Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

[monsterthompson]

I'm a boutique cork sniffer who mostly plays at home aside from weekly jams w other middle aged dads who like to make weird noise.

We need to start a TB club for this

 

[theunknowndude]

We need to start a TB club for this

Wait isn't that mostly this thread

 

[lordradish]

No apology needed - it was awesome! This seems like a perfect place for the discussion.

Heck, there's a lot of latitude. Half of the posts here have nothing to do with bass guitar, at all, and we're still all better for it.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

Heck, there's a lot of latitude. Half of the posts here have nothing to do with bass guitar, at all, and we're still all better for it.

I want morenof your duo stuff. Im still impresed by the tones you get out of a bass and a #&$&$& TON of pedals.
What's the hold up.

 

[lordradish]

I want morenof your duo stuff. Im still impreses by the tones you get out of a bass and a #&$&$& TON of pedals.
What's the hold up.

Oh, don't worry, more coming. To be honest, since we started doing that series, I've been playing nonstop, and last week I said fug it, and it was the first week I took off since last year. More coming, though... thanks.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

Oh, don't worry, more coming. To be honest, since we started doing that series, I've been playing nonstop, and last week I said fug it, and it was the first week I took off since last year. More coming, though... thanks.

Taking a break IME makes a huge difference for the mind and soul. You come back refreshed and motivated.
Like me yesterday, spent about 1h30 trying to pump out some new stuff for the band on bass and said «fug » it for the rest of the day, My brain was a creative desert of nothing.

I could have faked it and pumped out 2h worth of noise art though........hahahah

Edit: sorry for the "like me" thing.....i hate turning conversations that way. Personal pet peeve and I did it myself without realizing.

 

[lordradish]

Taking a break IME makes a huge difference for the mind and soul. You come back refreshed and motivated.
Like me yesterday, spent about 1h30 trying to pump out some new stuff for the band on bass and said «fug » it for the rest of the day, My brain was a creative desert of nothing.

I could have faked it and pumped out 2h worth of noise art though........hahahah

Edit: sorry for the "like me" thing.....i hate turning conversations that way. Personal pet peeve and I did it myself without realizing.

This was extraordinarily tough, because, until this series, we were very casual, just getting together and having 4 hour shroom jams and such, but this put a torch under us to get serious, and although we had a few recurring ideas, we didn't have anything formal, and we didn't just wanna go down and wing it. We had to come up with 20 mins of material a month, and only get together twice a month, so every night I was up in the sound lab playing, but not necessarily playing for myself - I haven't worked on any of my solo stuff, at all. I was really starting to feel burnt/obligated. We have a show next Sat, so starting tonight, I'm back at it, but it felt so good to just play video games and watch crappy action flicks for a week.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

Long story short. Might be pulling the trigger on a second Red Panda particle v1 to use as the nuclear havoc noise machine to use with my dual rig.

Is this overkill....one on the noise manipulation rig with looper and one on my « bass » pedal board...???
(Talk about 1st world problems.)

 

[monsterthompson]

Long story short. Might be pulling the trigger on a second Red Panda particle v1 to use as the nuclear havoc noise machine to use with my dual rig.

Is this overkill....one on the noise manipulation rig with looper and one on my « bass » pedal board...???
(Talk about 1st world problems.)

Don't sweat it.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

Don't sweat it.

Damn. Can't argue with Lemmy can I.....?!?!

 

[HotelX]

The twin pillars of ambient, Motorhead and James Brown, in one stunning new mashup:

 

[monsterthompson]

The twin pillars of ambient, Motorhead and James Brown, in one stunning new mashup:

Don't get me started on epic mashups. On this battlefield, no one wins.

 

[HotelX]

My personal favorite:

 

[steubig]

Is this overkill....one on the noise manipulation rig with looper and one on my « bass » pedal board...???
(Talk about 1st world problems.)

no, it's not.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

no, it's not.

Enablers.



Already bought it.

 

[steubig]

lol

"too much" is never "not enough"…

 

[HotelX]

Bob says "Too much is better than not enough"

 

[monsterthompson]

Bob says "Too much is better than not enough"

Phil says it's never enough.

 

[Flabzilla]

Enablers.



Already bought it.

Excellent.

 

[Spectrum]

Heck, there's a lot of latitude. Half of the posts here have nothing to do with bass guitar, at all, and we're still all better for it.

Well, I'm a bit poorer for it, at least...

This was extraordinarily tough, because, until this series, we were very casual, just getting together and having 4 hour shroom jams and such, but this put a torch under us to get serious, and although we had a few recurring ideas, we didn't have anything formal, and we didn't just wanna go down and wing it. We had to come up with 20 mins of material a month, and only get together twice a month, so every night I was up in the sound lab playing, but not necessarily playing for myself - I haven't worked on any of my solo stuff, at all. I was really starting to feel burnt/obligated. We have a show next Sat, so starting tonight, I'm back at it, but it felt so good to just play video games and watch crappy action flicks for a week.

Yeah, this ambient stuff is harder than it looks when you start being pressured to put out content or get ready for live shows. For my part I obsess over getting the various sequences set up, making sure the various machines are synced properly, practicing my fade-ins and outs, and doing something in my practice room that can be mostly replicated live with some level of consistency. Then I get up there in front of people and have to do all this stuff usually alone.

Playing bass in a rock band is lot less stressful, to be honest. You have to deal with personalities sometimes, but by the time I get to the stage I'm on autopilot and can relax and enjoy myself.