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Well, I am in the military, and in an aviation community that sees few females... I think my place of employment has definitely turned me off on virtually all men that act like that, just because I work with so many of em!
But show me a deeply intellectual musician with an appreciation for aircraft and I may fall victim!
Saturday night we played a really great show at a bar, and as we were setting up, one of our guitarists sat down to restring his guitar. Some idiot came up and started harassing him about changing his strings and how its a terrible idea before a show... then he asks, "so does your bass player play a 4 string or is he a real man and plays a 5?" I just stood there, staring at him (lace covered boobies and all) and simply said "4 string." He looked at me like I was scum and said "oh, don't worry, one day you can be a real bassist, like me." I almost hit him. What a douche. Since when did number of strings equal skill?
He sat at his table sulking for the rest of the night while I tore it up (obviously he realized that this little 4 string girl can get around a fretboard), and all his friends were cheering for the "hot bass girl" while he just sat there looking like a little bitch. It made me feel so good. I don't understand why some people try to intimidate others with fictional crap, acting like some music god. I would never approach a band and try to establish my prowess when I am but an audience member.
Anyone else ran into little dweebs like that? What do you do?
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I had a guy in Kalgoolie come up to me after we played Livin' on a Prayer telling me that was rubbish and that I owed him a key-change. I laughed and said ask the singer to square you up.Saturday night we played a really great show at a bar, and as we were setting up, one of our guitarists sat down to restring his guitar. Some idiot came up and started harassing him about changing his strings and how its a terrible idea before a show... then he asks, "so does your bass player play a 4 string or is he a real man and plays a 5?" I just stood there, staring at him (lace covered boobies and all) and simply said "4 string." He looked at me like I was scum and said "oh, don't worry, one day you can be a real bassist, like me." I almost hit him. What a douche. Since when did number of strings equal skill?
He sat at his table sulking for the rest of the night while I tore it up (obviously he realized that this little 4 string girl can get around a fretboard), and all his friends were cheering for the "hot bass girl" while he just sat there looking like a little bitch. It made me feel so good. I don't understand why some people try to intimidate others with fictional crap, acting like some music god. I would never approach a band and try to establish my prowess when I am but an audience member.
Anyone else ran into little dweebs like that? What do you do?
I had a guy in Kalgoolie come up to me after we played Livin' on a Prayer telling me that was rubbish and that I owed him a key-change. I laughed and said ask the singer to square you up.
Later on he comes up and "fixes" my line on a song by showing me a pull off onto the E, so I added it to the line on the fly and thanked him over the mic, pointing him out and all.
3rd set he wants to have a chat, while Im playing When I Come Around. So I stand and chat for a bit and finally I make an small note error and he says "Oh, you missed one there"
At the end of the night he comes up, thanks me for all the fun we had, complained how most bass players are pretentious and uptight about 'fellow musicians' getting in their face at gigs, told me about his band, we swapped details....and I never heard from him again!
Since I made over 800 that weekend I honestly could care less who came in and said what (except the band leader or venue owner!!!). My stage, my pay, my way
Yep thats the one.
Yep thats the one.
15 years!!! You're keener than me man I was over it after a few runs (prolly more the groups I was with than the place though). Rumour has it the country run is the doorway to the city clubs lol. After 2 years of country running, I doubt it.
In fact, The Exchange was the first gig I was offered after approaching a few agents a couple years ago. That band fell through, I joined other bands as a sideman to "learn the ropes". Hearing bandleaders tell me how much they worked and sacrificed and went through to get/hold that Exchange gig sure tickled my funny bone for a while haha
Wow I sure can blab on! Sorry!!
Jaquo, I think you may be misunderstanding the word "handicap" as I believe the poster was using it. I read it as golf terminology- the fifth string being equivalent to extra strokes and therefore, easier to play or more versatile. By extension, a 4_string would be playing with "no handicap" and Tony Levin's 3- string is like adding 6 strokes- get it? I also believe he was being (kind of) humorous. His joke (?) was not very funny, too subtle, and nonsensical to a non-golfer; but joke or not, he was polite. I realize it isn't incumbent upon me to explain the jokes of others (I have my hands full explaining my own humor). But maybe you can stop badgering him (and the rest of us reading this thread) now.
Aviation? I used to be an Aerospace Engineering student. Dropped out though, still I have a soft spot for anything that's aviation-related. And I'm also very happily married so I really don't feel the urge to flirt.
I've played fivers for most of the 18 years that I play now but I since like 1.5 years I've played mostly 4-strings. Somehow they're just more fun.
