Recent content by Dead Set Dave

Haha! Too funny!

I don't see how the skateboard pedalboard is any more of a trip hazard than a normal board, clearly it's not going to be rolling around the stage. In fact, I'm going to build one, because it's awesome. I can't understand how your gear isn't considered 'professional' considering that's a very...

That's an awesome idea, thanks man

Matt, that's great man. Thanks so much. That's what I am trying to get my head around, and you made it make sense. Thank you dude

holy cow, that is an awesome bass dude!!!!!!

I'd use an Ibanez Soundgear all things considered, but for anything derivative of punk a P works pretty great

that's very helpful, if you had any examples of playing counterpoint riffs I'd appreciate it, I'm thinking that means to play a counter melody?

power-violence is a (typically) particularly fast version of punk, it's kinda of death metal crossed with punk and hardcore. The idea being that every instrument is basically going as fast as possible. Although many PV bands mix it up by having grind and that sort of thing in the mix too. It's...

As per the title I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on playing in these styles. The extremely high tempo can make things tricky. Do I play whole notes, emphasizing the beat, play 16ths or whatever. I tend to tremolo pick, but lately have moved to playing less notes (maybe whole?) Anyway...

cool thanks for the advice guys... I'll have a play around, and see if I can hone in a bit

I was reading an interview with one of my favorite bassists and he mentioned one of his techniques is playing soft. He followed that by stating many bassists play too hard. What do you think he means by this? I mean, apart from just hitting the strings lighter (we're talking about playing with a...

haha are you making fun of how us Aussies talk?

I'm a professional bike mechanic. I raced mountain bikes for over 12 years, road for a few years, bmx and track a bit here and there. I did some coaching on the side too. For riding pain there's a number of things to look at. Fit is important, you need to have the right top tube length for...

That would be like learning how a magician does his tricks! No fun in that :P

Of course, and I wouldn't deny that at all. The problem I am seeing, and it might just be that it's an extremely hot topic in Australia at the moment, but it's that people are claiming to be 'secular humanists' and protesting heavily against Shaira Law, Burqas, various apparent abuses of human...