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Cocky "musicians" in the Audience.

#201
klyph said:
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.:)
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Best explanation yet.
 
#202
KillerNeuron said:
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! :hiding:

But show me a deeply intellectual musician with an appreciation for aircraft and I may fall victim!
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If you are ever in Colorado, I'll have to buy you a beer!!! ;)

I was a 68J assign to Detachment F of the 137th Aviation of the Colorado ANG, I worked on the armament system of the cobra heli. I have 1.2 hours in a Cessna 172 but can't really afford more lessons because I spend my money on bass stuff but can fly any prop plane on Microsoft simulator in any weather condition.(yeah, sims are a bit nerdy!:help:) I posted on your thread when you were designing your pick guard for your bass and thought I saw a flying tiger bass somewhere but could never find it. I love how your pick guard turned out!!!

But I do play a 5er..... :hiding:

If you like snowboarding and beer, I might fall in love with you!!!!:D
 
#203
Heckling the band in between songs seemed to be this phenomenon that kinda came and went a few years ago around here. Kids and other bands would shout crap at you from the audience, not in a mean spirited way but just to annoy you and try to make you look like an idiot. I always liked engaging them, and I found the best replies were to make fun of myself even more. I've found that usually shuts people up.

A good reply to that guy would have been "gee, I just started playing last month, i've got a long time before I'm a real bassist. Besides, i'm a girl and I'll never play as good as a man". That would have made the guy feel 2 ft tall. Since i'm an idiot with a big mouth I probably would have called the guy out over the PA during the show and tell the whole audience that. Or asked him to come on stage and play a song with the band, making sure he didn't know the song.

It sucks that there's elitists everywhere. Gotta learn to ignore them. Like our old recording engineer told us once, if you haven't been told you suck today then you're obviously not playing in a band.
 
#205
KillerNeuron Munster

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#207
I was in line at a Jeff Lorber Fusion concert back in the day. There was one dude saying that Jeff Lorber was a rinky dink soloist, really putting him down in front of his crew. However, when Jeff came outside where we were standing, this same fool was the first one to shake Jeff's hand! And he was in line, paying to see this rinky dink soloist!

A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste! :cool:
 
#209
walterw said:
OK, i give up; what plane does that particular nose art go on the side of?
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Traditionally, this nose art is associated with the P-40, which wore these teeth probably the most famously (even though it was an RAF inspired design). There are an array of modern aircraft today that wear this type of nose art too, to include the AH-64D, A-10, etc. :)
 
#216
KillerNeuron said:
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?
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I laughed to myself when I read this....:D

There was a time in my bass playing career when I would have knocked this clown on his ass but alas, those days are long gone....:bawl:

Not only am I Waaayyyy too old to play "Ranger Rick" anymore, but I would "like" to think that I am a little more wise than I was in my 20s.....:D

Stupid people abound in the world. Take them at face value and move on - they aren't worth the effort.
 
#217
KillerNeuron said:
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?

:bassist::spit:
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Even though I'm a bit late to the party I'll say something that I've said before in regards to "those players."

The ones with the biggest mouths are the ones who are most afraid.

It's true and don't tell me differant. If someone was confident about themselves as a person and a player they would have no need to come off with that kind of behavior. This guy obviously has no confindence.

I had a similar thing happend to me a while back in my local music store. I was trying out a bass, just sitting there doing my thing when some "kid" (20 years old, I'm guessing) says "I can tell by the way you play that you don't slap much." (???) I just looked at him and said "and?" He says "err, I mean...it seems like you don't play in that style." Once again from me.."and?" He kinda looked down and walked away. Good.
 
#218
KillerNeuron said:
Traditionally, this nose art is associated with the P-40, which wore these teeth probably the most famously (even though it was an RAF inspired design). There are an array of modern aircraft today that wear this type of nose art too, to include the AH-64D, A-10, etc. :)
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My Brother (recently retired) was an A-10 (WartHog) driver. His Squadron had the same art....I "believe" that most(?) of the hogs have that same art?
 
#220
That guy sounds a complete ***hat. I dont even understand why anyone would feel its ok to say something like that, or that a statement like that would be correct... just boggles my mind.

I guess its different where i live. I have a 4 string, two 5 strings, and a 6 string. I mostly use the 5 strings for my band (Black sabbath tribute), but alot of people are always saying they want to see the 6 string!
 

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