Recent content by THRILLSEEKER

I play in drop B tuning (B f# b e) and I'm currently playing with a D'Addario 5 string set, (on a 4 string, just using the 4 fattest strings) 45 to 135. The only problem I'm having is that I'm getting too much fret buzz. I've set up my bass well and can't seem to eliminate it. Obviously this...

Buy groceries. Being as it's only a week tour you may even be able to pack nearly enough food to get you by. But whenever I've been on tour for a month or more I try to solely eat groceries. You save a ridiculous amount of money, and it's healthier. Granted I do this so I can afford more...

Depression is something I've certainly struggled with, and sometimes music is a release and other times it's exactly the opposite. Generally playing always helps me, but when I'm in a bad place listening to certain music makes it worse. It doesn't help that I'm pretty masochistic so when the...

:p just making sure.

I'm at work and didn't have time to read through the whole thread to be sure no one else already said this, but make sure if you're running windows on it you have some sort of virus protection. When all you're running is the mac side of the computer there is nothing to worry about in terms of...

I understand that many people have bad experiences with cops. Whether it be a cop being a jerk when he's pulls you over for something petty, or if it is something on a much larger scale. But it bums me out so hard when people with stereotype every cop as being a wanker. I have the utmost respect...

Worst moment, band broke up. Best moments, unquitting smoking, listening to converges new record (also rancids new record, conor obersts 2 new records etcetc, definitely some good records this year), I had a total of about 3 and a half months of good moments this year on tour.

Play video games, and smoke cigarettes. Sometimes my friends and I do awesome things like go ghost hunting with baseball bats, or shoot fireworks off places. I also like skateboarding and snowboarding. Mostly I like video games and cigarettes.

I'm gonna go ahead and throw it out there that there are artists of pretty well every genre of music that glamourize drugs, and violence. Obviously you see gang culture supported more within rap, but I can think of examples of songs by country, funk, punk, metal, and pop artists that make light...

My old band played a youth event and one of the kids was telling us we sucked before we even played, because we told him we were a metal band and that we didn't sound like Slipknot. Shortly afterwards that kids mother, yes, mother, was following my friend (guitar player) and I around and losing...

Egg them on. My old metal band played a bar show with the epitome of what you could call a bar band, to a crowd of either middle aged rednecks, dudes in tapout hats and UFC shirts that thought we were "fags" for wearing "tight" pants and screaming, and people who wanted to enjoy a nice evening...

To go along with that, I'm not sure if you've played any shows yet or not. But always remember that with a band first impressions mean everything. 9 times out of 10 if a person sees a band and they suck they will never give them the time of day again. Not that I'm implying that your band would...

You didn't mention it there so I'll make sure you know to cover myspace. Myspace can be such an effective tool, especially if you want to really work at it. You can get a program for your computer called 'Friend Blaster' and it makes it so you can add up to 500 people a day I think. Lots of...

I actually joined the forum to ask a question about this. I am reasonably new to playing bass but have been playing in bands for around 6 years, so I have seen my fair share of bass players, and guitar players for that matter, complaining about finding strings they really like. I own a Fender...