After not seeing my drummer friend who I used to casually jam for a while with said wow! You’ve really improved.
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Best awkward compliment you've gotten
- Thread starter VeryTallBassist
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Girl who approached the stage while I was coiling my cables "My boyfriend also plays bass, but he's really good".
Parton near the end of the gig says "you guys are really good, I really like your music but then
again I'm really drunk & maybe won't remember you tomorrow".
again I'm really drunk & maybe won't remember you tomorrow".
Dolly never struck me as a drinker...?
Were they ready for that kind of music?
At least one guy noticed your playing and called his relative, advising him to adopt your style. The rest is history.
Bet your bass amp puts out 1.21 gigawatts.
No, but let me tell you about this cool car my eccentric buddy let me borrow…
"I appreciate what you were trying to do there"
That came from my brother, a full time pro guitarist/teacher, after a song in which I was given a solo. Tongue in cheek, because we both know I'm not a great soloist.
That came from my brother, a full time pro guitarist/teacher, after a song in which I was given a solo. Tongue in cheek, because we both know I'm not a great soloist.
"Wow, it's awesome to jam with a REAL bassist who plays with their fingers"
- After jamming through some pretty simple and easy tracks that they had in their cover set. Of which basically every song was played with a pick
- After jamming through some pretty simple and easy tracks that they had in their cover set. Of which basically every song was played with a pick
I completely failed to give a compliment once and I would love to apologize to this guy if he's out there, Dace Robie of the Max Allen Band, a hell of a player. I used to love watching the MAB whenever they came through town. I went through a couple years of excessive drinking and one particular night I was watching these guys and after the gig I wanted to say something like "I'm not really familiar with Ibanez instruments but that bass sounds really good!" but what came out of my mouth was "Hey that bass sounds pretty good for an Ibanez!" and I could tell that I had upset him. He's a really great player and I've always felt terrible about that one. FWIW, I was hit by instant karma on the way home when I crashed my bike in the Family Video parking lot.
You're still alive to tell that story, so congrats on surviving what could have been a lethal inebriated driving situation. It sounds like you've learned not to do that.
At the end of our shows there’s typically a line of people gushing over the sax player because for some reason he’s the feature. There’s been a few times where people have looked over and giving me a half hearted “oh you were good too“
After a gig a few years ago the promoter thanked us for not playing “Brown Eyed Girl.” Kind of back-handed, but I’ll take it.
From the opening band (they were a little rough).
" Great job. You guys are going for that whole playing together thing. "
" Great job. You guys are going for that whole playing together thing. "
"...and you very nearly pull it off."
