Hi all, I saw that there's a thread on Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden from a long time ago, but I figured I would start a new one.
Has anyone done extensive research on him? The only work I know by him is with Soundgarden (my favorite band!), although I would like to start listening to his other work such as Hater and Wellwater Conspiracy.
But what I really want to focus on is his stage presence and playing style. OK, seriously, how can anyone play with their bass strung that low?? If you're unfamiliar with what I'm talking about: Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose HQ (Pinkpop Festival 92) - YouTube
^^Starting around 22 seconds in, you get a pretty good idea of what I'm talking about. And how he walks across the stage around 32 seconds, UGH! SO BADASS! And how the hell does he do that at 1:12?
Naturally, I've tried. I'm a jazz major at my school, so normally I play jazz/funk/ska/etc. and end up keeping my strap all the way up so I can play extremely precisely.
Now, in that song, "Jesus Christ Pose", there's some pretty fast stuff and he seems to be playing very well (hard to tell with the audio quality, but obviously if there was a problem I'm sure they would bring it up as a band).
Basically, I just want to be able to talk about Ben Shepherd, especially with people who may have some insight as to how he pulls off that stage presence while still performing the song (practice, practice, practice?), or talk about his gear (I believe it's mainly Fender P basses, sometimes a Ric or a Hofner as well). Anything you know about him, just spit it out! I want to know.
P.S. is it bad that I'm tired of playing with my strap all the way up to perfectly perform jazz/funk? I just wanna let my bass string low and hit the ground, destroy things onstage, and play a rockin' show. I'm a skinny fellow so I could perfect the look too
Has anyone done extensive research on him? The only work I know by him is with Soundgarden (my favorite band!), although I would like to start listening to his other work such as Hater and Wellwater Conspiracy.
But what I really want to focus on is his stage presence and playing style. OK, seriously, how can anyone play with their bass strung that low?? If you're unfamiliar with what I'm talking about: Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose HQ (Pinkpop Festival 92) - YouTube
^^Starting around 22 seconds in, you get a pretty good idea of what I'm talking about. And how he walks across the stage around 32 seconds, UGH! SO BADASS! And how the hell does he do that at 1:12?
Naturally, I've tried. I'm a jazz major at my school, so normally I play jazz/funk/ska/etc. and end up keeping my strap all the way up so I can play extremely precisely.
Now, in that song, "Jesus Christ Pose", there's some pretty fast stuff and he seems to be playing very well (hard to tell with the audio quality, but obviously if there was a problem I'm sure they would bring it up as a band).
Basically, I just want to be able to talk about Ben Shepherd, especially with people who may have some insight as to how he pulls off that stage presence while still performing the song (practice, practice, practice?), or talk about his gear (I believe it's mainly Fender P basses, sometimes a Ric or a Hofner as well). Anything you know about him, just spit it out! I want to know.
P.S. is it bad that I'm tired of playing with my strap all the way up to perfectly perform jazz/funk? I just wanna let my bass string low and hit the ground, destroy things onstage, and play a rockin' show. I'm a skinny fellow so I could perfect the look too
