Funny thing...

[Dropped D]

Funny thing...
Last weekend I ripped through Flea's work in You Oughta Know, and the house yawns. Before I can even finish the first run through of Seven Nation Army's riff, people are yelling and getting up to dance. Funny.

 

[LBS-bass]

Funny thing...
Last weekend I ripped through Flea's work in You Oughta Know, and the house yawns. Before I can even finish the first run through of Seven Nation Army's riff, people are yelling and getting up to dance. Funny.

It's the power of the iconic, signature riff. People love what they are familiar with, which is why so many of us insist that if you're playing covers, that signature stuff really needs to be in there.

 

[mrcbass]

I find that I'm lucky if my band even notices some of the stuff I do. Every once in a while the guitarist or drummer will pop his head up, stare at me with a grin because they notices something cool.

With the exception of the well-known, iconic, "solo" lines, we truly are felt and not heard by most non-bassists.

 

[WI Short Scaler]

Funny thing...
Last weekend I ripped through Flea's work in You Oughta Know, and the house yawns. Before I can even finish the first run through of Seven Nation Army's riff, people are yelling and getting up to dance. Funny.

Same thing happens when we play the "solo" section in Brown Eyed Girl. People will notice and tell you how cool it sounded and that you play well for that while never noticing all the other things you played that night that were much harder to pull off.

I recently had a bass player I didn't know come up on break and tell me he liked my singing and playing "All My Loving" which is still a great feeling. Take our accolades however we can because they can be pretty rare.