Recent content by DBCrocky

Played at a festival that had a backline bass rig, Ampeg Solid State head and Ampeg 410 cab. The rig was fine, but the cheap DI box completely sucked the volume and tone. When I plugged directly into the amp it was fine, but through the crappy DI box it was unusable. Got into a bit of an...

Maybe a little late, but If Rickenbacker is your bass, but you need a five string, check out: http://www.3dentourage.com/425/425.htm He did me one, the price was very reasonable, and I love it! Here are the pics of the one he did for me: http://www.3dentourage.com/425/2010-4003-2.htm

Have to disagree with ya funkman. I've never been much of a Mike Gordon fan, and ROB Derhak is a primary lead singer, and can sing leads while playing complicated bass lines, which is major difficult. I like Trey's playing, but sometimes he just gets so weird it turns me off, like when he...

If you like Phish, check out moe. www.moe.org Same kind of stuff but with less noodle and more meat.

Business ventures are risky. Musicians are sketchy. People are fallible. Suckers are everywhere.

Q. What does a prostitute do with her anal orifice in the afternoons? A. She drops him off at band practice.

It's really just a question of character. You can be the type of person who screws over others when you get the chance and then looks for any and every reason to justify your selfishness. Or you can be a decent person who acts ethically and fairly with others. Either way, the end...

Norv Turner has an amazing ability to coach a team with top notch talent to mediocrity. The only coach in the NFL who is worse than no coach at all.

You must play most classical music note for note. Very little jazz should be played note for note. Rock you can do either way.

The value is more often within the journey, not the destination. I'd rather go joust windmills than to listen to the people who like to tell me what I can't do.

Even if you can reach consensus within the band, having a band member is so expressive about his views can still be an issue. Such a person could alienate half of your audience by deciding to take the mic at a gig or by sending off one of his emails using the band mailing list, or mis-using the...

Oh, we were supposed to read between those lines and get: You see, what I get is:

Yes.

Amazing how bluewine can turn the topic of any thread into about how his opinions are more valid than everyone else's. :rollno:

bluewine: when you warm up your voice, do you say: me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me - me ???