Do other musicians whine as much as bass players?

[HomeBrewTJ]

...just curious.

[TrooperFarva]

[mjolnir]

In general, I think so.

[Pacman]

Worse.

[jive1]

I take it that you've never been in a band before?

In my experiences, the bass player seems to be the guy who tries to get everyone to get along and fix problems at a gig.

From talking to other musicians, their biggest complaint about bassists is that they can't get them to commit or stick to a gig. The reason is that good bassist can find plenty of gigs, and they exercise their options. If a gig sucks, there's another that they can find.

[varunkapahi]

are there any talkguitar and talkdrums .coms? lol

[mjolnir]

Closest thing guitards have is ultimate-guitar.com.

I think.

[Phalex]

In my experience the guitards are the whiniest, followed closely be keys.

[Barkless Dog]

Vocalists, keyboardist

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Originally Posted by Phalex

In my experience the guitards are the whiniest, followed closely be keys.

Vocalists should be the top of that list, but i dare say the OP said what other musicians

Guitarists do generally seem to complain more.

[nortonrider]

Nobody appreciates me!

[HomeBrewTJ]

I take it that you've never been in a band before?

heh.

[Phalex]

Originally Posted by i_got_a_mohawk

Vocalists should be the top of that list, but i dare say the OP said what other musicians

Guitarists do generally seem to complain more.

I was thinking of a specific guitarist / vocalist, so I'll agree on that count.

[RED5]

There aren't as many of us as there are them!

[StanFan]

All musicians are guilty of being whiners/complainers sometimes. Maybe since singers have mics they can be more "vocal".

[Rodent]

Originally Posted by HomeBrewTJ

...just curious.

none of the true professional musicians I know of are whiners or habitual complainers ... a real dividing point between the pros and the wannabes this is

R

[DGbass70]

From my little experience,i would say Keys , guitars and the singers.

[rzm61]

Singers are probably the worst.

[jrthebassguy]

Nobody complains more the lead vocalist...and if you try complain more than him, he'll complain about that too.

[spade2you]

Yeah, singers seem to whine the most....perhaps that's a big part of why my band doesn't have one!

I think most bassists do their fair share of whining, but we definitely earn it considering our role is often defined by guitarists AND everyone and their #%#$^ cousin thinks the bass is an easy version of guitar and can do it well.