So this post is mostly for you younger guys and gals that are still worried about your playing confidence...so yesterday was date night for the wife and i ,she had some business to deal with at old navy in our local mall..that was music to my ears as theres a nice music shoo right next door to old navy..Take YOUR TIME BABE,was my reply when she told me this,they actually know me at this shop ive done a lot of business with them so when i go in i sanatize my hands and go play whatever setup i want,i found and Esp surveyor and and ampeg micro svt..a bass and rig ive wanted for a bit now,anyway i noodle around for a bit,my comes over about 20 minutes into me being at tge music shop...by that time im already disappointed that i have the cash yet still cant buy what i want so i go check out clearance stuff find a few fender custom shop stickers,and a few packs of 4 string pacjs, so i snag them a set of dunlop 45 to 105s and a set of roto 66s 45 to 105,i go to check out theres an old guy yelling about how much he lives the shirt.so he says to the casier LET ME TEST IT..then he turns to me and says WHATS THIS SAY? Sorry forgot to mention tge shirt has guitar chords on it 3 of them,ive seen it before but not remembering i reply..IM NIT GOOD WITH LEAD CHORDS AT ALL BRO..ITS A REALLY COOL SHIRT THOUGH...This dude comes off with YOU CALL YOURSELF A MUSICIAN,him and the cashier laughs at me rudely in front of my wife of all people,it really bothered me at first esoecially when she looked at me and saud YOU CANT READ MUSIC..HOW DO YOU LEARN SONGS THEN? TO her i just said ,IM A BASS PLAYER ALL I NEED IS A KICK DRUM ILL HANDLE TGE REST. Meanwhile this old guy and cashier are still laughing at me,i lost sleep over it,now this morning im like F@&$ THAT DUDE AND THE CHEEZY LOOKING CASHIER, i grew up in a music business oriented family my dad ran sound fir some bug name country bands in the 80s,mom handled the financials for my dads personal bands,no i never learned to read never had the interest hell ive never actually wanted to play guitars its been bass since i was old enough to ask why is that one bigger with less string,lol..ALWAYS BASS ,ive been playing for 24 years ,ive had a lot of fun doing it and im VERY competent of a player,i can play anything i hear and im AWESOME at improvising those two guys only heard about 10 minutes of me fiddling with the bass and rig from a cold unprepared mind set so who are they to judge me over a dammed t shirt? The point i want you youngens to get out of my rambling is DONT EVER LET ANYONE DEFINE WHO OR WHAT YOU ARE just because they know something you dont,theres TONS of pro even legendary players..(lead guitar too ) who cant read or name a single chird..you ever heard the guys from Metallica come up with a riff? Hetfield cant name a note let alone a chord..just because that old guy has 20 years more time on me to learn and tge cashier has access to anything he wants musically that dont mean their better people or better players..they dammed sure arent better bass players..your musical journey is YOURS its all about expressing yourself..its the sound that matters not the ability to read a sheet of music ...thanks for reading my rambkes
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Egotistical guitar players
- Thread starter Aaron D
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You've been playing for 24 years and only yesterday you realised guitarists are jerks? 
Should have shown that guitar dork a t-shirt with a piano score on it.
I feel like lead guitar players tend to be the egotistical flakes. Rhythm guitarists tend to be a bit more reliable. There are outliers and it's not fair to make blanket statements, but in my experience that's been the majority under the bell curve that I've observed.
And +1 to those who said that the store employee mocking you was a crass move. He's gonna get the boot real quick, especially if it gets out online that he was a doo-doo-head to a longtime patron.
And +1 to those who said that the store employee mocking you was a crass move. He's gonna get the boot real quick, especially if it gets out online that he was a doo-doo-head to a longtime patron.
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You know how to get a guitar player to play quietly?
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Put a sheet of music in front of him.
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Put a sheet of music in front of him.
A store employee that laughs at any customer will be unemployed before long.
The guitar player... well... yeah, what can you expect.
The guitar player... well... yeah, what can you expect.
That was hard to read. Seems like you cut both English and Music classes.
It would be great if the mods could forbid posts over a certain length without paragraph breaks.
Never understand how people that post without breaks expect people to follow them.
Never understand how people that post without breaks expect people to follow them.
I dunno, I’ve very rarely had anybody disrespect me a musician. I can play a little guitar as well. However in the OPs situation, I would have grabbed a guitar headed the the biggest rig in the the store crank up it as far as it would go, and give them both an earful for about 15 seconds, then leave.
I’ve very fortunate to have avoided most over indulgent musicians in my career, and only a few over indulgent arrangers, which IMO are way worse to deal with.
I’ve very fortunate to have avoided most over indulgent musicians in my career, and only a few over indulgent arrangers, which IMO are way worse to deal with.
The only shirt I can think of with Chords on it is the good old DAD shirt.
But those usually say “worlds greatest” or “best” above of the chords.
It’s not a big deal, but if you’re truly bothered by this, it’s also really not that hard to learn the details behind what you already may know, meaning to just align the written form or the chord structure to your working knowledge… and knowledge is always a good thing not a bad thing.
I know there’s a lot of well-known musicians that say they don’t know how to read music, I don’t think that’s all that uncommon but most of them certainly know the chords and structures. Heck even Flea has recently talked about going back to school to learn about music theory, to fill in the gaps.
But those usually say “worlds greatest” or “best” above of the chords.
It’s not a big deal, but if you’re truly bothered by this, it’s also really not that hard to learn the details behind what you already may know, meaning to just align the written form or the chord structure to your working knowledge… and knowledge is always a good thing not a bad thing.
I know there’s a lot of well-known musicians that say they don’t know how to read music, I don’t think that’s all that uncommon but most of them certainly know the chords and structures. Heck even Flea has recently talked about going back to school to learn about music theory, to fill in the gaps.
Must have been this one.
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I found that post somewhat difficult to read (ironically).
devnulljp
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I used to have a shirt in bass clef. None of the guitar players could read it.
Can't remember what it said now, but like this ...
Can't remember what it said now, but like this ...
I'm a sucker for punishment, I read the entire rant. Why were they asking YOU what the chords were, did they NOT KNOW THEM? To be perfectly honest, I envy blokes who can play what they hear, I'm gonna have a good long hard talk with God when I finally wear out my life string! (Yes, I need a chart or something to follow)
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Paragraphs are your friend.
‘You’re only the bass player’…
Paragraphs are your friend.
‘You’re only the bass player’…
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It is never nice to be laughed at. I would be talking to the owner or manger of the store. That was totally unacceptable.
You judge a man on paragraph breaks?
