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How funny is this.

#10
I found it HILARIOUS 'cause that is EXACTLY how I started....one of my friends was a (classically trained and awsome) keyboard player who picked up guitar easily. My other friend was a "decent" drummer so they "needed" a bass player to complete the "Traid" (the name of our first band - sad I know! but hey we were in high school...).

anyways, I grew to REALLY love the bass and the groove we can set down.....I have realized that we ARE important to the music!

And don't you "other musicians" EVER for get that!!!
 
#12
basspraiser said:
I found it HILARIOUS 'cause that is EXACTLY how I started....one of my friends was a (classically trained and awsome) keyboard player who picked up guitar easily. My other friend was a "decent" drummer so they "needed" a bass player to complete the "Traid" (the name of our first band - sad I know! but hey we were in high school...).

anyways, I grew to REALLY love the bass and the groove we can set down.....I have realized that we ARE important to the music!

And don't you "other musicians" EVER for get that!!!
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well my dad smashed my guitar I got,had it like 2 weeks.
some kids needed a bass player for a band,
I was like eh.bass will be easy.so I got one and man was I wrong.hahahahah
 
#13
normajean12 said:
i guess you guys dont find this as funny as I do.
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I laughed. It was funny.

But I can't relate. I am of the age that the Beatles were what I grew up with. I always liked Paul best. Always listened to the bass. The bass grabbed me in anything I listened to. Still does, most of the time. If they would have said "you get bass" I would have jumped up and yelled YES! and got down to it. So, I guess I'm not that guy.

I call bass.
 
#14
7flat5 said:
I laughed. It was funny.

But I can't relate. I am of the age that the Beatles were what I grew up with. I always liked Paul best. Always listened to the bass. The bass grabbed me in anything I listened to. Still does, most of the time. If they would have said "you get bass" I would have jumped up and yelled YES! and got down to it. So, I guess I'm not that guy.

I call bass.
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Total +1

When I was growing up, the bass player was the man! This is a function of the music we were listening to (Chameleon, Brickhouse, Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Good Times, etc.) but "Bass" was the shiznit.

Back in my day, being the Bass player was NOT a bad thing! (Still ain't!)
 
#16
ROFLMAO....It was a question that always drove me crazy when I was younger. People would come up to me before and after gigs and ask: "I tried to learn to play guitar, but it was too hard...wouldn't bass be easier because it only has four strings?" A lot of guys I knew actually crashed out of guitar and picked up the bass. Most of them were pretty lousy players. In my case I went to a live show and was transfixed watching and listening to the bass player. After that, I had to go out and buy a bass.
 

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