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No stands

#44
wittynamehere said:
Maybe you could get around the "no stands" clause by rigging up some sort of bracket that clips on to the headstock goes straight forward a foot, then 3 feet back towards the bridge, then makes a right turn up to face level and ends in a lyre like you would clip marching band music to. then you could have a 3 inch thick book of sheet music flopping around, like a deranged pigeon on crack, oh and wear some sort of magnification goggles, and maybe if you wore a clip-on flashlight on your head to illuminate it, you'd be totally set.

You'd be so cool the chicks would be lining up, saying "wow, I never knew whole notes could be so sexy"
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LMAO!!!!!!!!!
 
#50
BBMS said:
I just read this ad in a Craigslist:
If you are a seasoned bass player you will like this 3 pc. rock/blues outfit and the people around it, no egos just real class people. There aren't any bosses and rules and regulations given out over here.
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Thank goodness. I've had a rough time with some hard-nosed bands. I could use some easy-going, open-minded players. That's as far as I need to read, just tell me where to audition, and I'll be there doing my thing. My thing is playing 32nd notes down to low B with my "musician's best friend" music stand, which helps me since I'm currently in 5 bands and forget the music for each of them.
 
#51
BBMS said:
I just read this ad in a Craigslist:
If you are a seasoned bass player you will like this 3 pc. rock/blues outfit and the people around it, no egos just real class people. There aren't any bosses and rules and regulations given out over here. We just don't want to play with any druggies or drunks or have any music stands on our stage because we are not the Phil Harmonics, nor are we amatures that can't remember our talent.
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We need a good man to hold the low end down with whole notes without a music stand.
Think Dusty, Leon, Billy Cox, Banner, and so on.
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Hit me back if you are that one good man.
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Banner?
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So much for no egos and being classy people. :scowl:
 
#52
I absolutely refuse to be parted with my Manhasset. I've had it since college, way back in the dark days of my mostly misspent youth. Its still solid as a rock. Since I'm only an older Mediocre Bassist, and I can't remember every single song we play, I need a reminder every now and then. OK, I'll admit, I don't have it in front of me the whole gig. It sits off to one side, so I can glance at it if necessary.

Those guys are seriously hung-up. Whole notes? Sorry. I only play parts of notes. And if I have strings, I'm gonna use 'em!! :rolleyes:

I'm off to practice those rare popular tunes.
 
#54
maybe im just too young, but im in a cover band and know somewhere around 80 songs probably. before i started a cover band, i filled in for a friends cover band and totally improved the whole. its not that hard. i never needed a music stand. if you cant figure it out, look at the guitarist or LISTEN to the music?

am i missing something?
 
#55
roccobladr said:
maybe im just too young, but im in a cover band and know somewhere around 80 songs probably. before i started a cover band, i filled in for a friends cover band and totally improved the whole. its not that hard. i never needed a music stand. if you cant figure it out, look at the guitarist or LISTEN to the music?

am i missing something?
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Only the fact that not everyone can do that.
 
#56
roccobladr said:
maybe im just too young, but im in a cover band and know somewhere around 80 songs probably. before i started a cover band, i filled in for a friends cover band and totally improved the whole. its not that hard. i never needed a music stand. if you cant figure it out, look at the guitarist or LISTEN to the music?

am i missing something?
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You are missing nothing, sir. Please audition for this band, you seem to be just what they're looking for.
 
#57
JimmyM said:
Only the fact that not everyone can do that.
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I dunno...I had to make myself learn how to play along by ear. I'd never be able to be in the house band for our local jam if I couldn't do that. In order to get any respect from any of the local players, I *had* to be able to keep up in jam. So...I learned. You have to want to real bad, tho, if it doesn't come natural.

Cherie
 
#60
I'm in a cover band. Our lead singer/guitarist/trumpeter uses a heavy duty music stand at our shows. This guy is 45 and a music teacher at one of the local schools. He even has a light on it.

We have hundreds of songs we can do. My guess is at this pont in his life he has play thousands of different songs and simply refuses to keep many rumbling around the old noggin. Plus, we do music that he has never done ever in his life. (He comes from a jazz/swing/lounge type background) So I'm assuming the stand also acts as a security blanket for him as well.

Now, we tease him about it for fun and he is pretty good natured about it. Honestly though, we've never lost a gig over it or received a bad review because of it. Granted, we're not teens or twenty something playing "the newest original" music, but we give a pretty good show to the people.

Personally, I don't use one unless to hold a songlist on it becasue taping one on the floor ain't helping. (Too far away, I'm tall)

I guess I do't mind them. I've been at "jams" where people have had stands. Frankly, I'd rather have someone with a stand playing the right notes or singing the right words rather then some garbled nonsense because they can't find the note, chord or lyric.

Just my 2 cents.
 

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