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P Bass and the Grammys

#221
Roscoe East said:
Ugh. Dont get me started...

Too late. Here's what I detest about Katy Perry...and really, it's not her so much as the material: Every hook has a vaguely interesting melody that has been completely emasculated by being set against a set of ambiguous chord changes that remove any sense of development, direction, or drama. There's no tension/release, no sense of movement or progression, it's just a wall of sound for her to sing against. If some half-drunk third-tier Tin Pan Alley songwriter was given those same melodies to rehearmonize Katy Perry albums would be a template for the new Cole Porter, and 30 years from now students at Berklee would be studying her debut as a textbook example of "standards". But no, they've all been saturated in a sea of harmonic anonimity.

/soapbox
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Well said!:/
 
#222
musicloverpdc said:
to play that groove, and hit all the dance steps the bassist for bruno mars did, i would have to say, he's a pretty good bass player. to say there weren't any good bass players that played the grammy's is a bit of a bold statement. pretty sure none of us knows what each of those bass players is really capable of... and i could be wrong but i'm pretty sure he was playing with his fingers.... just my opinion
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And the Beach Boys gave them a great compliment backstage. Said they cemented their careers! Very nice!
 
#226
Tupac said:
I noticed that too. Hardly anyone of the bassists on there were any good anyway, but still interesting.
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That's a laughable comment.......


Anyway, I didn't go through the whole thread, but I know Tully Kennedy (Jason Aldean) used a Sadowsky J 5.



And Chris Brown played Q-Bert........(I just dated myself with that one.....)
 
#227
I didn't enjoy the ending with a stage full of guitarists. IMO, none of them seemed to be suited to that 'check my solo' environment, especially Paul.

Bruno Mars and his live band were excellent. Quite wacky performance from Nicky Minaj (she is pretty talented...I like her take on that style), but Adele's voice stole the show.

I like Rihanna, but lets face it, her backing track was almost as loud as her attempt at live vocals.

Katy P - meh. Lost interest in her. No real spark to her music.

The only bass player that stood out was Bruno's. He is one cool dude.
 
#228
musicloverpdc said:
to play that groove, and hit all the dance steps the bassist for bruno mars did, i would have to say, he's a pretty good bass player. to say there weren't any good bass players that played the grammy's is a bit of a bold statement. pretty sure none of us knows what each of those bass players is really capable of... and i could be wrong but i'm pretty sure he was playing with his fingers.... just my opinion
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+1...they put on a great show.
 
#229
Tupac said:
Hardly anyone of the bassists on there were any good anyway,
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Let's talk about that one again when you got the job playing at any such event.

But honetly... what makes you say this?
And since you say "hardly" I take it there were one or two that made the cut by your own estimation...
who are they and who are any of the ones you think are not any good?

I'm sincerely interested!:)
 
#232
Tullykennedy said:
I used a Sadowsky pj-5..
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I assume with Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson? Sounded great! Too bad they never give the bass player any bloody screen time. I think I got a glimpse but you were in the dark.

Tell us more about the gig if you feel like it, I'm sure I'm not alone in being interested. Did you record the track live before the show, or was it all performed live? etc, etc.

Pity you didn't get the memo that they were paying everyone extra to play P basses, but I guess you were okay with the P/J. ;)
 
#239
These threads invariably crack me up.... lots of bedroom players saying "the bassists sucked", or "were just average", etc.. I can pretty much guarantee that every bass player on the Grammys can probably play 95% of Talkbass posters under the table, but they have the sense to know how to actually "play for the song". You don't get high profile gigs by showing off all your chops...you get high profile gigs by knowing what to play, when to play it, and doing it consistently...and also by being a "good hang".

/soapbox
 

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