At 57, I'm the youngest in my band. They keep trying to get me to play really modern stuff like Tom Petty and Johnny Rivers. It's depressing.
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I Feel Like A Dinosaur
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My Nephew is just starting college and his own school used to be quite a frequent source of work for my old college band for parties and school related events when I was his age. So I asked if there have been live bands at the parties he's gone to and he said "nobody hires bands for school parties, they all get DJ's". Sadly the world of music in that regard has indeed changed quite a bit!
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mediocrity at its finest
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The Solange record works well. I thought her choreography was goofy. I guess ambient is a great word for Derrick Hodge.
I feel I am just following the natural order of things. I played popular music back in its day. I kept playing it and adding a little here and there. Eventually, my music should be a hit at the senior center when I get there. I think I will go with pterodactyl. Spelled funny and such a cool dinosaur!! You were giving us a choice, right?
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Right there too. Love the "classic" stuff and most of our clientele is 50+ years old.....but we still pack them in everywhere we play!
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We ARE dinosaurs. Them's the facts. It is amazing and somewhat bewildering that the music of the 60's/70's has stayed so foundational and relevant for so long.
As far as slap - it's a sound. Sometimes it fits. I haven't slapped in about 5 years - no need. Got sent a tune to record a bass part for yesterday, and it just calls for that sound, so I'll slap.
Support the music, do what the song calls for.
As far as slap - it's a sound. Sometimes it fits. I haven't slapped in about 5 years - no need. Got sent a tune to record a bass part for yesterday, and it just calls for that sound, so I'll slap.
Support the music, do what the song calls for.
I would...but my name isn't Rex....Just call me Bassasaurus Rex.....
I'm also a dinosaur but, music is music. I will have a go at any of the modern pop songs on the radio today. What's so difficult about these songs? I know a lot of these pop songs use computerized or keyboard bass but, so what, learn to improvise. Either you're a bass player or you're not. No excuses, just play the instrument.
Why do I feel that today's Idiocracy society is all walking around wearing Devo(lution) hats? Whenever I make the mistake of turning on "Today's Hits Radio" I feel like, and want to act out like the title character in this:
KEXP 90.3 FM - where the music matters
If they don't have a show you can enjoy, you either only like classical or you don't really like music at all
If they don't have a show you can enjoy, you either only like classical or you don't really like music at all
I'm happy to not be a dinosaure and have a very wide palette of stuff I like to listen to that can feed me with new stuff quite often.
There's a depressing amount of sameness for me in a lot of the new band music I'm hearing thses days. I wonder if there's an official cookbook or formula they're using…
And that: "Woa-0h-A-oh!" in all those faux choruses has got to stop. It's as clichéd as the old disco drum's Doo! Doo! Doo!
And that: "Woa-0h-A-oh!" in all those faux choruses has got to stop. It's as clichéd as the old disco drum's Doo! Doo! Doo!
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