerks, We are just God's gift to music and we know it. We also once had a Bass player who tried to be innovative and think for Himself, but He just didn't fit into the program so We fired him. So if You think You have the ability to be a mindless zombie, give Us a shout. |
01-21-2011, 07:01 AM
| | | | LOL! The attitude of a gangsta rapper! |
01-21-2011, 07:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Ottawa, On | | | It's a Jersey thing |
01-21-2011, 07:25 AM
| | Bangin' out the bottom end for 44 years! | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Connecticut | | it was a response to this message ... Quote:
Anybody can play blues.
Anybody can play bass.
Blues is for boring old farts.
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01-21-2011, 07:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bergen County, New Jersey | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RustyAxe it was a response to this message ... | I was thinking the same - or was it the follow up ad didn't get them what they were looking for.
And it's not a Jersey thing...  ...it's a crazy thing.
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01-21-2011, 07:48 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: KY USA | | I found this gem a couple days ago.
"Looking to form Buddhist Metal Band" http://louisville.craigslist.org/muc/2169903477.html Quote: |
Prefer you have some expeirence [sic] playing Buddhist Metal, but we can teach the style. Must be able to play seated on floor with a shirtless fat belly or be in process of gaining weight. Beer usually helps, recommend imported lager. Looking for drummer and a chanter who can...well, chant. Harmony chanting is a plus. We usually play in candle light so dimmer packs and elaborate lighting systems are not needed. This is kind of urgent as I already have gigs scheduled in Louisville, southern Indiana, and Japan.
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01-21-2011, 08:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bergen County, New Jersey | | | ^^ I am ALL over that. I'm already on my way to one hell of a belly! LOL
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01-22-2011, 01:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: alabama | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JMac4strngr What I gathered from reading this add:
We are looking for a bass player who has the chops, but will play what and when We tell them to. We also expect top notch playing and dedication, for little to no pay. Furthermore, don't expect to get any complements on Your playing or anything You wrote on Your own.
We aren't trying to come off as jerks, We are just God's gift to music and we know it. We also once had a Bass player who tried to be innovative and think for Himself, but He just didn't fit into the program so We fired him. So if You think You have the ability to be a mindless zombie, give Us a shout. | Wow. Who knew Metallica used CL !
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Originally Posted by *insertcoolname 1nce at a gig i roxed the crowd so hArd that all teh gurlz were liek "i want u" an all teh bands were liek "u roxed evry1 2 hard" and i waz liek "yea i no cuz i am teh mastr uv base" | |
01-22-2011, 02:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: fort smith, ar | | | I think he is right ... at least 682 are thoroughly mediocre.
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Mediocre bassist #682
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01-22-2011, 12:30 PM
|  | Gettin' crazy with the Cheez Whiz! | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Visalia CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by pnut166 Wow. Who knew Metallica used CL ! | Word!
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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Death Hello? Pink sparkles? That alone makes it more awesome than a robotic sharkodile with lazer beam eyes that go pew pew pew. | Fuzzrocious #34 Mediocre Bassist #193
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01-24-2011, 12:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Charlotte | | | CL is full of trolls
Actually sounds to me like a troll bashed his post. He probably had a decent post, stating they are older guys wanting to play cover music, and low and behold some troll lashes out at his for being an "old fart" wanting to play with older musicians and/or for playing cover music/blues. His retort probably wasn't the way to go about it, but hey, he was probably insulted so he went one step further. Not my style, but to each their own. I see this 10 times a day on the Charlotte CL board.
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01-24-2011, 12:42 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Manhattan | | | I have no desire to hear anyone play blues on bass guitar unless their name in Tommy Shannon. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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