Fieldy has a Instructional DVD....

[barebones]

I don't know. Kinda has a big, low, deep tone, like techno or electronica music. Not what I do, but it's its own kinda cool thing.

 

[dannoman]

The Mike Inez video was cool...

yes it was

 

[Jumbotron]

What's saddest and most appalling here, to my mind, is that Steven Perkins is on this video. Seriously, that's the best he can do? How the mighty have fallen.

 

[Turkeybasster]

I am SOOO inspired.

Hey, I give Fieldy props for playing in Korn, w/e I don't like the group. And yea, If he fits thats fine but DON'T MAKE AN INSTRUCTIONAL video if you can't do anything more. I doubt it would be hard to learn Korn songs (I haven't tried, so sorry). I'm sure that an instructional video is just for money and doesn't really provide anything useful for bass. Maybe he says some cool things about the music industry or recording, I don't know. I can't imagine EVER caring enough to give this video a second glance.

 

[vene-nemesis]

There is one thats lamest than any other video:



Blasko from ozzy

 

[Alan Vorse]

Instructional videos are largely useless anyway. Nearly everyone I've bought got watched once and now lives in my closet.

 

[MHensleyJr]

There is one thats lamest than any other video:



Blasko from ozzy

Oh man, you weren't kidding! This whole series of instructional videos looks worse and worse the more I see.

 

[bassrique]

Whoa, he actually plays notes, who would've known?

No, I really like Korn, especially the old stuff from 10+ years ago but I really wouldn't call Fieldy so great bassist. He's more like a percussionist IMO

Interesting.

why do people here bash this guy all the time? a lot of kids out there think he's cool and they want to do the same thing as him.
when someone starts a thread about jaco's suckyness it gets closed immediatley (not because it's policy here, but because some people feel offended).

i think your just jealous that fieldy made millions and you didn't.

I imagine he's bashed because he appears to be VERY one-dimensional. I'd like to see what else he can do.

As H.L. Menckin said:
No one ever went broke underestimating the American public.

H.L. Menckin was an interesting and brilliant cat. Bit of a douche, but an interesting quote machine nonetheless. That's all I'm allowed to say.

 

[Peredur]

I wish my playing was famous enough to be dissed and laughed at by people I do not know.

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

LMAO!!!

"I play Dean Markley strings because they are really bright... thud thud thud"
:scowl:

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

That video was... well, it reminds me of darn near everything that is wrong with popular music today... all pose, no play.

Do kids actually look up to this guy???

 

[Darkstrike]

His sound, like it or not, fits with his band, seems like he's doing his job fine.

 

[Fire-Starter]

I don't want to bash, but I could not get into this at all, but he is getting paid for doing what he likes to do regardless of what anyone thinks of his playing, so more power to him for that.

 

[Mr-Wunderful]

I wish my playing was famous enough to be dissed and laughed at by people I do not know.

Me too.

 

[Jim Carr]

The ads just keep on coming.

 

[NKUSigEp]

There is one thats lamest than any other video:



Blasko from ozzy

I dunno man, Blasko is actually a pretty good bass player. Didn't have the hardest bass lines in the world with Zombie, but that vid is pretty bad LOL.

 

[Rickett Customs]

I'll go with NKUSIG on that on, Blasko is on a whole other level, competence-wise than Fieldy, plus he's played with more kats anyhow.

Fieldy is good at what he does. Korn owes alot to his approach to the bass. Does he need to do a instructional? I guess

IMO, I would have more to offer in an instructional than Fieldy, but who would buy that?

 

[dreadheadbass]

some of the greatest bass players have cited influence from bass players far below their ability how red will our faces be if the next stu hamm or billy sheehan appears onstage wowing us only to inform us feildy made him or her pick up the bass lol

i'm not a feildy fan but some people love that bass tone the same way some love jamerson's tone or jaco's tone either way if i wanted feildys tone i'd probably find that vid quite interesting
but unfortuanatly it only held my attention for about 2 min before i went back to searching youtube fo midgets bullfighting

 

[Eric Perry]

This can only end badly.

I do not approve of all this Fieldy bashing.
Nor do I want to stop you guys.


But let me step in.

Fieldy adds to Korn's music what is needed.
It wouldn't be cool without Fieldy's slap.
And Korn has a wide fanbase, among them most fans appreciate Fieldy's work.
So he must be doing his job right.

He also succeeds in making the bass audioble.

That slap tone is a slap tone suited for this kind of thrash metal. (nu metal? whatever subgenre Korn is.)
I have no problem with the tone.
And he has nice rythm.

Yes I realize he is more of a percussionist.
But it works.

Korn wouldn't be Korn with a traditional bass.


Just playing devil's advocate here.
I'm no Fieldy fan and I don't wish to have his "skills".

But the same way I look at a famous guitarist, the same way I look at Fieldy.
Appreciate it, but another kind of musician than me.

I used to be a Korn fan. Hey, it was 12 years ago and I was 14... till the age of 17.
(With "used to be" I mean I don't like the stuff they brought out after Freak on a Leash.)



Sorry for the intermission.
Go on ahead with the bashing.



And yes I am in a certain mood today.

(But I'm a little bit glad I got another rant of my chest.)

you know, I'm sure I'm gonna catch hell for this since I always do....but I'm about to stand up for Fieldy right now. If it gives me any credibility at all, I'm a 10+ years studied classical double bassist, and I've played electric bass with many famous artists and have toured all over the world.

Ok, so he has an instructional video....that's a little whack and pretty hysterical, however, I think people, especially bass players, are really missing what he's trying to do artistically, and I think he is fully aware of the sound he gets.

First of all, Korn was not only genre defying, but one of the most innovative metal bands that has ever existed. Fieldy was first a guitar player, but switched to bass after he saw the percussive effect of slapping at a chili's concert. He then creatively used this technique in a way that hadn't been done before in a musical context of groove meets screaming and rocking out meets hip-hop, driven by extremely painful lyrics sung by a messed up dude with an obvious passion for what he's saying. I have been a korn fan since the bands inception, but sort of fell of by their last few albums and the band started to fall apart. However, I think the sound Korn achieved was not only innovative and fresh, but it deserves far more respect than it's given and I think Fieldy is due a lot of that respect as well.

I'm not trying to say Fieldy is Victor Wooten here, and if I woke up one day and my '69 P-bass made that sound I would light it on fire. I'm trying to say I don't think Fieldy sucks and sometimes I even envy him for having figured out the sound he hears in his head.

+1 to both of these...

 

[neurotictim]

Im grooving to the idea of all these bass players getting some face time - especially some of the less-celebrated bassists... I mean, no one's going to come out and say that Robbie Merrill is one of the greatest bassists, or plays the most interesting lines, but in the realm of Godsmack, he's doing the fundamental bass thing - holding down the low end - very well. It's cool to me to see them talking gear and giving some insight on where they came from, what influenced them, etc.

I wouldn't mind seeing some of these with the more critically acclaimed bassists, FWIW.

 

[Honk'n_down-low]

Easy to criticize - when you have achieved the success he has - then you have room to be critical.

Not defending him - but there is too much hating already, why perpetuate more against fellow Musicians?

Music is a gift in all its forms and it is blessing to play in any context. To be successful is icing on the cake.

Funny that Video has doubled in sales since this thread started.
Lot of Fieldy lovers here in the closet.