• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

Thunderbird Club

#242,501
  • Like
Reactions: dagrev, MCF, JIO and 3 others
#242,505
Gaolee said:
That's why I like dead Naugas for my cheap "leather" goods. We have a Naugahyde sofa in the music room downstairs that's holding up very well. It is immune to beer spills and other insults, so it's perfect.
Click to expand...
Once, the mighty acrylics roamed the plains. But the white man came and hunted them for their pelts to supply the demand for acrylic sweaters in Europe. Soon, there were nearly no acrylics left for the native Americans to support their way of life and they resorted to depending upon the bison for their needs.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Gaolee, Miles_ONeal, dagrev and 6 others
#242,508
bobyoung53 said:
There's very few rock bands out here, the ones that become successful here (which still is nothing compared to most other places) stay together for the rest of their lives sometimes. There's no money in it here.
Click to expand...
Absolute speculation on my part (with a few data points that give rise to the speculation).

I am guessing that they are not writing songs in English.

The experience from the Eurovision Song Contest is that to be successful outside of the contest, the band(s) must write songs in English. And thinking about that for a minute, about 25% of the world speak English as a result of British colonialism. Amongst non-native English speakers, English is the most common second language. Learning a second language adds less than 10% to lifetime earnings unless that second language is English in which case it is about a 25% increase in lifetime earnings. English is the international language of commerce and science (and probably many other things of which I am unaware). So, I speculate that to be successful in music you need to have English songs. Notable exceptions would include Rammstein (and can't think of any others off the top of my head).
 
  • Like
Reactions: dagrev, MCF, GBassNorth and 4 others
#242,509
BklynKen said:
Here's a cool little demo of the upcoming Damnation Audio Dirtfixer. He's playing through a Boss Metal Zone. You could use any guitar dirt pedal with bass with this thing. I just use a dirt pedal that is made for bass.
Click to expand...

Did you post a video? I am not seeing anything. Maybe my browser.
 
  • Like
Reactions: dagrev, MCF, GBassNorth and 3 others
#242,512
PillO said:
Absolute speculation on my part (with a few data points that give rise to the speculation).

I am guessing that they are not writing songs in English.

The experience from the Eurovision Song Contest is that to be successful outside of the contest, the band(s) must write songs in English. And thinking about that for a minute, about 25% of the world speak English as a result of British colonialism. Amongst non-native English speakers, English is the most common second language. Learning a second language adds less than 10% to lifetime earnings unless that second language is English in which case it is about a 25% increase in lifetime earnings. English is the international language of commerce and science (and probably many other things of which I am unaware). So, I speculate that to be successful in music you need to have English songs. Notable exceptions would include Rammstein (and can't think of any others off the top of my head).
Click to expand...

If I recall correct, English is used worldwide for air traffic control.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Gaolee, MCF, GBassNorth and 4 others
#242,514
PillO said:
........ So, I speculate that to be successful in music you need to have English songs. Notable exceptions would include Rammstein (and can't think of any others off the top of my head).
Click to expand...

There's a few newish bands, like Band-Maid from Japan, that are trying it, but you're right it's pretty rare.
Rammstein has an advantage though.....most of their songs are at leat 90% as awesome even without lyrics :thumbsup:
 
  • Like
Reactions: Gaolee, Miles_ONeal, PillO and 4 others
#242,517
A day with Chucky and this showed up. Time for a lotto ticket

F1BDB3CC-EFC7-4662-901F-522375DB1208.jpeg
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: Gaolee, Miles_ONeal, Chucky Stiletti and 6 others

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back