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Quitting bass

#41
Chicory Blue said:
Stop.

Not here. Not now.

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#43
Chicory Blue said:
Stop.

Not here. Not now.

--^@
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I don't mind defending my gender. It's normal. Putting gender slurs in a post opens the door to responses. That's all. I assume you would like the same level of respect. It's not a big deal. Seriously. @Chicory Blue I enjoy your posts or I wouldn't read them.
Anyway
Percussion live matters!

I have two tambourines. One deluxe with many plates and ergonomic shape, one with classic shape and less plates. There is a HUGE difference, the classic version can't compete sonically. Anyone recording percussion I suggest using a stereo XY mic setup. It adds a lot of space to the mix. I think this an underused "old trick" in recording. It's cheap and sounds good.
 
#51
I now realize this thread is filed under "MISCELLANEOUS."

Very well, then: let this mark my goodbye to both "MISC" and "OFF TOPIC."

Chicory's resolve only strengthens my own. Is that not how copycat suicides work?
 
#54
Chicory Blue said:
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.

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You should try it under water!
 
#56
I consider myself a expert when it comes to quitting smoking cigarettes, and playing guitar. I must have quit them 50 or 60 times successfully over the past 2 decades. But I find the desire to play guitar over and over again.
 
#58
Chicory Blue said:
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,
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Try telling that to our drummer. We wanted him to do something tasteful with hand percussion for our acoustic band (i.e. other than wack things hard and often). He really struggled with an egg shaker, maracas, cabasa (?sp), and tambourine. In the end he spat his dummy out saying he was a drummer not a percussionist. :rollno: He then attempted to play harmonica very very very badly.

We found a way round the problem, we let him go (no drummer is better than a bad drummer). We had to tread lightly because we still needed him for our 60s band.
 
#59
Chicory Blue said:
I’m coming to terms with the fact that I don’t need to be an incredible bass hero to be a musician
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Two words: Adam Clayton. I can play every bass line of his with one hand, doesn’t matter which one, even. I’m a far better bassist. Does that matter? Hell no. Is he a musician? Hell yes. Even though I can easily play what he does, I don’t write what he does...don’t think I could even if I tried, I’d get too tricky with it. And on the royalty scoreboard, which is what really matters, well, I could retire on far less than one percent of what he’s got under his mattress. World doesn’t need or want bass heroes. They want musicians making great tunes.
 
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