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Blasting a Wasp Nest with Dynamite?

#141
If your church is anything like the churches I play for, and are of the same denomination, the answer is simple and already predetermined.

Just copy what Hillsong does, verbatim. You’ll experience no resistance or opposition if you duplicate Hillsong’s every individual action, approach, and stylistic distinctive. Just find out if Hillsong’s bass players carry one bass or two basses, do exactly what they do, and you’re golden. Even better if you pray and dress like them. But don’t be over 30 years old. Hillsong.
 
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cxcxcx said:
If your church is anything like the churches I play for, and are of the same denomination, the answer is simple and already predetermined.

Just copy what Hillsong does, verbatim. You’ll experience no resistance or opposition if you duplicate Hillsong’s every individual action, approach, and stylistic distinctive. Just find out if Hillsong’s bass players carry one bass or two basses, do exactly what they do, and you’re golden.
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Do NOT copy the actions of their NYC pastor though.
 
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cxcxcx said:
That dude will land on his feet somewhere, gracefully as a cat falling off a sofa, and without one drop of sweat. Bank on it.
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Oh, of course.

My dad told me once that if you make a mistake and lose tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands you’ll get fired. Probably have a hard time finding a new job afterwards, and you’ll likely take a pay cut.

Up it to millions and you’ll get fired and land a job that pays much better because you’re clearly running with the big dogs, and “you know what can go wrong”.
 
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Off topic, our music director sewed this nice mask for me!
 
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Dr. Cheese said:
I carried two basses to practice today. I only took one out of its bag. We went over three CCM songs that were all half and quarter note root notes in the first position. This is my only gig. What is the point in caring about gear so much if don’t actually need it for what I get paid to do? I guess some perspective does not hurt.
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Maybe a smallish gig bag (i use a canvas tool bag from home depot) throw in an extra set of strings, string winder, pair of pliers,batteries, screw driver, tape,& extra cord and or anything you'd need in case your bass fails at a gig. so you can leave your backup( 2nd bass) at home. As for tones you are the judge, if you arent critical about your tone the use one bass,if you are take 2. I'd start with 1+gig bag, and if that works you're set you'll quickly learn if you're left out,needing a 2nd. I f your un happy with your band situationor song selection then thats up to you to change make that choice,I acquired my bass collection from chasing tones, My band was fairly limited too. I ask them/ suggested we change up the setlist a little, I ended up moving on.Im Much happier now! Best advice, keep it simple, in hindsight It was so much easier to only have to keep track of 1 bass, than an entire setup (pedalboard, Bag, amp & basses).
 
#157
micguy said:
CCM = Contemporary Christian Music. My brain saw "Credence Clearwater Revival" on first pass, so I understand the confusion.

I play a lot in church, but my gigs there are amongst some really good musicians. During the pandemic, we show up prepared, do some (not a lot) of rehearsal, run through the worship set once without stopping (partly for the benefit of the the tech guys), and then (at the right time) we do the service - which is something like 150 people in a 2000 seat room right now, with a Youtube simulcast to the folks staying home.

Some people do get paid to play in church, some of us (myself included) are volunteers. The places I play are mixed in that regard. The 2 places with consistently the best musicians that I play at are.....the ones with the most volunteers. This always makes me snicker a bit when the "pro" discussions start on here. The smaller places have a harder time attracting volunteers, so at those places I often play with more paid folks. They're usually younger, getting started, more in need of income, and less experienced than the volunteers. Oddly, we all get along just fine, and work together very well, regardless.
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Thank you for explaining. I had no idea. I thought CCM was a brand of bicycle.
 
#159
So Anyway, I put together an OLP Music Man body with a Squier neck and played it in my main band for about a year. I had about $100 dollars in it, had a lot of fun putting it together, and it sounded fine. At the time, I probably owned 10 other basses including Fenders, a Spector and a Carvin.

But I started to feel self-conscious about bringing it to gigs. I figured the BL was running a business and I should do my best to reflect the best image I could on his product. That's one of the reasons I bought a Rickenbacker... they are a well-made instrument and are easily identified in the music world. Bringing it to a gig helped demonstrate that I was serious about my role in his band and business.

Plus I needed take a tax-deduction that year.

But mostly, I just wanted a Rickenbacker.
 
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