Quitting bass

[Chicory Blue]

I think deep down I always knew bass wasn’t “the one” for me.

Is it because I’m frustrated that I can’t find the perfect synth sound? Humiliated over the Wagon Wheel incident? Fed up with being mansplained to?

No, nothing so dramatic as all that. Actually, this is a happy occasion. You see, I finally found my perfect instrument.

Seriously, was this made specifically for me? Finally, something that marries my two great passions: egg shakers and apples.

I’m over the moon. Not even kidding: thiis low key my favorite thing in the world right now and I have every aspiration of incorporating into everything I do forever. It’s basically everything I ever wanted. I’ll probably continue *using* a bass here and there, but from here on out my heart belongs to apple shaker.

I’m still going to bum around here, of course. If actually being a competent bassist was a requirement for membership, I suspect we’d lose most of our more prominent posters. However, I would like to change my official designation from “bassist” to “pommeir.”

I’ve updated my avatar accordingly.
The picture is the same but the meaning has changed.

Thank you for understanding.

--^@

 

[charlie monroe]

agitateur de pomme

a pommier is an apple tree

 

[Chicory Blue]

agitateur de pomme

a pommier is an apple tree

Who says I’m not? D:

Still, an apple-agitator does sound more fitting, but shouldn’t it be ‘agitateuse?’

--^@

 

[charlie monroe]

Who says I’m not? D:

Still, an apple-agitator does sound more fitting, but shouldn’t it be ‘agitateuse?’

--^@

Fair point, I did not enter "Lady Apple Shaker" into Google Translate

 

[Oddly]

I'm just happy for you.

 

[Bassbeater]

Fed up with being mansplained to?

I love how women don't find that word offensive.

 

[Chicory Blue]

I love how women don't find that word offensive.

Apologies, friend- My intent was to list things that *weren’t* actually bothering me right now, not lobby any actual criticisms.

Nobody’s talked down to me on here at all lately, let alone in a fashion where gender was a factor, and I think my performance of Wagon Wheel was beautiful.

--^@

 

[Bassbeater]

Kudos for Wagon Wheel. That's proper entertainment.

 

[knumbskull]

Happy apple-ing!

 

[Haroldo]

I wish you a fair fondue, Ms Blue. Please keep posting.

 

[the_home]

Since your recent transition, have you found the AppleShakerTalk forum? Who knows, an entrepreneurial opportunity may be beckoning.

 

[two fingers]

Your true calling is writing!

You made me WANT a..... freakin.... apple shaker ..... thing!

Who can do that??????

 

[Chicory Blue]

Your true calling is writing!

You made me WANT a..... freakin.... apple shaker ..... thing!

Who can do that??????

Thank you! Someday I will write something, somehow- I promise.

I don’t think the apple shaker really needed my help to be awesome, though. It’s easy to take a shaker for granted due to its simplicity, but having a clean, focused hi-hat sound in your hand is pretty powerful stuff, and it’s a lot less unwieldy than a tambourine.

You can coax a surprising array of tones from it depending on whether you shake it, tilt it, tap it, swirl it, etc, and I think the sheer spectacle of getting such an inoffensive but vital sound from a faux fruit makes it easier to be confident in a performance since it’s harder to mistake me for someone who takes herself seriously.

Since I generally don’t sing and prefer to conjure sad, bluesy songs in the moment, it can be difficult to convey a sense of humor through music, but I think my current palette of cheap slash explicitly toy instruments is helping my *real* message finally take shape.

--^@

 

[two fingers]

Thank you! Someday I will write something, somehow- I promise.

I don’t think the apple shaker really needed my help to be awesome, though. It’s easy to take a shaker for granted due to its simplicity, but having a clean, focused hi-hat sound in your hand is pretty powerful stuff, and it’s a lot less unwieldy than a tambourine.

You can coax a surprising array of tones from it depending on whether you shake it, tilt it, tap it, swirl it, etc, and I think the sheer spectacle of getting such an inoffensive but vital sound from a faux fruit makes it easier to be confident in a performance since it’s harder to mistake me for someone who takes herself seriously.

Since I generally don’t sing and prefer to conjure sad, bluesy songs in the moment, it can be difficult to convey a sense of humor through music, but I think my current palette of cheap slash explicitly toy instruments is helping my *real* message finally take shape.

--^@

That's it! I'm buying a dadgum apple shaker... thing.

(Do they make one with a tube preamp?)

See what you've started, woman?????

 

[mellowinman]

I love how women don't find that word offensive.

Why would it be offensive? Mansplaining is offensive when someone does it, not when the offended party describes it.

 

[mellowinman]

I think deep down I always knew bass wasn’t “the one” for me.

Is it because I’m frustrated that I can’t find the perfect synth sound? Humiliated over the Wagon Wheel incident? Fed up with being mansplained to?

No, nothing so dramatic as all that. Actually, this is a happy occasion. You see, I finally found my perfect instrument.

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Seriously, was this made specifically for me? Finally, something that marries my two great passions: egg shakers and apples.

I’m over the moon. Not even kidding: thiis low key my favorite thing in the world right now and I have every aspiration of incorporating into everything I do forever. It’s basically everything I ever wanted. I’ll probably continue *using* a bass here and there, but from here on out my heart belongs to apple shaker.

I’m still going to bum around here, of course. If actually being a competent bassist was a requirement for membership, I suspect we’d lose most of our more prominent posters. However, I would like to change my official designation from “bassist” to “pommeir.”

I’ve updated my avatar accordingly.
The picture is the same but the meaning has changed.

Thank you for understanding.

--^@

I refuse to understand, and insist you continue to play bass.

You'll thank me someday.

 

[bolophonic]

I want an apple shaker for my shaker collection. But you should keep your bass, so you can continue posting on TB.

 

[Richland123]

So, is that the apple of your eye?

 

[Deak]

Shake, Shake, Shake
Shake, Shake, Shake
Shake your Apple, Shake your Apple.

I think you should do both apple AND bass! AND continue to do your wonderful posting here. I would miss your comments.

 

[Robroy]

I love how women don't find that word offensive.

I'm a man and I don't find it offensive. But that's because I'm a man. It is hard to offend me.