I refuse to watch the grammy's since they removed a lot of the sub catagories, my friend and his band Pirates Trubadores came so close to winning a latin grammy last year, and now there's no chance of it. Think of all the great musicians who will get 0 recognition this year. And when they were available they were given out in the afternoon not even during the televised event. I think they should bring them back and put them up with the pop awards, that way we can listen to all kinds of music, its just once a year, I don't think an extra hour will bother anyone either.
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P Bass and the Grammys
- Thread starter lesmarshall
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IMO, the Grammys have never been about innovation. It's an industry award for major label artists. Some great artists have won a Grammy, but not all Grammy winners are great artists. When/if someone good or great wins, it's accidental.
As to the P vs. other basses. I agree with several posters that it represents the typical rock/pop sound. I mostly gig a Birdsong. Most of the bassists in my area play Ps though, with a few Js thrown in.
Here on the left coast, the broadcast is still going, and we always watch delayed through Tivo. This way we can skip the nonsense, and watch the performances that hold our attention. To that end, I think Bruno Mars performance was amazing. Vocal performance, song, horns, rhythm section, even the clothes and the moves. They were spectacular.
And yes, that P sounded awesome.
And yes, that P sounded awesome.
Grammys are for awarding yourself. More or less.
P-Bass....its more image than sound. Knowing a couple cats, yeah it does mix well, because it can easily go away in the mix.
Image. Image. Image. It would be odd for Bruno's bassist to have a Ken Smith..it would make people look at the bass and not Bruno.
P-Bass....its more image than sound. Knowing a couple cats, yeah it does mix well, because it can easily go away in the mix.
Image. Image. Image. It would be odd for Bruno's bassist to have a Ken Smith..it would make people look at the bass and not Bruno.
Oh, I agree about the tools part, but I kind of doubt that the Grammy folks had any stipulations regarding what bass each bassist had to play.
Jamereo appears to like playing 4 string P basses. Might just be what he likes to play. Some people don't mind sounding like they're playing a bass.
sj_bass
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Lets see... So far I saw a jetglo Ric (Maroon 5), Geddy Jazz (Katy Perry), Gretsch HB (Taylor Swift), Epi JC (Beach Boys backup band), and its a little more than half over... So, I call carrots.
Oh, it looked like Adele's bassist was playing a honeyburst/tort hwy 1... The nitro finish was wearing perfectly on the arm. (Btw whoever here on TB that has my old hwy 1 has a real gem)...
And Jamareo rocks!
Oh, it looked like Adele's bassist was playing a honeyburst/tort hwy 1... The nitro finish was wearing perfectly on the arm. (Btw whoever here on TB that has my old hwy 1 has a real gem)...
And Jamareo rocks!
Ps are definitely resurgent, I've noticed a lot more on stages, actually the most since the '70s, when J's and their different iterations started their inexorable rise in many genres.
Is it me, or does anyone else notice a lot more dirtied up tones in live music in general as well? For a long time it was all super clean J tones, now I'm hearing a lot more overdriven Ps in the mix. A good thing to my ears!
Is it me, or does anyone else notice a lot more dirtied up tones in live music in general as well? For a long time it was all super clean J tones, now I'm hearing a lot more overdriven Ps in the mix. A good thing to my ears!
Katy Perry's bassist played a Geddy Lee type jazz bass. I also saw
an Epiphone Jack Casady and Rick Jetglo during the Beach Boy's tribute (there were three bass players at the same time).Taylor Swift's bassist had a Gretsch . Apart from that, all the others were P's. Nice ones too.
Paul didn't play bass? I know he does that sometimes. But I like it when he does!
Nope.... Piano and a Les Paul. His Mesa bass gear was there though.... Strange.... Unless he played bass at the beginning of the show (which I didn't see...)
Even a J Bass lover like me has moved to a P for most gigs at this point. While any good player can play any tune successfully on any bass, the shift of mainstream pop music to soul, neo soul/R&B, hip hop and indie rock has made the P Bass tone pretty much the new standard (again!).
There was a 2nd bassists in the back-line during the Beach Boys bit as well. I could not tell what he had, but it looked to be seafoam green in color.
Brian
Note to self: Read whole thread, THEN post. Read whole thread, THEN post......
I remember reading an article some years back that he used a Mesa bass rig for bass as well as his acoustic guitars and les Paul because he like the tone
This year's Grammies really are letting me know that I have gotten old and the music I truly love is a thing of the past. I don't mind though, being able to say music ain't like it used to be a great privilege of aging!
I agree...except I've also been saying that exact same thing every year for the past 10-15 years! Maybe even longer!
I was an old fart by age 21...
