hartke20g said:
How do you play roots and 5ths? Middle and pinky? That's just for you flashy types who think you need to play notes other than the root and the 5th.
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Bass Player Pet Peeves
- Thread starter The Owl
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How do you play roots and 5ths? Middle and pinky? That's just for you flashy types who think you need to play notes other than the root and the 5th.
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adge said:
Well, I only use three.
My left hand got crushed in a work accident. After the reconstructive surgery, my ring finger isn't quite what it was before - it's not totally aligned with the other three, and the joint capsule is gone, so I don't have independent movement of it. So, when I play, it lays on top of my pinky for reinforcement.
Frankly, I think I'm damned lucky that I had a world-class surgeon, and that I still have any use of that hand at all.
So, if it pisses you off, well ... tough.
Drummers who think their kick drum is the only instrument that owns the beat.
Corollary of tplyons posting above
Corollary of tplyons posting above
Guitarists *coughs* MINE *coughs* who play nothing but what they want to, and turn there nose up at stuff i recomend
How come it takes me a minute and a half to set up, and everyone else ****in hours.
When guitarists say " i know a song we can do, its got alot of really great lead bass in it" and turns out to be root notes.
guitarists being so loud you cant hear yourself, then when you can they say " turn it down"
Oh and by the way all of the above, my guitarist does. im gonna quit soon i think
How come it takes me a minute and a half to set up, and everyone else ****in hours.
When guitarists say " i know a song we can do, its got alot of really great lead bass in it" and turns out to be root notes.
guitarists being so loud you cant hear yourself, then when you can they say " turn it down"
Oh and by the way all of the above, my guitarist does. im gonna quit soon i think
- Back when the rest of the band i'm in where at school, and I would repeatedly say "I can't do daytime practices because I work, its after 6 or weekends" so they would repeatedly ask "can you practice daytimes at say 3pm?"
- This is a really petty one but being the only member of my (old) band that had a tuner.
- Bassists assuming they can use my rig, then wonder why I say no the day of the gig. Its just polite.
- Having a set list written down for the guitarist and drummer, but they still shout over and ask what the next song is.
- Band members that don't listen or practice songs we have just written that they "really liked" last week.
- Being the only one in the band that seems to want to 'get good' and do more gigs.
- Have people tell me that i'm not a real musician because I play bass.
- Letting everyone know what time band practice is a week in advance, but still getting a message from the guitarist the day of practice saying "What time is band practice this week?"
- Guitarist who just has to bust out a solo.
- Singer/Second guitarist who despite being taught the rythm and the actual riffs can't keep in time, or play the right thing at the right time.
- Guitarists who's tone and distortion sound like ass.
- Drummers that say "I only have one volume". Wrong.
- Why my guitarist has to want to include a low open D on every fricking song.
- People who insist on using a flash right in front of your face on stage.
- Fellow band members getting pissed whilst playing, not cool.
- Playing in the dark, down the end of someones garden.
- Being told to turn down, because we were sound checking in aforementioned garden.
- Having to drive miles to practice, only for the practice to sound crap and be un-productive.
- Being told to stand the other side of the stage, for no aparent reason after I've set up.
Think thats it, theres alot more there than I thought.
- This is a really petty one but being the only member of my (old) band that had a tuner.
- Bassists assuming they can use my rig, then wonder why I say no the day of the gig. Its just polite.
- Having a set list written down for the guitarist and drummer, but they still shout over and ask what the next song is.
- Band members that don't listen or practice songs we have just written that they "really liked" last week.
- Being the only one in the band that seems to want to 'get good' and do more gigs.
- Have people tell me that i'm not a real musician because I play bass.
- Letting everyone know what time band practice is a week in advance, but still getting a message from the guitarist the day of practice saying "What time is band practice this week?"
- Guitarist who just has to bust out a solo.
- Singer/Second guitarist who despite being taught the rythm and the actual riffs can't keep in time, or play the right thing at the right time.
- Guitarists who's tone and distortion sound like ass.
- Drummers that say "I only have one volume". Wrong.
- Why my guitarist has to want to include a low open D on every fricking song.
