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Feildy vs. Justin Chancellor

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I think if you are someone like Justin Chancellor where creativity is more important than technical ability there is no need to practice other than before or tour or before recording an album. I have heard similar things said by the Tool drummer Danny Carey. Not practicing before writing an ablum supposedly gives him a fresh approach and makes him forget muscle memory and some of the comfortable and common things we all play when we practice.

I for one don't practice as much as I should but I'm no Wooten or Jazz fusion maestro nor do I want to be. The main practice I get is jamming with drummer of my band a few times a week to keep tight.
 
#27
You miss the gist of the thread. It isn't about these two players as so much it is about us.

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To expand upon this, I believe we can have a discussion maturely, can't we? if not, isn't that a horrible commentary on us as it is?
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Gists of threads hardly account for anything.

Theres a lot of canned responses to a lot of topics here.
1. If you mention Fieldy, you get x number of the hate posts.
2. If you mention an ERB, you get x number of might as well play
guitar posts.
3. If you mention bongo's, you get x number of toilet comparison
posts.
4. etc....

The list goes on and on. Your challenge is to wade through this and find the intelligent posts that actually add some insight to the thread. This particular post... not being one of those.
 
#28
On the bass day DVD, Oteil Burbridge said that he really didn't practice much anymore either, most of it is just from playing these days.

But, this is compared to him practicing ALL day for days on end, so its a little about perspective I suppose. Bottom line, I wouldn't use these comments to gauge different people commitments to their instruments. I'd let their tracks speak for themselves.
 
#29
Tedintheshed said:
There was a lot of uproar in the bass community during cause by the Bass Player interview of Feildy of Korn when he said he didn't practice.

Do you still practice?

Not really. A little before a tour, I'll make sure my playing becomes more regular, just to build up strength.

Justin Chancellor in July 2007 Bass Player Magazine

I think it is interesting that he didn't receive the same response from the community that Feildy did.
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no contest, Fieldy can't hold a candle to Justin, and that's not a biased answer, it's just the plain and simply truth.
 
#30
I don't see what you guys are trying to get at here?
the fact of the matter is, Korn sounds the way it does thanks to fieldy, and TOOL sounds the way it does thanks to Justin.
those are the only important facts!
who's better?
who should practice more?
they don't even use the same approach nor do they play the same music.comparison here is just plain stupid.
 
#32
Tedintheshed said:
I think it is interesting that he didn't receive the same response from the community that Feildy did.
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I think that a professional musician of any genre who tours as extensively as these two bass players do, probably doesn't need to practice that material adnauseum (sp.). My band for instance has worked on creating ten original songs over the last year and a half. At this point we are ready to record, and after that is done, I don't think I'll practice this material as much anymore, because we'll be playing shows more, and these songs have become muscle memory (to a point). However, I will still practice because I am a weekend warrior, who clearly sucks and needs to learn a few things. The other positive aspect of not practicing, is pulling away from old, tired habits, and discovering new creativity within your abilities. Thinking outside the realm of what you normally do. I asked a great musician one time "I don't feel like playing, but I know I should practice. What should I do?" His answer surprised me. He said "Don't play. Put it down for a while, and when you want to play -play!" ...:D :bassist:
 
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James Hart said:
agreed.... that's why I was glad this thread only lasted a short bit and then fell out of circulation a month ago.

now as for Tool sounding like Tool because of Justin.... They sounded very much the same earlier with Paul D'Amour too me ;)
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Can you imagine what they would sound like now if Paul would have stuck around? My personal Opinion thinks they would have went to the gutter eventually......Altho Undertow is a great album.......JC really cut thru the glass with Aenima...and so on after that!.........
 
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Cajunmetalist said:
Can you imagine what they would sound like now if Paul would have stuck around? My personal Opinion thinks they would have went to the gutter eventually......Altho Undertow is a great album.......JC really cut thru the glass with Aenima...and so on after that!.........
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Paul wrote a good part of AEnima. Demos of AEnima, Stinkfist, Eulogy, and Pupoopie. They sound jsut like the ones Justin recorded with the exception of Pupoopie, but the bass isn't different, the whole song got reworked for the final version.

If you want to hear these, hit me up on AIM and I'll send them to you. Or I'll email them to you.
 
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