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Do you guys jump around while playing the bass?

Jump...Yes?No?

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    Votes: 73 49.0%

  • Urgh...No....

    Votes: 76 51.0%
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#41
Originally posted by Flea 1

Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers jumps about and does whattever else he does you cant call him terrible now can you he's one of the worlds greatest bassists.
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thats very true flea may be the exception to the rule who knows he doesnt wear high top tennis shoes so i dont know if hes all that or not maybepkr2
 
#45
Originally posted by jazzbo


Here are some other tips that I use:

1) Practice with ankle weights. Let's face it, your bass is probably going to be, (assuming your cool), slung down to just about knee-level. While it's hard to simulate that without the bass on, (and EVERYONE knows you should first practice without your bass on, you wouldn't want to damage that expensive bass, right?), you can get a similar effect with the ankle weights. Don't get too heavy ones though, or else the first time you take them off you'll go right through the roof!!!

2) Proper back technique. Pay extra special attention to this. Since your bass will be at about calf level, (let's be honest, only dorks have it as high as their knees), you'll need to dramatically hunch over, unless you're built like a weak-kneed contortionist. Trust me, it's not easy to have your back hunched over, focus on slapping the shiznit out of your bass, and keep your hair out of your eyes.

3) Get a huge mirror. Look, let's just be frank, if you don't look good playing, you don't sound good playing. It's just as simple as that. If you can't see yourself doing this, how do you know you look cool enough. You could also videotape yourself.

4) Are you wearing heavy clothes? Doc Martens, other heavy boots. Chains, dog collars, metal, spikes, chainmail? Anything like this is going to weigh you down. Dress light. Dark colors, (which look cooler anyway), are lighter, everyone knows that. Wear lots of black.

5) How heavy is your bass? Speaking of heavy clothes, when your bass is slung down around your ankles, (I mean, c'mon, who wears it as high as their calves anymore? Dorks! That's who!), you don't want some heavy Fender or sumthin' down der. Represent.

6) Use transparent stickers. Don't, I repeat, DO NOT, use sparkly stickers. Picture this, you're playing your butt off, you're loud, in charge, slapping quicker and shaking more than Michael J. Fox having an orgasm during an 8.5 earthquake, your bass is slung down below your feet and up around your back, and your shiny stickers elude the fog machine, with the disco light, and catch your eye at the right angle. You're going down quicker than Monica Lewinsky with a high ankle sprain. Be very careful.

7) Play LOUD! I'm assuming you're using two 810s. You should be anyway. If you turn it to e-lev-en, then the stage will shake and rumble while you slap the crap out of your low B string, (please tell me you ARE playing a 5 string bass!), and the shaking will help you get lift.

8) Try practicing on a trampoline. This time-honored method is really going to test your focus at extreme heights.

Good luck. God speed.
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LMFAO!!!

This had me rolling on the floor. Embarassing, when you're at work. :)
 
#49
7) Play LOUD! I'm assuming you're using two 810s. You should be anyway. If you turn it to e-lev-en, then the stage will shake and rumble while you slap the crap out of your low B string, (please tell me you ARE playing a 5 string bass!), and the shaking will help you get lift.

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:D
 
#50
Originally posted by lildrgn

Jumping is cool. Just do it in moderation. Don't distract too much from the rest of the guys. Keep a balanced stage show. Remember Pearl Jam at the MTV awards a while ago? Jeff Ament running around the stage while the other dudes pretty much stayed nailed to their spots? Distracting. Don't be distracting.

:D
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You say potato, I say ROCK STAR. :D Seriously, I enjoyed Jeff's playing in both Mother Love Bone and Pearl Jam, but when I saw that performance of 'Animal' on the VMAs, Mr. Ament went from being one of my favorite bassists to one of my favorite rock stars as well.
 
#56
i sure as hell jump around!...im the singer for my band as well, and man its so much fun jumping around and playing and having to sing as well(the only stuff i jump around to is punk stuff)...but i cant really jump around in like some really hard chili's song or something....but ive been told i looked cool when we were playing(for a school music performace thingy) Naked In The Rain(by the chili peppers) and i managed to squeeze a jump in!!..
 
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