- People who insist on using a flash right in front of your face on stage.
- Fellow band members getting pissed whilst playing, not cool.
- Playing in the dark, down the end of someones garden.
- Being told to turn down, because we were sound checking in aforementioned garden.
- Having to drive miles to practice, only for the practice to sound crap and be un-productive.
- Being told to stand the other side of the stage, for no aparent reason after I've set up.
Think thats it, theres alot more there than I thought.
hartke20g said:
Wha? You just said your pet peeve was people who play middle + ring, but now you say "there is no set way" when called on it.
The Owl said:
- Spending the best part of half an hour EQ-ing my amp and experimenting to find a decent tone only to have my 5yo (mildly autistic) daughter walk past while I'm playing, twist a dial and it sounds a heap better than I dialled in! Thats a good peave though
- Having our vocalist complain he loses energy and momentum when the strings noodle about for a bit, then hanging around and waiting for him after he dissappears for a "short" (45 minute) cigarette break, at his own house!!!
Thats my 2 peaves...
Cheers,
Andy
Depth_Charge said:- Spending the best part of half an hour EQ-ing my amp and experimenting to find a decent tone only to have my 5yo (mildly autistic) daughter walk past while I'm playing, twist a dial and it sounds a heap better than I dialled in! Thats a good peave though
- Having our vocalist complain he loses energy and momentum when the strings noodle about for a bit, then hanging around and waiting for him after he dissappears for a "short" (45 minute) cigarette break, at his own house!!!
#1 go little girl!!!!
#2 are you sure it's a "cigarette" break
what about geeks who think there gods... Drummers, singers, and guitarists....
Guitarists that just start jamming during a show, and it's a song you've never even heard...
What about drummers during practice that just can't resist the temptation of beating the hell out of their drums in between songs.....
Keyboard players who want to pick every song that the band plays and refuses to play anything they think is not a good song..
Musicians who want to play what they want to hear instead of what the crowd wants to hear..
Sound men who crank the highs on the keys so loud everybody in the bar needs hearing aids the next day,
Breaking your back setting up a pa rig and having a lame ass singer complain saying "I can't hear myself in the monitors" Everyone else can hear fine you pos....
Wireless microphones..
musicians whose main reason for living is getting drunk during a show and messing up the whole band.. (********)
And my favorite, getting the **** shocked out of ya when you go to sing..... (SOMTHINS NOT GROUNDED RIGHT YOU IDIOTS....)
Guitarists that just start jamming during a show, and it's a song you've never even heard...
What about drummers during practice that just can't resist the temptation of beating the hell out of their drums in between songs.....
Keyboard players who want to pick every song that the band plays and refuses to play anything they think is not a good song..
Musicians who want to play what they want to hear instead of what the crowd wants to hear..
Sound men who crank the highs on the keys so loud everybody in the bar needs hearing aids the next day,
Breaking your back setting up a pa rig and having a lame ass singer complain saying "I can't hear myself in the monitors" Everyone else can hear fine you pos....
Wireless microphones..
musicians whose main reason for living is getting drunk during a show and messing up the whole band.. (********)
And my favorite, getting the **** shocked out of ya when you go to sing..... (SOMTHINS NOT GROUNDED RIGHT YOU IDIOTS....)
My number one pet peeve at the moment: Being very volume conscious, running levels through while sitting out in front with a dB meter and getting it all down to an average of 90dB while FEELING a whole lot louder... just to have some older lady out front ask me to turn it down as soon as I hop back up on stage. It's difficult to explain to someone that it's "not as loud as it feels".
Oh, and number two: Having gigs lined up until October, and suddenly, it's near impossible to book anything past that.
Oh, and number two: Having gigs lined up until October, and suddenly, it's near impossible to book anything past that.
I prefer my steak without a pulse.
OH god, in a band at the moment where the drummer insists he is a better drummer than i am bass player. and says "ohh ill go slow and easy so u can kepp up" what a dick.
