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01-21-2007, 04:31 PM
| | Shake and Bake | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Waterford, MI | | | played with a band .. and in front of crowd first time last night!
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I've only been playing about 2 months ..but since I started I've been chit chatting with a local band .. likes to talk shop and the band is always welcoming a sit in player to play so last night I mustered up the courage to take my bass with me to the club .. small crowd, abou 100 ppl ..
they'd never heard me b4 ... middle of the 2nd set they invited me up to play Brown Eyed Girl .. I nailed most of it .. but I was a little nervous too ..  Hit most of the solo but forgot that when they play it they do the solo line twice and usually the main bass guy does something a little different for it.
Hehehe .. now time to get my own band I guess. lol. |
01-21-2007, 05:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Northern Virginia | | Good for you dude. 100 ppl? Thats not a small crowd Try playing for 3. |
01-21-2007, 06:42 PM
| | Shake and Bake | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Waterford, MI | | yeah .. and about 20 were dancin when i was playin it .. brown eyed girl is always a crowd pleaser. |
01-21-2007, 07:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NW Indiana | | Quote:
Originally Posted by IAmTheDood  yeah .. and about 20 were dancin when i was playin it .. brown eyed girl is always a crowd pleaser. | and its just a really great bass line lol |
01-21-2007, 08:26 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dallas | | | I still like playing "Brown Eyed Girl". Good for getting up and playing. As long as you have fun and don't worry you will do fine.
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01-21-2007, 08:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Townsville | | | Sweet dude. One hell of a feeling isn't it. I can't wait to get my band operating again so I can get back there
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01-22-2007, 12:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | Cool nice to be able to play live so quickly. i m in a band and i only been playing since December. i actualy got into the band before i started playing, I'm thinking of quitting though cos i like to play jazz, funk, blues and alternative and they play metal. |
01-22-2007, 07:00 AM
| | Shake and Bake | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Waterford, MI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Goose72 and its just a really great bass line lol | yup .. I like all those 60's and 70's bass lines that just work up and down a scale .... that's all brown eyed girl is ... same with gimme 3 steps ... most every CCR song is that way ...
Last night I actually burned Free Bird by lynrd skynrd and the bass line is real fast in that one mostly the same way .. up and down the scale.
I'm finding I can improvise most any bass line now ... definately time to start finding a band I think. |
01-22-2007, 07:31 AM
| | | If you think you can improvise any bass line after 2 months of bass you have a long way to go 
Congrats on your gig though |
01-22-2007, 07:56 AM
| | Shake and Bake | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Waterford, MI | | lol .. I know I can't improvise "any" bass line .. i can at least get the key it's in down, and do something with it to make it sound descent. |
01-22-2007, 08:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St. Louis // St. Charles, MO | | Glad you 'mustered' the courage!
You don't have far to go to ketchup - then you can really relish these moments... 
Seriously - good deal! No turning back now! |
01-22-2007, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by IAmTheDood lol .. I know I can't improvise "any" bass line .. i can at least get the key it's in down, and do something with it to make it sound descent. | If you can already do that it means you have a good ear and thats really all you need to have fun |
01-22-2007, 08:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virginia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by IAmTheDood
they'd never heard me b4 ... middle of the 2nd set they invited me up to play Brown Eyed Girl .. I nailed most of it .. but I was a little nervous too .. Hit most of the solo but forgot that when they play it they do the solo line twice and usually the main bass guy does something a little different for it. | $10 says few people noticed any screwups.
Newbies take note: get in there and gig ASAP like this guy. It's like old-school swimming lessons where dad just chucks you into the deep end. Also, as a vet I'll keep an eye out for new guys and drag them on the stage.
Scott
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01-22-2007, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by tZer Glad you 'mustered' the courage!
You don't have far to go to ketchup - then you can really relish these moments...
Seriously - good deal! No turning back now! | boo...  |
01-22-2007, 08:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virginia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tZer Glad you 'mustered' the courage!
You don't have far to go to ketchup - then you can really relish these moments...
Seriously - good deal! No turning back now! | Grooooaaannnn!
Just watch out for Renaissance-fair gigs. I did one and had a run in with an archer and it was a real arrowing experience, but I'll spear you the details unless you have any questions you want to axe me. One thing I always flailed to understand though, was why he was such a sword loser. 
Scott
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01-22-2007, 09:37 AM
| | Shake and Bake | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Waterford, MI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tZer Glad you 'mustered' the courage!
You don't have far to go to ketchup - then you can really relish these moments...
Seriously - good deal! No turning back now! | thank you for the fine condiments
LOL. |
01-22-2007, 10:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St. Louis // St. Charles, MO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by IAmTheDood thank you for the fine condiments
LOL. | Well played, fellow TB'er! Well played! LOL |
01-22-2007, 12:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Galway, Ireland | | Shoot me. Please |
01-22-2007, 12:51 PM
|  | Life is Tough. Laugh more. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island, USA | | Careful when you open Pandora's Box. No telling what
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Congrats on a successful number. And, since it was your solo to do, you get to do it for as short as you like to.
I like that little solo, I worked up a little tappy thing to end
it with just to flash it up a bit. Surprised my guitards a bit
the last time we played that.  
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01-22-2007, 01:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Thor
I like that little solo, I worked up a little tappy thing to end
it with just to flash it up a bit. Surprised my guitards a bit
the last time we played that. | then did you hit them with your mighty hammer?
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