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Let's spread some musical misinformation
- Thread starter pklima
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It's never too late to quit your mundane six-figure salary at the corporation and become a gigging musician, especially a bass player.
Many of the greats started out this way, holding jobs that paid hundreds of thousand of dollars annually but quitting it all to go busking on the streets for next to nothing just for the experience.
Many found work and made a modest living but hundreds died penniless basking in the knowledge that they forged their own destiny and nobody told them what to do, which is the greatest reward anyone could ever ask.
But gigs and work are so easy to come by nowadays it isn't funny. Good inexpensive equipment and gear can be found everywhere.
Getting famous is as easy as posting on SnapChat and YouTube.
Should you get in a bit of a pickle, you can CrowdFund your way back to 3 square meals a day with a roof over your head to boot.
Go for it!!
Abandon your job, wife and children and disappear to some place where you'll be appreciated for what you are...yes...a bassplayer!
You'll never look back....ever..
Many of the greats started out this way, holding jobs that paid hundreds of thousand of dollars annually but quitting it all to go busking on the streets for next to nothing just for the experience.
Many found work and made a modest living but hundreds died penniless basking in the knowledge that they forged their own destiny and nobody told them what to do, which is the greatest reward anyone could ever ask.
But gigs and work are so easy to come by nowadays it isn't funny. Good inexpensive equipment and gear can be found everywhere.
Getting famous is as easy as posting on SnapChat and YouTube.
Should you get in a bit of a pickle, you can CrowdFund your way back to 3 square meals a day with a roof over your head to boot.
Go for it!!
Abandon your job, wife and children and disappear to some place where you'll be appreciated for what you are...yes...a bassplayer!
You'll never look back....ever..
A good bass line typically follows the vocal track note for note.
Not if you are a viola player as you'll be surrounded by several other people at least as lacking in talent.
Bass terminology:-
(1) a "Clarence" is when, in a song, you play a belltone on the 12th fret immediately followed by open plucking of the same string.
(1) a "Clarence" is when, in a song, you play a belltone on the 12th fret immediately followed by open plucking of the same string.
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clearance for a clarence should always be obtained first.
News Flash:
Gibson has finally cornered the market on basses with the "auto detach" feature on its headstocks. Other builders have abandoned the idea after years of trying to compete but failing to create a headstock that can be removed as easily as the Gibson design.
Fender designers are quoted as saying, "We gave it our best shot, but we just couldn't find a wood and construction method that was as efficient as Gibsons when it comes to detaching the headstock from the neck. Effective immediately, we are refocusing our efforts towards designing a bass that incorporates Gibson's best in class auto neck dive feature, we can't continue let them out design us on these key features that bass players demand in their instruments".
Gibson who is currently busy hosting a workshop on rosewood and Ebony sourcing methods for USA Customs officials could not be reached for comment.
Gibson has finally cornered the market on basses with the "auto detach" feature on its headstocks. Other builders have abandoned the idea after years of trying to compete but failing to create a headstock that can be removed as easily as the Gibson design.
Fender designers are quoted as saying, "We gave it our best shot, but we just couldn't find a wood and construction method that was as efficient as Gibsons when it comes to detaching the headstock from the neck. Effective immediately, we are refocusing our efforts towards designing a bass that incorporates Gibson's best in class auto neck dive feature, we can't continue let them out design us on these key features that bass players demand in their instruments".
Gibson who is currently busy hosting a workshop on rosewood and Ebony sourcing methods for USA Customs officials could not be reached for comment.
Ibanez solved the neck dive problem. An insider told Bass Guitar Magazine they combine a conventional wooden bass with a headstock of their line of airbasses.
In order to make your bass sound awesome, when onstage get everybody to play their parts two octaves higher than normal while you play your part normally.