For sure! Sometimes she'll come up while I'm playing and rake her hand across the string a few times, making that "Gwoar" sound...then runs off giggling, or my 6yo will "sneak up" and twiddle a tuning peg mid song...thats a good one - I'm going "what the heck happened there?" before I realise or get a confessionjady said:#1 go little girl!!!!
jady said:#2 are you sure it's a "cigarette" break
If it isn't, I don't wanna know hehe
Mine:
--When Someone BRAGS about how good they are. Honestly, if you're that good, you really don't need to tell us all about it.--
--Those who put down another person's musicianship (i.e. "You can't play bass" "You Suck" Or "Bass is easy...anyone can play it") I HATE IT with a passion..
--When Someone BRAGS about how good they are. Honestly, if you're that good, you really don't need to tell us all about it.--
--Those who put down another person's musicianship (i.e. "You can't play bass" "You Suck" Or "Bass is easy...anyone can play it") I HATE IT with a passion..
bassguitarist08 said:
I've only once had someone tell me that they thought bass was easy - I handed mine to him and asked him to show me. Once, after I played Long View, the same guy says "You must love that song, finally one where a bass drives the song"...I'm thinking "Yeah, OK"
Boy, where to start??
1) fighting the urge to strangle those who proclaim "a bassline should be felt, not heard" and/or having to constantly battle to be turned up in a mix when we mix-down our stuff.
2) anyone who screams "Freebird" at us during a gig and really means it!!!
3) anyone who starts touching your stuff between sets without permission. "Cool bass dude, check it out, look, I can play too" as you're running for his throat
4) a person who screams "WILL YOU GUYS PLAY SOMETHING, ANYTHING WE CAN EFFING DANCE TO!", So we play a string of painfully dancable covers (Saw Her Standing There, Stand By Me, Hound Dog) only to have them sit there and forget that they had wanted to dance 5 mins ago.
5) a guitar player who will unfailingly play a few chords/hook from any popular modern or otherwise, cover tune between songs at an *ORIGINAL* show. (GRRrRrr!!)
6) bands who try to cover up the fact that they suck by being so exceedinly loud that you can only "hear" a deafening rumbling and screeching and not anything that vaguely resembles music
7) soundmen who walk away from the board during your set only to have mics start screeching
8) monitors that dont work
9) the enivitable drunken fat chick who will always come right up to the stage and start grinding and gyrating while making mojo-eyes at any one of us. Trust me, we're laughing AT you not with you. (sorry if that offends anyone..yes, I'm a d*ck, I can admit it.)
10) any band that shares our gear and turns everything up to 10 (see#6)
11) guitar players who play with so many effects that every song sounds like background music to some cheesy Sci-fi show
12) neurotic bass players who complain far too much
1) fighting the urge to strangle those who proclaim "a bassline should be felt, not heard" and/or having to constantly battle to be turned up in a mix when we mix-down our stuff.
2) anyone who screams "Freebird" at us during a gig and really means it!!!
3) anyone who starts touching your stuff between sets without permission. "Cool bass dude, check it out, look, I can play too" as you're running for his throat
4) a person who screams "WILL YOU GUYS PLAY SOMETHING, ANYTHING WE CAN EFFING DANCE TO!", So we play a string of painfully dancable covers (Saw Her Standing There, Stand By Me, Hound Dog) only to have them sit there and forget that they had wanted to dance 5 mins ago.
5) a guitar player who will unfailingly play a few chords/hook from any popular modern or otherwise, cover tune between songs at an *ORIGINAL* show. (GRRrRrr!!)
6) bands who try to cover up the fact that they suck by being so exceedinly loud that you can only "hear" a deafening rumbling and screeching and not anything that vaguely resembles music
7) soundmen who walk away from the board during your set only to have mics start screeching
8) monitors that dont work
9) the enivitable drunken fat chick who will always come right up to the stage and start grinding and gyrating while making mojo-eyes at any one of us. Trust me, we're laughing AT you not with you. (sorry if that offends anyone..yes, I'm a d*ck, I can admit it.)
10) any band that shares our gear and turns everything up to 10 (see#6)
11) guitar players who play with so many effects that every song sounds like background music to some cheesy Sci-fi show
12) neurotic bass players who complain far too much
