Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

[lordradish]

Epic!!

It was only a matter of time before this one came up.

 

[lordradish]

What's Torn's story?

Man... @lordradish ...hang in there. I have damage in both ears, but mainly my right from having drummers on that side all the time. Constant ringing. I use custom earplugs now for sure, and you get used to the ringing and hearing loss to conti ue your work. Please keep us up to date about the rest.

Will do! Thanks. I am looking forward to my custom earplugs.

 

[lordradish]

Dang.
With your half-pair of ears and my half-pair of arms we could almost make one bassist
Fingers crossed for a best-case result.

Yeah, it'd be quite the Frankenbassist. But actually, with your two half-arms, my two full arms, my one ear and your two ears, we'd be better than Victor Wooten in no time. I mean, how many three-armed, three-eared bassists are there?

If anyone posts that pic of Steve Vai with the stupid valentine three neck guitar or ANY RICK NIELSEN pics, I'm outa here.

 

[lordradish]

@lordradish from the Glass-Half-Full department: At least your low-end hearing is intact, and since we're bass players... :::ducks:::

I don't mean to make light of your audiological predicament, and apologies if that comes across as callous.

But I come from a radically different perspective: My wife suffers from sensory-neural hearing loss, a degenerative malady that's hereditary; showed up out of nowhere ~25 years ago and very quickly impacted her hearing/discrimination such that it immediately ended what had been a 15-year career as a professional singer. And it's only deteriorated since that original diagnosis, such that top-of-the-line hearing aids now only give her modest assistance in one ear, the other being beyond hope. If she saw the graph from your audiologist she would probably burst into tears and ask "Why couldn't my loss be so minor?!?!" (Her graphs have what audiologists call a "cookie bite" profile, albeit an extreme manifestation: Everything from about 300Hz to 6kHz is >70dB down.)

Good luck, glad you're staying calm, here's hoping you'll get a chance to use your Schwarzenegger impersonation ("IT'S NOT A TUMOR!") soon.

:beer:

I don't offend easily... it's usually things like fascism, stupidity, or superstition that offend my sensibilities, so you're good.

It's funny you mentioned that, though, as I thought, aw crap, almost 10 grand worth of synth gear and now I might have to go back to just bass, someday. That'd probably suck for me, too, tonally, as I'm not into the mud/reggae tone, as a rule.
I never need an excuse for a Schwarzenegger impression, I'm mostly thinking Clint Eastwood at the end of Magnum Force, when he said, "A man's got to know his limitations," right before blowing up the bad guy.

 

[lordradish]

I appreciate the kind words, folks. I'm doing fine. I'm not deaf, I just hear things a bit differently, now. I'm already adapting, in just constantly being aware that there are more high frequencies in everything I listen to than I can hear. Eventually, I might just try to pinpoint more, how much, and just translate that into mixing.

I'm not sitting around thinking it's a brain tumor, or that I'm even gonna be deaf in that ear. But if it is, I'll deal.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

I don't offend easily... it's usually things like fascism, stupidity, or superstition that offend my sensibilities, so you're good.

It's funny you mentioned that, though, as I thought, aw crap, almost 10 grand worth of synth gear and now I might have to go back to just bass, someday. That'd probably suck for me, too, tonally, as I'm not into the mud/reggae tone, as a rule.
I never need an excuse for a Schwarzenegger impression, I'm mostly thinking Clint Eastwood at the end of Magnum Force, when he said, "A man's got to know his limitations," right before blowing up the bad guy.

Magnum force!!!!

 

[theunknowndude]

I appreciate the kind words, folks. I'm doing fine. I'm not deaf, I just hear things a bit differently, now. I'm already adapting, in just constantly being aware that there are more high frequencies in everything I listen to than I can hear. Eventually, I might just try to pinpoint more, how much, and just translate that into mixing.

I'm not sitting around thinking it's a brain tumor, or that I'm even gonna be deaf in that ear. But if it is, I'll deal.

if it helps this is half of my hearing impairments... my hearing declines with distance noticeably without hearing aids, but up close what I can hear is the same thing with less treble... so a microwave to people goes beep, to me it goes boop...hopefully it doesn’t affect your mixing skills etc

 

[monsterthompson]

If anyone posts that pic of Steve Vai with the stupid valentine three neck guitar or ANY RICK NIELSEN pics, I'm outa here.

you didn’t say...

 

[steubig]

@lordradish

But I come from a radically different perspective: My wife suffers from sensory-neural hearing loss, a degenerative malady that's hereditary; showed up out of nowhere ~25 years ago and very quickly impacted her hearing/discrimination such that it immediately ended what had been a 15-year career as a professional singer.

damn

 

[steubig]

David Torn has been on my mind quite a bit, lately, and if this does get severe, I've actually thought about reaching out to him. Thanks.

cool. glad it didn't seem stupid.

 

[steubig]

for those who don't know the david torn story. it's pretty remarkable. read it and then consider that he plays and records and *masters* people's recordings.

David Torn - Fate Is Not Completely Decided

 

[lordradish]

you didn’t say...
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That was the other one, who's that poser? George Lynch?

 

[monsterthompson]

That was the other one, who's that poser? George Lynch?

Batio

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

for those who don't know the david torn story. it's pretty remarkable. read it and then consider that he plays and records and *masters* people's recordings.

David Torn - Fate Is Not Completely Decided

For me the 1st one that came to mind is Pat Martino.
Mind blowing story.

 

[lordradish]

Batio

My knowledge of Peak Hair Band is scant. What band?

 

[Spectrum]

Batio

 

[monsterthompson]

Batio

lolz

My knowledge of Peak Hair Band is scant. What band?

Nitro. All sizzle, no steak.

 

[emjazz]

That was the other one, who's that poser? George Lynch?

I love George Lynch. Incredible guitarist.

 

[steubig]

batio's wikipedia page sounds like it was written by him or his publicist.

some of those l.a. metal guys could actually play.

 

[monsterthompson]

Since we're talking guitarists and I know there are some folks here who appreciate heavy music, Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom died at age 41 today. What a shame. I saw him do a clinic at the local GC, and I've seen CoB live, and I've been to the infamous Bodom location. Not my favorite artist of all time, but certainly someone who left a mark on the world in his short time on the planet.