dropped a big note..

ondaone · #1 08-03-2011, 10:30 PM

ever come to a part in a sound were everybody knows it and you drop the ball.....not the first time but I was tearing it up before had a great groove going and bam ....

brain fart storys....

Bassamatic · #2 08-03-2011, 10:41 PM

Oh Yeah - the fingers get paralyzed under the spotlight once in a while, or the cruise control takes over and you forget the solo or break. I am sure I can't even count the times over the years. Good bandmates will cover for it, best they can - they will screw up too and need my help!

**peledog** · #3 08-03-2011, 10:44 PM

For a second I thought you were talking about that other kind of 'gas'...

bassinplace · #4 08-03-2011, 10:47 PM

Yeah, I know what you're talking about. Never bad enough that anyone noticed except for me and my bandmates, but yeah, it happens. Those little flubs are what make for a tight band over time.

DRafalske · #5 08-04-2011, 06:28 AM

Gig last weekend - I totally missed the intro to Sweet Child O Mine. I mean totally missed it. My mind was elsewhere, missed my cue, came in in the first verse.
First time I've EVER messed up that bit. Oh well. First time for everything I guess. Rest of the show was great!

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renobassman · #6 08-04-2011, 06:44 AM

A few months ago I was playing a coffee shop gig with a group that I don't play with very often. The last song in the set is in the key of Bm, but the bridge has a D to A progression that changes to a C# to G# progression half way through. The first D chord in this bridge is a big hit on a pleasant major chord that completely changes the mood of the song. I played a big fat C#. Ouch.

bassbully · #7 08-04-2011, 07:32 AM

My band has a song where it has a soft intro just the guitarist picking and singing with a violin coming in softly behind. I come in on the second verse twice in this song playing the roots over the chord changes.
The songs key is in F# and thats what is written on the setlist by the song title but I come in on C

Twice when we first were doing this song live I looked at the songlist and came in on this lovely quiet part on F# just like the songlist said

Today I scratch out the F# and put a big C on the setlist.

skwee · #8 08-04-2011, 07:37 AM

We were playing a Pink Martini tune in A, but I played the low E for the loud 'button' at the end of the tune. Way to double the 5th, idiot.

Rockmusician · #9 08-04-2011, 07:38 AM

The only time it happened to me was when I was filling in with my old band. There was a part in the song where there was a guitar solo followed by a short bass solo. They changed the arrangement of a song and didn't tell me. All of a sudden we are all just standing there as everybody stops playing. The guitar player is staring at me as if to say do something. After the set he apologized. He said he forgot to tell me that they had shortened the guitar solo leading into the bass solo.

staindbass · #10 08-04-2011, 07:44 AM

i remember playing mudshovel one nite and it came to the breakdown where i repeat the bass only intro about 3/4 the way through the song. instead of playing my part i just turned around and headed back to the amp to get a sip of water. in mid-sip i wondered why no one was clapping, and looked over and the rest of the band is glaring at me lol. aaron said "ok that was the condensed version" and mike started the next intro. how embarrasing

Waffles and Scotch · #11 08-04-2011, 09:03 AM

Friday night I was in the middle of a difficult solo and everything stopped. The click track kept going, but our drummer and rhythm guitarist were dead silent. I did the slow motion "what the **** is going on?" thing, they all stared at me, and I realized I was still supposed to be playing. Somehow I managed to stay in time and nailed the last 1/3 of the solo. Massive trainwreck for me, but as other stated - the tightness of the band saved my *** and most of the people in the audience thought it was just some really weird part that we meant to play...

bassbully · #12 08-04-2011, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by staindbass

i remember playing mudshovel one nite and it came to the breakdown where i repeat the bass only intro about 3/4 the way through the song. instead of playing my part i just turned around and headed back to the amp to get a sip of water. in mid-sip i wondered why no one was clapping, and looked over and the rest of the band is glaring at me lol. aaron said "ok that was the condensed version" and mike started the next intro. how embarrasing

Dang that would suk since I love your intro part in that song.

bassbully · #13 08-04-2011, 09:51 AM

I also have been guilty of missing a few starts of songs when I leave the head of my amp on mute when tuning between songs.

Steve · #14 08-04-2011, 10:06 AM

There's not a mistake possible that I have not made at one time or another.

About a week ago I was playing the intro to a T. Graham Brown song (Wine into Water) which is very slow and very sparse. There is a lick right at the end of the pick up...I went for it a missed, my ring finger completely misses the G string and slides under the neck...and the neck just kinda popped out of my hand while my other fingers scraped across a few open strings making the most God awful noise you can imagine.

It may have been the worst sound I ever made in a musical setting in 30+ years.

*sigh*

bassbully · #15 08-04-2011, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve

There's not a mistake possible that I have not made at one time or another.

About a week ago I was playing the intro to a T. Graham Brown song (Wine into Water) which is very slow and very sparse. There is a lick right at the end of the pick up...I went for it a missed, my ring finger completely misses the G string and slides under the neck...and the neck just kinda popped out of my hand while my other fingers scraped across a few open strings making the most God awful noise you can imagine.

It may have been the worst sound I ever made in a musical setting in 30+ years.

*sigh*

Why cant these mistakes be in a loud part of a song or at least when all members of the band are playing?

Steve · #16 08-04-2011, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by bassbully

Why cant these mistakes be in a loud part of a song or at least when all members of the band are playing?

Oh, I've done that plenty of times as well.

burnunit · #17 08-04-2011, 12:12 PM

Happened to me a few months ago, I got distracted and missed the bridge on an original Gypsy jazz influenced piece. The rest of the band kind of followed me down the rathole, but the sax picked up on it and turned it into a free jazz section for a couple of measures. Band steadies itself and we all hit it right after that. I was mortified, but listening to the tape later, it sounded like a planned excursion. Thank you, Mr. Sax.

groooooove · #18 08-04-2011, 12:13 PM

it happens. just keep on playing as if it diddnt happen.

i remember seeing reed mathis do this with tea leaf green, where he blatantly (to me) played a note one step higher than what the root of the chord was. he held the note like it was meant to be there- and i was probably the only one who noticed. had he made a face and quickly played the other note, it would've been more obvious..

Beginner Bass · #19 08-04-2011, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by renobassman

A few months ago I was playing a coffee shop gig with a group that I don't play with very often. The last song in the set is in the key of Bm, but the bridge has a D to A progression that changes to a C# to G# progression half way through. The first D chord in this bridge is a big hit on a pleasant major chord that completely changes the mood of the song. I played a big fat C#. Ouch.

You could have said "We're influenced by jazz"...

In my case, school jazz band was doing Chameleon (Hancock, no it's not really very jazzy, but that's the state of public school jazz ensembles), and I screw the walk-up. But nobody noticed. I know because I stole a quick glance at the nearest band member (Drummer), and he would've been angry if he'd noticed.

marijn van gils · #20 08-04-2011, 01:37 PM

Last show, we played some dance music right before the break on which I use a synth effect and heavy delay. I mean HEAVY delay.

Starting after the break with Billy Jean, I notice that I forgot to switch of the delay, as the bass is now all over the place! ****-up n°1!

Quickly I switch it of with my foot, but I manage to also press the kill-dry button in the process, which is active when the delay is off too. This effectively muted my signal: no bass at all! ****-up n°2

I had to bend down to switch of the kill-dry before I could continue playing. Not only was my mistake very audible, it was also visible...

I whish TC Electronics would make the kill-dry on their Nova Repeater only active when the effect is on...

Oh, and playing the wrong notes? Too many to tell!