dumbest thing i have ever heard

[huckleberry1]

This is about subjugating other musicians, nothing more

 

[remainthesame]

Tell him that he needs to tell the keyboardist to tune down to drop Db as well. Also, if the drummer could turn the volume on his acoustic drums down, that would help a lot as well.


Oh! Let him know that since you have so many effects pedals that you'll need some AC batteries to power all of them, the DC type just won't do

hahahahaa

 

[Fair Warning]

I used to think that it made no difference when I can play my 5 string as long as I covered the note range of the guitars. But I have been challenged by my current band which is heavy Metal Groove, and the guitars tune to C at the low end. So the challenge always comes when the groove we are playing uses a Low C. This is easy for the guitars, but I end up grooving with my fingers spread 4 frets wide through the whole song. This is hard, but has made me a much better bass player. There are other reasons too that make the sound different when you are not tuned exactly like the guitarist.

I am with the OP though. The bass should have the artistic license to tell its own story and not be forced to play guitar patterns note for note. I stay tuned to a standard so that I instantly know where everything is on the fretboard. No drop tuning for me on the top string.

 

[JimmyM]

This thread is easy to solve...probably has been already since it's a couple months old (I didn't read it, just the first post and the last couple), but if you want the gig bad enough, then you either do it or they will get someone else. Might be stupid, might be unfair...doesn't matter.

 

[jblmusic1994]

I do not agree with this. My range goes from baritone to 2nd tenor. When I was singing 2nd tenor all the time my range was a good half octave higher then it is now. We just did a 40th year reunion concert where I had to go back to those old songs. It took me three months but I got most of my range back for that show.

Yes, you can extend your range with practice, but range is determined by the physical makeup of your vocal cords. I can sing anything from low baritone to Mezzo-soprano, but I am technically a baritone. Also, different genres have different meaning for "vocal range".