Anyone know what bass Mr. Cera is playing here? Apparently he's playing bass in a band called Mister Heavenly.
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Michael Cera's Bass
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Anyone know what bass Mr. Cera is playing here? Apparently he's playing bass in a band called Mister Heavenly.
He and Keanu should start a band with 2 awful bass players, maybe they would make one decent one together. I like them both as actors though.
I didn't know I was making a case for it, but as a matter of fact, I saw Dogstar play at the Doheny Days Rock Festival back in ~'98 and he unknowingly played with his E string about a 1/2 step out of tune. He couldn't separate his fingers on his left hand and played with one finger on his right too (which I like to call the "hook and hoof" technique).
Michael Cera.. well he's been playing for all of well.. since they shot the movie earlier this year, but now he's touring as a "pro". I like music that's played by musicians personally.
This sounds like a made-up story. Can anyone confirm that Keanu Reeves is actually tone deaf?
And I personally don't mind either way when actors start music careers. I think Michael Cera is touring less as a "pro" musician and more as "Michael Cera with a bass in some band." I bet he doesn't stand there watching his left hand the whole time he plays like most beginning bass players do, at least.
Michael Cera actually knew how to play bass before Scott Pilgrim started shooting. Also just because the movie was released in august doesn't mean that they filmed it this year. I'm pretty sure shooting wrapped on it a year before it was released. And it was in the works since the days when Michael Cera was still on Arrested Development. Check your facts before you dog on someone or something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4oMcojzeDI
They sound pretty damn good to me! And Michael Cera doesn't sound like he doesn't know what he's doing either.
They sound pretty damn good to me! And Michael Cera doesn't sound like he doesn't know what he's doing either.
Its a Phantom Bass made by Phantom Guitars. You can make out Phantom on the headstock as well. They make copies of old Vox basses and such.
I do know that Michael Cera has been playing guitar since he was a kid and I'm pretty sure he plays piano as well. When he did Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist he had to play bass for that as well and said that he wasn't very good at playing it but enjoyed doing so. He didn't play bass prior to that filming so he's been playing since at least 2007.
Unfortunately I'm a nerdy kid with shaggy hair who plays bass, and I've heard a lot of comparisons so I read an interview once.
I do know that Michael Cera has been playing guitar since he was a kid and I'm pretty sure he plays piano as well. When he did Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist he had to play bass for that as well and said that he wasn't very good at playing it but enjoyed doing so. He didn't play bass prior to that filming so he's been playing since at least 2007.
Unfortunately I'm a nerdy kid with shaggy hair who plays bass, and I've heard a lot of comparisons so I read an interview once.
My 10 year old niece can play a few songs on bass too, but it doesn't mean she's a musician. you guys should start a Michael Cera club.
And you guys could be less hateful. Just because someone's been an actor doesn't mean they can't be a musician too. If I'd been acting for the last couple years of my life, I'd be an actor and a good bassist. (Probably have money too.) Unfortunately, I'm only one of those but that doesn't mean people can't be both.
