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Dominic "Forest" Lapointe : anyone knows him?

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Alec W. Conway

Jun 26, 2006
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Dominic Lapointe, usually called "Forest" cause he comes from a small Québec town named Forestville.

I though I'd make a thread about him since he's my bass teacher and he kicks some serious ass.

He's a heavy metal bassist. He plays for Quo Vadis, Atheretic, Augury and does some live performaces for various bands when the offers are there (he played with BARF a few times, to name only 1)

The guy is technical and goes tapping a lot. You can hear some of his stuff here.

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You can even SEE him here, the 3 pictures in the middle of your screen link to scenes from the DVD.

http://www.quovadis.qc.ca/eng/news.shtml
 
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Brilliant bass player. I personally don't think Augury would be Augury without Forest's bass style. Its ever present in every song and almost like a fundamental key to their sound.

Can't wait for the new album out in a week and hoping for a show down here in Australia one day.
 
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Forest is bomb! It's true, Augury would be nothing without him. I love in their press bio they describe him as the 'demented bass wizard' haha.... so true. You're lucky you take lessons from him, I hope to one day go to Montreal for a couple months to get a bunch of lessons.

Also, it looks like he is using a form of floating thumb for his plucking hand technique.
 
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Holy crap...

Already been THREE YEARS since I posted this thread. Time flies, it's completely insane. Alec W Conway is my old account on here.

Yeah so, I had courses from Forest from about a year in total, and my last course was about 2 years ago. This dude has scarred me for life as far as my bass playing is concerned. I mean, his technique and his approach to the instrument, it has really been a MAJOR influence on the way my bass-playing style developped.

I've played for a year in a death-metal band and, when I wasn't sure what to put on guitar licks, I'd simply go for crazy tapping patterns - which actually got me the nickname of "Irish Tapping Machine" (since I'm a red-head). Anyway, Forest is definitely the biggest influence I've had in my life for my bass playing. I haven't had a course from him in a long while but I'm planning on calling him again soon. Y'know, a little get-togheter and see where the other is at, how things evolved.

Crazy stuff, seeing this thread actually got me motivated to get courses again!
 
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The bassist (now) from Rings of Saturn pointed me to Beyond Creation. That material is SICK! Amazing lines and bass work. And I also have to digest the whole Augury discography. Atheretic album is absolutely great for sure. I love his playing style. One of the best metal bassist and I'm sure he's great on other styles too. I'd love to take lessons from him...
 

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