I ran x-country two years in high school. Then I discovered the bass. And pot.
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Thunderbird Club
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- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
I ran x-country two years in high school. Then I discovered the bass. And pot.
I could run the 40 yard dash at 4 and some change my Sophomore year, the track coach really bugged me about joining the team, but by then I had my first bass (EB-0 copy) and was learning how to smoke various things...........
Such potential.I could run the 40 yard dash at 4 and some change my Sophomore year, the track coach really bugged me about joining the team, but by then I had my first bass (EB-0 copy) and was learning how to smoke various things...........
Good on you for realizing it!
- Mar 13, 2008
- 18,897
- 142,230
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
I was a very awkward teenager.
Budding Queen of the locker room......................
Worked out ok.
Yep, this (and everything associated)......
definitely put a damper on this....
definitely put a damper on this....
- Mar 13, 2008
- 18,897
- 142,230
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Not being a "jock" is a good thing! Music took you to Europe (and a lot of other places)
surely you must mean like here......Not being a "jock" is a good thing! Music took you to Europe (and a lot of other places)
- Mar 13, 2008
- 18,897
- 142,230
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
If you're having fun, making memories with folks you like, getting out and loving life I see no bad!
4.8 40 in full pads. Now, it takes me longer than that to sit down.I could run the 40 yard dash at 4 and some change my Sophomore year, the track coach really bugged me about joining the team, but by then I had my first bass (EB-0 copy) and was learning how to smoke various things...........
joshin', those make for the best gigs! wouldn't trade for anything.....
Getting back up is harder.Need more emojis. But I can see it coming...
Hey, long as you can get down.
Take your time. For my part, most of the world can wait...
someone once told me they picked music over sports because they could continue playing later into life....
Yep!
My favorite are biker bars. If your in the band, you're good. And if you can deliver, you're very good.
AND they tip well....heck, I'd go as as to say live music owes a lot to bikers....
Once I start playing in a live situation almost all of the "tone shaping" goes
out the window. Things move too fast and the "mix" is always different depending on so many additional, non-controllable factors.
Since I am wearing earplugs at practice now, most of the "tone shaping " in that space is moot w/ -30db earplugs in…
Have you tried in ears? Imagine hearing as much of your direct bass tone as you want in the live mix.
Most places I get to play only have a pa for vocals, and some do not even have a sound person. When I do have the luxury of some FOH, as long as there is a floor monitor in front of me, I’m good. I usually have no problem hearing myself, I’m lucky that the musicians in both my bands are sensitive to being too loud. Sometimes to a fault. It’s more about getting the ideal tone in any given situation. Sometimes it just can’t be found in time before it’s time to play.
Like Rich said, I don't usually have any direct signal. Plus I'd feel silly showing up with in-ears in the places we play.
