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03-15-2003, 03:20 PM
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= a bass player with a beeper
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Bass slapping is a lot like farting in public, it draws a lot of attention and usually stinks. :crying:
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03-15-2003, 03:34 PM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | I'd always heard that it was a trombonist with a beeper....  
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03-29-2003, 03:24 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by nanook
= a bass player with a beeper | Ahh the man who called Jaco Pastorius a worthless Drug addict returns....
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04-03-2003, 06:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Alaska | | | I was wrong to say that, very insensitive on my part. He was not worthless and we all have our demons.
He was in fact brilliant.
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Bass slapping is a lot like farting in public, it draws a lot of attention and usually stinks. :crying:
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04-03-2003, 01:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Arvada, Colorado | | Quote: Originally posted by nanook
I was wrong to say that, very insensitive on my part. He was not worthless and we all have our demons.
He was in fact brilliant. | Yes, Thank u very much. We all do have our demons and most great musicians are plagued with depression or other such diseases which cause them great brilliance in music but also are greatly troubled inside. And back then, we did not have the treatments and cures for depression like we do today. Maybe, just maybe If jaco could have been around longer he could have been treated properly, but in his treatment he may also lose his Awesome musical abilities. Depression is quite the double edge sword, Damn you Depression, damn you to hell.
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04-03-2003, 06:16 PM
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04-08-2003, 07:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island | | | what?...................whats wrong with that?.......why are you people looking at me like that?.......they might need me you know!.....well they might.......
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04-09-2003, 01:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: No where i like. | | | Wow i'm dumb i didn't even know Jaco was dead (embarrassed smily follows....)
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04-09-2003, 02:42 PM
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Owner/Retailer: Jive Sound | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alexandria,VA | | | Re: Optimism
Quote: Originally posted by nanook
= a bass player with a beeper | Most bass players don't need beepers, we have mobile phones.
What are you saying? Take a look in the clasifieds for musicians. Do you know what position seems to pop up most under "Musicians Wanted"? You got it bass! When you go to an open stage, what position is there the least of? Right again, bassist (or drummer). What instrument do you see in most contemporary ensembles? Yup, it's a bass (or drums).
Now a beeper may be too much, but your joke implies that Bass players don't get gigs. On the contrary - we bass players get the gigs most often. It is the dime-a-dozen guitar players and wanna be singers that are looking for a job. One of my favorite things about playing bass is that I don't have to figure out what I'm gonna do on a Saturday night.
But if you're good at what you do, you'll get work. I'm sure the top rated Polka Tuba player in the world has a pager. |
04-15-2003, 01:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Alaska | | | Re: Re: Optimism
Quote: Originally posted by jive1
Most bass players don't need beepers, we have mobile phones.
What are you saying? Take a look in the clasifieds for musicians. Do you know what position seems to pop up most under "Musicians Wanted"? You got it bass! When you go to an open stage, what position is there the least of? Right again, bassist (or drummer). What instrument do you see in most contemporary ensembles? Yup, it's a bass (or drums).
Now a beeper may be too much, but your joke implies that Bass players don't get gigs. On the contrary - we bass players get the gigs most often. It is the dime-a-dozen guitar players and wanna be singers that are looking for a job. One of my favorite things about playing bass is that I don't have to figure out what I'm gonna do on a Saturday night.
But if you're good at what you do, you'll get work. I'm sure the top rated Polka Tuba player in the world has a pager. | Well stated.
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Bass slapping is a lot like farting in public, it draws a lot of attention and usually stinks. :crying:
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