Let's spread some musical misinformation

[Tom Bomb]

With the introduction of strict emission standards in the early Eighties, The Cars, certain that their touring days were numbered, broke ranks and went their separate ways. Various independent bands emerged from the debris; The Taxis, The Limos, The Bread Vans, and The Black Marias, but all suffered a similar fate under the near throttling yoke of progressive Clean Air legislation.

Broken down and demoralized, the Cars finally reunited in a last ditch effort to kick-start the old dream, this time calling themselves The Rusting Hulks. But the band went nowhere, no surprise, and was soon permanently parked behind Ric's dad's barn.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Rules be damned. Here is the best bass for metal.
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You could fakir playing it.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

With the introduction of strict emission standards in the early Eighties, The Cars, certain that their touring days were numbered, broke ranks and went their separate ways. Various independent bands emerged from the debris; The Taxis, The Limos, The Bread Vans, and The Black Marias, but all suffered a similar fate under the near throttling yoke of progressive Clean Air legislation.

Broken down and demoralized, the Cars finally reunited in a last ditch effort to kick-start the old dream, this time calling themselves The Rusting Hulks. But the band went nowhere, no surprise, and was soon permanently parked behind Ric's dad's barn.

One did move to London to join The Bombay Bicycle Club. Boris Johnson's a big fan.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

The Beatles didn't actually play their own instruments--what you hear on their records was played by the Monkees.

That's why The Monkees didn't play on their own albums until the Beatles split up... They simply didn't have the time.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

I could totally blow away Jaco, James and Geddy off any stage!
Never thought I'd say that in a thread! :/\

Are you a really big fan?

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Pete Best wrote every song on the first 4 Beatles albums.

In fact the band was to be called The Bestles to recognise this, but the EMI secretary mistyped the adjacent a for the first s.

 

[Ray Matthews]

Are you a really big fan?

On a non misinformation basis jaco james & Geddy brought something to bass that most bass players don't, and that's "personality"
Gotta throw les Claypool and geezer butler in there. Both rekindled my love of playing bass when I was ready to throw in the towel!

 

[ZenG]

It is estimated that by 2026, Fender will have sold 383 million Squier Affinity P-basses.

There will be 5.2 billion bass players of which 634 will be active gig players.

There will be 4 billion tons of metal constituting abandoned string sets in bedrooms worldwide.

348 million selfie-sticks will be owned by bass players collectively.

YouTube will have changed it's name to MeTooTube and also produced another site called WhatEverTube.

Ampeg will have manufactured a smartphone that is also an SVT amp.

Virtual reality bands will sell more music than real musicians.

During that year an 11-year old girl in Japan will take apart and modify her dad's old cheapy Ibanez bass for a school music-class project and accidentally invent the best bass for metal.

TalkBass will have 4.2 billion members. As a result 12 trillion tons of carrots will be produced annually by farmers to meet the demand.

 

[pklima]

Many know that "ketchup" and "amok" are English words which came from the Philippines, but few know that "acoustic" comes from Turkish and originally meant "bassist is sitting down". Observe its original meaning here:

 

[Jay2U]

A bassline is good when the drummer doesn't understand it, the lead guitarist doesn't like it and the singer doesn't care.

 

[PillO]

The Monkees can't be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because the three surviving members (and Davy Jones until his death) are on the selection committee and so have a conflict of interest. Once the last Monkee is dead, they will be inducted without a ballot as all conflicts of interest will be resolved. The Rolling Stones and Slayer have agreed that once the Monkees are inducted, they will play a tribute to them.

 

[ZenG]

The Monkee's cover of " Yes We Have No Bananas ' was never released commercially.

 

[ZenG]

If you're not sure what to wear on stage.....just put up a partition and play behind it.

No-one wants to see the bass player anyway...

 

[sissy kathy]

If you're not sure what to wear on stage.....just put up a partition and play behind it.

No-one wants to see the bass player anyway...

...and then you get to sit.

 

[ZenG]

...and then you get to sit.

Or take a nap...

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Or take a nap...

If you have a smartphone you can prerecord the baselines and literally phone them in while you nap. In fact Siri on the iPhone can even detect if a cover of Mustang Sally or All Along the Watchtower has been slipped into the set and fill in a bass line for it. This app has various modes for this including fretless (everything a quarter tone flat) and Geddy Lee (twice as many notes), and Jaco can be emulated by engaging both of these options.

 

[ZenG]

If you have a smartphone you can prerecord the baselines and literally phone them in while you nap. In fact Siri on the iPhone can even detect if a cover of Mustang Sally or All Along the Watchtower has been slipped into the set and fill in a bass line for it. This app has various modes for this including fretless (everything a quarter tone flat) and Geddy Lee (twice as many notes), and Jaco can be emulated by engaging both of these options.

Yes..Siri has an edit mode for Jaco fretless. Just pull up "Jaco" on the screen.

It will show:-

Jac on
Jac off.

 

[zontar]

If you do a rock version of a Beethoven composition your band will never break up or have members leave.

 

[ZenG]

If your singer gets a frog in her throat, immediately switch to an environmentalist song.

 

[Jay2U]

If your singer gets a frog in her throat, immediately switch to an environmentalist song.

...and place an ad for a new singer.