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Let's spread some musical misinformation
- Thread starter pklima
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It's not too uncommon for novice bass players to suffer from stage fright their first time out. Many have said it scared them half to death. The important thing is not to get scared half to death more than once, it could be fatal.
Breaking news from New York! Starting January 2017, D'Addario will produce relic'd string sets for guitar and bass.
Each string will be carefully mistreated before being packed in torn paper bags.
Top of the bill will be signature relic'd sets, which will be tortured like if they were used by the artists they will be named after.
To name a few hot items: Lemmy strings, Jaco strings, Geddy strings, Victor strings, Steve strings and Flea strings.
Each string will be carefully mistreated before being packed in torn paper bags.
Top of the bill will be signature relic'd sets, which will be tortured like if they were used by the artists they will be named after.
To name a few hot items: Lemmy strings, Jaco strings, Geddy strings, Victor strings, Steve strings and Flea strings.
Remember this is the misinformation thread--not the factual thread.Actually, if you combine 50 Cent with Nickleback, you get:
Vinyl might be a terribly inconvenient format for music, but historically it served the useful purpose of putting a 23-minute limit on the worst excesses of the artistically meritorious.
Teaching others to play is a waste of time as it doesn't help you out at all.
Little known fact:
When Leo Fender created his first bass it had a "tug bar" and was meant to be played by the bass player in finger style mode specifically with the thumb. But Leo, always thinking ahead, knew this new invention would peak the interest of guitar players in the band who might want to try it out. Therefore, Leo installed a pic guard so the guitarists wouldn't ruin the finish on the bass players instrument while they gave it a spin.
This puts to rest the old wives tale that the "pick guard" was originally called a "prick guard" and was installed on the backside of the bass to protect the finish from zippers, belt buckles and other rubbing action but was moved to the front and spelled slightly different to appease the easily offended crowd.
When Leo Fender created his first bass it had a "tug bar" and was meant to be played by the bass player in finger style mode specifically with the thumb. But Leo, always thinking ahead, knew this new invention would peak the interest of guitar players in the band who might want to try it out. Therefore, Leo installed a pic guard so the guitarists wouldn't ruin the finish on the bass players instrument while they gave it a spin.
This puts to rest the old wives tale that the "pick guard" was originally called a "prick guard" and was installed on the backside of the bass to protect the finish from zippers, belt buckles and other rubbing action but was moved to the front and spelled slightly different to appease the easily offended crowd.
Inspired by Shakespeare's creative method of writing his plays by using a million monkeys and a million typewriters, Charles Gounod used a million monkeys and a million laptops running Finale to compose the opera "Romeo And Juliet".
The rest of the monkey's output was not lost however, and can be heard everywhere there is a gathering of four or more Jazz musicians.
The latest metal sub-genre is called Plastic Metal.
Wherever you are on the neck, you're always only one fret away from ruination.
It's important for bass players to play "in front" of the time because low end travel slower than higher frequencies.
Sympathetic vibrations cause feedback, but if you use reverse entropy pickups, good vibrations will cancel them out.This may be true for you. If so, you have my sympathy
Scat singing is only appropriate out in the woods where bears, you know...
The "Things you want to say but shouldn't " thread is ==>> that way.
