Recent content by Raudsarw

I'm sitting at a bar when someone comes up to me and says they need a bass player, right now, and they'd pay me 1000 euros for just one song if I don't screw up. I get up on the stage and get handed a sheet of music, I think no problem, I've trained for this. I sit down, and discover the music...

Stuff like this is why I'm a bass playing libertarian!

I'm starting a jazz trio with piano and drums. Of course, traditionally you'd see a double bass instead of bass guitar, but I've only held an upright once in my life (Yesterday, in fact). Not as easy as I thought it would be! I'll start practicing double bass at my music school but that will...

Figured out the Jaco technique. Still needs some practice, and new strings, but I'm getting it. Thanks guys.

I've been trying to learn "I'll Be There" off of Marcus Miller's new album "Renaissance". An absolutely beautiful piece. Invalid Link Removed How the hell does he get those harmonics at 0:08? I'm pretty sure the bass is in standard tuning.

2 weeks... If you count playing at school as a gig (Oh god, the memories...). About a year and 6 months for a real, paying gig.

I began my studies at a conservatory this week. Enrolled in a blues class. The first song we did was... You guessed it.

They need probable cause. Not consenting to searches is not probable cause. Actually, consenting to searches is stupid. There are plenty of things that could go wrong, even if you're innocent. If you own a used car, can you be 100% sure that the previous owner didn't hide something illegal in...

I have the opposite problem. Vocalist is absolutely amazing musically, but sucks as a frontman. She is too scared to talk to the audience, so I have to do the talking. Nothing I dislike more than a band that just talks too much between songs though. I talk only when the guitarist is switching...

I'm pretty confident in my playing abilities. I know my theory as well. But my one weakness is technology. One time I tried to figure out why my amp wasn't working for 20 minutes, before the guitarist found out the mute button was on... I know how to set the EQ, but if there is anything else on...

If you're playing outside and the temperature changes all the time you really don't have much of a choice.

I start one of my songs with a BOOOOSH. Wakes everyone in the audience up.

We have something similar to craigslist in my country. I only used it once, and found the band of my dreams. Not only that, I made some really great friends, and I made lots of different connections through them, I know plenty of great musicians I can call up, so I never have to put up with any...

If they can learn on the fly, it isn't that much of a problem. I've created my own basslines to a lot of songs in this way, I think it adds some flavor.

Because we're musicians. A large ego kind of goes with the trade.