I'll never record again, ever.

[Treebeard]

Yeah, that's not personal at all!
I'll never record audio or video of myself playing ever again, and the encouragement here has helped me solidify that.

What are your reasons for being discouraged from recording?

Tell him where be can put it, and keep gunning for perfection.

 

[irjason]

I always appreciate when people do sound clips or videos. I see a lot of people ask for clips on here and I find them valuable as well. I think it's a shame that on a site where we talk about how things sound so often a person would go out of their way to be negative about it. I'm sure it doesn't encourage anyone else to post.

 

[bobba66]

I never try anything. I just do it.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I think it's a shame that on a site where we talk about how things sound so often a person would go out of their way to be negative about it. I'm sure it doesn't encourage anyone else to post.

It comes up once in awhile, subtly usually. Like someone will joke that they're going to record badly on their cellphone & post it, or say they used to respect my opinion until they heard me play.
When the same person does it over & over, I feel like it's counter-productive not to just me, but others seeing the splendid display of criticism.

 

[CryingBass]

We NEED a TB fight Club.

I want this guy backing me up if this turns ugly

 

[Hahaha]

You gotta admit, the term "Can of wasps" is a bit funny.

I've never heard that, but I've heard "jar of ants" to describe metal guitar players.

 

[MrMoonlight]

Ah, I just remembered I'll be playing bass, so there's no need to worry about the personal zone getting into focus.

Well, there are ways around that. Just strap on a Steinberger or an old Westone "Rail". Instant stardom.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

metal guitar players

When I hear "metal" player of any kind, I think of this:



They're actually made of metal!

 

[Deleted member 165050]

It comes up once in awhile, subtly usually. Like someone will joke that they're going to record badly on their cellphone & post it, or say they used to respect my opinion until they heard me play.
When the same person does it over & over, I feel like it's counter-productive not to just me, but others seeing the splendid display of criticism.

Sounds like you got a cyberstalker.

 

[bolophonic]

OP, I'm curious how you expected those recordings from last year to be received by the bass community. I realize that art is subjective and all, but how do you feel about your own playing? Personally, I like to know if there is room for improving my own skills. Recording is a huge tool for self discovery.

 

[Biggbass]

I love recording...even more than playing live. And I love producing even more.

 

[mexicanyella]

I say play bass because playing bass is fun. If it ceases to be fun, stop. I bet there were plenty of people who didn't get where Lemmy was coming from, tonally, when he started developing his approach, but he did it and did it and found people who did like what he was doing. If the bass can be a tool for you to make a sound that you enjoy, that's valid/relevant/legit. Don't be heckled out of having fun.

Put another way, there's a school of thought that suggests that if you do something expressive and it pisses people off enough to offer up unsolicited and unconstructive criticism, you are probably doing something worthwhile...keep it up.

 

[Pbassmanca]

We NEED a TB fight Club.

The number one rule of TalkBass Fight Club, is never talk about talk bass
Fight Club....

 

[Fat Freddy]

Recording is a huge tool for self discovery.

I recorded myself once and discovered that I was the huge tool.....

 

[Pbassmanca]

Yeah, that's not personal at all!
I'll never record audio or video of myself playing ever again, and the encouragement here has helped me solidify that.

What are your reasons for being discouraged from recording?

Luckily as it stands, the few recordings I've been lucky enough to play on went off well and so I have never been discouraged as of yet. If I were you , I would say screw all of these detractors and wet blankets, and I would immediately record the best sound clips of me playing bass I could (regardless of their quality) , and splatter TB, Youtube, and the internet in general with them. F@$k the man!

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I don't even have any gear for recording, not that I want to.

 

[Downunderwonder]

Yeah, that's not personal at all!
I'll never record audio or video of myself playing ever again, and the encouragement here has helped me solidify that.

What are your reasons for being discouraged from recording?

Record all you like. It could be instructive to hear what 3010LF with no tweeter sounds like. Only if you don't mind everyone else hearing something way different to you and telling you.

The quoted post is after last week's episode when you accused me of stalking for bringing up your hearing loss when you were giving out tonal advice.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Yeah stalking, because you like bringing it up at every opportunity. Do you scan for my posts when you login?, so that you can contradict me?

I also was not giving out advice about timbre. I was discussing overdrive or no overdrive on a Shuttle.

 

[guy n. cognito]

Yeah stalking, because you like bringing it up at every opportunity. Do you scan for my posts when you login?, so that you can contradict me?

To be fair....it's hard to look at TB without seeing at least a dozen of your posts. Not saying that's a bad thing. Just sayin.

 

[Relsom]

I don't mind recording so much...just don't let me eq anything in the mix. My hearing is way gone and anything I mix is going to be far too bright.