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Tina Weymouth

#61
:cool:Tina . One of my all time favorite players. Such an inspiration. She brings the groove and has so much fun doing so.
Nice t be able to work / play/ and workout all at the same time.

We women are such great multi taskers!!
I’m actually surprised I didn’t see her with a baby strapped on her back on stage. Wouldn’t have surprised me at all .:smug:
 
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Not sure what she's playing here (maybe an iBass?), but Tina is among the latest inductees to the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame. (Photo credit: Shawn Patrick Fowler, special to The Hartford Courant)

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40Hz said:
She was an excellent minimalist style bassist when she was with Talking Heads. I give her credit for being able to work with one of the most egotistical and difficult BLs in the music world as long as she did. Didn't keep her from getting the notorious "David Byrne Burn" like most everybody who ever worked with him did. But that's the way it goes.

And yeah, she could make some moves when she wanted to. And never once missed a beat. Very athletic lady too ...

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IamGroot said:
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He's such a ham...don't be hatin', but I gave Tina a hug after a small club show in 1978(getting a wee bit of stink-eye from Chris). The following year, on the Fear Of Music tour, a band I had been in got the opening act slot at their gig in a 3000-seater. I went along as roadie(plus I loaned them some amps for the occasion), and backstage took up some of Byrne's time as a gibbering fan boy, but he graciously took it in stride. However, watching their soundcheck from the side of the stage, he revealed himself to be an insufferable whip-cracker when they ran through "Air", and really ragging on Tina for her backing vocals. I'm surprised the other three stuck it out with him till the mid-80's.
 
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Wisebass said:
How to play the perfect bassline for beginners!




Tina rules!

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One day I'm jamming along to whatever came on the radio...Selina Gomez's "Bad Liar"...I'm like, 'hey, this line is simple but it's a jam!....' I mention that later, and my friend says "Tina Weymouth would like a word with you!". I felt like an idiot...of COURSE that was Tina, sampled from Psycho Killer.

Tina, along with Talking Heads, were really bringing African jazz to mainstream pop and new wave. I didnt realize it until an African jazz guitarist I know pointed it out.
 
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Michedelic said:
Check out this archival interview, from 1988; not only was she touching on the perceived obsolescence of electric bass, 30 years ago, but also had plenty of other interesting observations and inside info on the Heads...

"You Just Do It": Talking Heads' Tina Weymouth on the Secret of Great Basslines | Bacon's Archive
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Excellent read. “You just do it” is exactly what she did. She just did what needed to be done and got the job done while having big fun.

Very inspirational article.
Thank you for posting the link .
 
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One of my guilty pleasures is reading autobiographies of musicians. I just completed drummer Chris Frantz's memoir Remain In Love. Very enjoyable. Frantz does a good job of explaining how the music and artistic vision of Talking Heads was a product of all four members. Much of their songwriting, throughout the band's lifespan, would begin with the members jamming together in their rehearsal space and recording it. Then in the recording studio they would take the interesting bits from their jams and develop them into songs. The bass parts Tina created were simple and inventive and funky but also perfect in that they formed a foundation that left space for the other members to develop parts. Try to imagine Once In A Lifetime, for example, without that bassline.
 
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Danny O Danny said:
One of my guilty pleasures is reading autobiographies of musicians. I just completed drummer Chris Frantz's memoir Remain In Love. Very enjoyable. Frantz does a good job of explaining how the music and artistic vision of Talking Heads was a product of all four members. Much of their songwriting, throughout the band's lifespan, would begin with the members jamming together in their rehearsal space and recording it. Then in the recording studio they would take the interesting bits from their jams and develop them into songs. The bass parts Tina created were simple and inventive and funky but also perfect in that they formed a foundation that left space for the other members to develop parts. Try to imagine Once In A Lifetime, for example, without that bassline.
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A must read!
 
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I just tried a Youtube search for covers of Cities. There's a surprising number! Most are good attempts, but none quite it. All of them play it by ear, lest I be wrong.
But what's interesting is there are notable differences in the different renditions. Almost like all the coverers are each hearing a slightly different version of the same song...
And it's a bit like that for me: At different times, it's as if I hear a slightly different bass line in Cities. Which is the main reason I keep going back to it. There's something elusive in that bass line.
Another thing that seems obvious at first glance is how Tina Weymouth' right-hand technique is capital in her style. Those who try to cover the song with a pick, as those who cover her with a more traditional finger-style, all seem to be missing a big part of it. As if they all play just one bass, when she plays 2 at the same time.
 

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