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Duck was my favorite bass player and a huge influence on me, his music will keep him immortal. My prayers go out to his family. Rest in peace, thank you for everything you taught me.

I started playing in front of people, a few years ago, when a friend and I started to try to form a band. We're good friends despite the fact that I'm 46 and he's 30. The other two members are maybe 23 and 28, I think. it's never been an issue. It probably helps that I'm pretty immature for my...

Thanks everyone, I won't meet the organizers until Sunday, I've been getting all our info second hand so far. It's a benefit show to (I think) raise money to help veterans. Initially we agreed to play because it was a good cause, it would be great exposure and we were going to get to open for a...

Thanks Ed. We're meeting with the organizers on Sunday and will discuss the need for them to provide sufficient PA, hopefully, they'll agree.:bassist:

Absolutely in over our heads! Thanks for all the incredibly fast replies, I've already talked to the rest of the band, we're talking to pros tomorrow.:bassist:

Here's my dilemna: my band has been bumped up from opening act to headliners for a benefit at the end of next month. We need to provide a PA, which we had been counting on the original headliners to provide. We are playing outdoors, to an expected croed of three to five thousand. Any...

None of these bands made it big because they were high, they made it big and also did drugs. Are you suggesting Sublime needs drugs to play music? As a regular pot smoker, I can't think of a single thing you can do better while high. Drugs are for those in the audience, not for those making music.

We tend to go with either black dress shirts and jeans, or black sport coats with dress shirts. Every time I see a band that looks like everyone else in the bar I think of how many bar owners have commented about how much more professional we are compared to the other local bands. I understand...

I play a 1999 4003, had it for a lttle more than a year, I think. I had one issue, the neck pick up has pole pieces that stick up a little, I have a heavy right hand and would ground out the strings on the pick up, making an annoying click sound. I didn't lower the pick up because thats where my...

I really like Starving Armadilos, very catchy, memorable.:bassist:

I was talking to the guitarist who started our band with me, we noted how we finally have gotten to the point where we wanted to be. We have four sets of music, a steady reliable drummer, PA and lights. We're starting to build an audience, starting to develop realtionships with owners and...

I know Blue can be very cynical, but he's been doing this alot longer than most of us. I don't agree with him quite often, but I listen when he talks( actually I read when he writes, but you know what I mean). My personal opinion on you situation is this: You could take the gig, promise 50...

I recall having a similar issue a year or so ago. I wanted to be the super melow bass player, just doing my thing. I was having similar problems, but with a harmonica player. In the end, I decided it was better to be an a**hole than have the music suffer. I recall my buddy in the band asking me...

Hey Tom, thanks for keeping this thread alive. A while bak you wrote about always being ready to promote your band, I did a quick search, but I'm at work and don't have time to find the exact comment. Last Saturday, we had a gig at a new bar for us. After the first set the guitarist says" Cool...

Before I played in a band, I would play my guitar and think that someday I'll be in a band and I'll get to play all my favorite music. After being in bands for a while, I realize you're lucky if you get to play some of your favorite songs.Being in a band is all about compromise. I wouldn't wait...

I actually had a stranger experience than that, last weekend. We played a country bar for the first time, Saturday night. We play a mix of rock and country, more rock than country. We find out that there is a dj who'll be teaching country line dancing during our breaks. At our first break, the...

I replaced mine,sounds alot better.:bassist:

We're officially a democracy, but it doesn't work out that way usually. If the lead singer/guiarists wants to play it, I'll give it a try. Drummer is laid back, just says whatever you guys want alot. I suggest a song to the singer/guitairist and he usually whines about something stupid, I have...

I like the song list, that being said, I don't see what would set you apart from other bands. The list seems pretty heavy on standard bar tunes. :bassist:

Blue, whats up with the name change?

We currently have three songs on our demo, two originals and one cover, all full length. We initially had four songs on it, cut one because I didn't think it captured who we are , as a band. We recently redid our cover sheet in an attempt to look more professional. We use these to book gigs...

Why not play both covers and originals? Currently we have 7 or 8 originals and 35 or so covers. We play enough obscure covers that the people who want originals think we play more than we do. We also rarely announce when a song is original and the cover wanting audience is happy. We try to...

Find some friends to jam with, you could put an ad on craigslist or your local music store bulletin board.:bassist:

I find the stort unbelievable, it reads more like a fantasy. :bassist:

Friday night, the drummer and I went out to check out the competition. We saw one band that played party rock, openned their set with Wooly Booly,Give Me Some Lovin' and (gasp!) Mustang Sally. For the record, we once auditioned a drummer and guitarist(they came as a set) and the deal breaker was...

I would try this: " Dude, I was thinking the other day about the band. You're a great singer, absolutely what we need in a front man, we are truly blessed to have you. Anyway, I was thinking it might be better overall if you sang without your guitar. Me and(insert guitar players name here)can...

Thanks, I read your post and thought "it can't be that easy". I went home and sure enough, you nailed it. thanks again.:bassist:

Has anyone figured out Don't Need You by Cross Canadian Ragweed? Its a great bassline, my band wants to do this sing, can anyone help me out?:bassist:

I understand this won't work for the OP, but I compare 5 string basses to pick ups with lift kits when someone starts the 5 is cooler than 4 b.s.. The "5 string is cool" a**hole looks confused and I explain I'm incredibly well hung and need neither a 5 string bass or a lifted truck to feel like...

I tend to be early, last night I showed up at 5:20 for a 6:00 rehearsal. I also like to play more than everybody else, I'd play every night if the rest of the band was willing.:bassist:

If your band learned a bunch of cool covers, could you get the Summerfest type gigs? If you got the gig, could you not play your originals? I look at it as originals is the product I want to sell,covers as a vehicle to get our originals heard. We strive to make sure that we play just enough...

This is exactly what my band does, playing a mixture of covers and originals. Our plan is to increase the number of originals as we write them. It seems to work great. We play all our originals in the first set. For covers we mix lesser known songs with "bar band standards". We haven't announced...

I,uh, um, burn incense, yes,yes, thats what you're smelling.:bassist:

Dylsexics Untie!:bassist:

by this criteria, hers the beginning of the list of great bass fakers: Bill Wyman, The Rolling Stones Dusty Hill, ZZ Top Adam Clayton, U2 Johnette Napolitiano(sp?), Concrete Blonde Anyone want to add to hte list?:bassist: Also, IMHO, to be a "real" bass player you need to understand your...

How many chords do I have to know to be a real musician?:bassist:

Currently: me: 46 years old, administrator Guitarist, 28 years old, project manager, same company as me Drummer: 23 years old(I'm guessing), grad student in engineering. A year or so ago, we played out with our old drummer, a 21 year old college student. After the set, someone walks up to...

Its a tricky question, our band didn't really start, it kinda happened. It started out as a bunch of guys playing in the shop after work. I remember it being very chaotic, I had owned a bass for perhaps 48 hours before we played. The first song that sounded right was Free Falling. I remember...

The guitarist inour band works with me, our conversation went like this: Me: " Some guy on the bass forum say he sold milions of records, I think he's full of sh*t" Guitarist: "Whats the band?" Me: " something like Staind, doesn't even sound like a real band" Guitarist: " Staind?, you're...

What was the name of the recored that sold millions of copies? Just curious.:bassist: