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Do you play differently when you're angry?

#9
I play more like a noise rock rhythm guitarist and less like a pure bass player. But to be fair, my happiest medium (pumped/engaged/whatever, but still passionate without being angry) is still a fairly aggressive mix of bass riffs and rhythm-esque chords. Sometimes I scrape up my knuckle picking too aggressively as well, or catch my nails under strings on upstrokes which absolutely kills and probably keeps the anger going. It's a cycle.
 
#10
I play more notes when I'm mad. I try not to do that though.

(The assumption is mad at my band mates, like when the get too comfortable and sloppy drunk onstage. Maybe at a venue or crowd, but that doesn't usually happen.)
 
#12
Yes I did :D

but better avoid fear and anger...:laugh::laugh::laugh:

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#14
From a cognitive behavioral standpoint: I don't play angry music or hate music because, I avoid that kind of negative thinking and behavior. But I do play other types of music with the blues mentality which is emotional and with feel.
 
#15
Yep. And that isn't always a bad thing. I try and change what I am playing based on mood: when angry (or, more often, frustrated) I really dig into the frets and it is the only time I can really play convincing thrash metal. It has me paranoid about switching to a fretless, however, as I am sure I would just murder the fretboard.

But on stage I am usually pretty emotionless. Between performance anxiety (I teach and preach as well, it isn't going away) and my poor memory, I have too much to focus on to feel much else. Works REALLY well as a bassist, but horribly for vocals.
 
#18
Yes, if I'm angry I tend to grab my Rickenbacker rather than my Jazz bass. That brings out a different approach already, playing more with a pick than fingers, and then I tend to attack things with more aggression, and push the tube pre harder getting a much more agressive tone.
 
#19
I just smash the thing regardless. My fingerstyle playing is quite percussive and I also slap a lot. My basses all get put through their paces with me. I have dragged my first bass around like a battle-axe, punched it, kicked it, thrown it across a room, hit it with a baseball bat and many other things. Surprisingly it still plays really well and I nowadays play with a fender p bass that's just a dream to play. Haven't done much to that YET but you never know.
 
#20
Lachlan Legge said:
I just smash the thing regardless. My fingerstyle playing is quite percussive and I also slap a lot. My basses all get put through their paces with me. I have dragged my first bass around like a battle-axe, punched it, kicked it, thrown it across a room, hit it with a baseball bat and many other things. Surprisingly it still plays really well and I nowadays play with a fender p bass that's just a dream to play. Haven't done much to that YET but you never know.
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