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Rock bands with no bassists

#181
DinoRock said:
I think there is a very good chance that in X [you all can fill in the X] number of years, music will be made without physical guitars and basses and microphones and keyboards etc. I think that X is such that the younger demographic on TB, maybe the HS folks, will live to see this in its entirety. I think that us baby boomers might see a real movement in this direction before we cash it in. Certainly, there are many "records" being made today that are done mostly "in the box," i.,e., by using features of a DAW.
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I think you may be right. Even the live scene will probably be reduced to a person with a PC and some smoke and lights. I thought live music performance would live on as a scene where true musicianship would live on, but after seeing documentaries about Avicii and the likes, I start to doubt the upcoming generations.

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....I have a hard time calling this "performing music".
 
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#182
Shardik said:
I think you may be right. Even the live scene will probably be reduced to a person with a PC and some smoke and lights. I thought live music performance would live on as a scene where true musicianship would live on, but after seeing documentaries about Avicii and the likes, I start to doubt the upcoming generations.

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....I have a hard time calling this "performing music".
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The problem is I have a hard time seeing what this has to do with bands no having a bass player.
 
#183
Yeah, that's really music not having bands. Which has definitely already happened, but it's not quite the same thing as traditional rock bands breaking with the specific part of the tradition that says they should have a bassist.
 
#184
pklima said:
Yeah, that's really music not having bands. Which has definitely already happened, but it's not quite the same thing as traditional rock bands breaking with the specific part of the tradition that says they should have a bassist.
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Yeah, if anything its a step forward than a step backwards in terms of performance if you ask me. When a single, sometimes even more members of a band have to do more in order to cover up for a lack of band members. Sometimes it's captivating if pulled off live. Like Local H, two guys and they have a metric shagton of energy live. Even if Steve Lucas' "bass tone" is sometimes hit or miss.

Same for Rush, since they dont have a dedicated keyboardist or lead singer it's quite amazing watching Geddy doing three things at once.
 

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