i think id be ok with that
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Weird post gig interactions
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i think id be ok with that
Class act... Kharma will smile on you. Or my bet, already has.
I'll one up you there, I've played bass in front of the bass player I previously fired, when he was still pissed about it, and several times thereafter, when he was less pissed about it. He actually was invited to my wedding, I have a motto, you may not be in the family business no more, but you still be family... We may actually work together again, both on bass, right now we're arguing who has to buy the Ric...
You got wireless? Might be time for a little showboating in the crowd...or getting a head start to the parking lot!
In point of fact, I was! She made really good scrambled eggs and coffee--something I'm usually very critical about.
It was about a month after my first audition before they requested another. I figured I had not gotten the job by then and had other irons in the fire, so the additional sessions with them were not discouraging at all. In fact, these guys are a blast to play with so it was house money as far as I was concerned.
Just remembered another good one...
The last band I was in before "retiring" was a punk band. I was the singer, well..... maybe more appropriate to say vocalist, and did not play bass for the project. Our songs were so damn short that we could knock out a 12 song set and still need filler material to hit 45 minutes. We decided on a couple cover tunes , one being "I don't wanna hear it" by Minor Threat. When we started working on it, we learned that the drummer knew the guitar parts and the bass player knew the vocals. So just for sh*ts n giggles we decided to do a full band instrument swap on this song.
Just one small detail, my bass player was left handed. This was not a problem, the song has two parts and only hits 5 notes, all within the same box. I just learned the song with the bass upside down. Took one pass, non-issue.
When we played the song at shows, I would be all dramatic about putting the bass on right handed and asking where the strings were. Hammed it up good. We even changed the intro to bass instead of guitar to let me get stupid with the act.
Yea... I was kinda farming this interaction, but it still cracked me up every time someone would come up after the show and be like "Woah! Dude! You're a vocalist and just played the bass backwards. *** man? You blew my mind".
The last band I was in before "retiring" was a punk band. I was the singer, well..... maybe more appropriate to say vocalist, and did not play bass for the project. Our songs were so damn short that we could knock out a 12 song set and still need filler material to hit 45 minutes. We decided on a couple cover tunes , one being "I don't wanna hear it" by Minor Threat. When we started working on it, we learned that the drummer knew the guitar parts and the bass player knew the vocals. So just for sh*ts n giggles we decided to do a full band instrument swap on this song.
Just one small detail, my bass player was left handed. This was not a problem, the song has two parts and only hits 5 notes, all within the same box. I just learned the song with the bass upside down. Took one pass, non-issue.
When we played the song at shows, I would be all dramatic about putting the bass on right handed and asking where the strings were. Hammed it up good. We even changed the intro to bass instead of guitar to let me get stupid with the act.
Yea... I was kinda farming this interaction, but it still cracked me up every time someone would come up after the show and be like "Woah! Dude! You're a vocalist and just played the bass backwards. *** man? You blew my mind".
I play Blues. I always get the guy who comes up and says, " Hey man, why don't you guys play some Van Halen ?"
Many years ago I was in a band that played an outdoor show with multiple bands starting at around noon, and going into the late evening. We went on 4th or 5th or something like that, and we arrived a little bit late because we were somewhat disorganized. We arrived near the beginning of the set of the band that played right before us. I can't remember what they were called but they were kind of like a new jazz, funky sounding band, this was the early 90s when that was really popular.
Anyway, the bass player was really good and had a great tone. I didn't get a chance to meet him before because we had arrived late, but he was playing a bass I didn't recognize and wearing a black hoodie and ball cap, with the hood up.
After they stopped and we were setting up, I noticed the black hoodie guy come back up on stage and he grabbed the bass from in front of the cab. By then I had realized that it was a Warwick, and it was the first one that I had actually seen in person. I talked to him about it, asking him how much he liked it, what he liked about it, complimented him on the sound, asked about his rig which was a Trace Elliot. He gave really short curt answers like he really wanted to get the hell away, and then he said "sorry man, I really got to go", and went off the back of the stage.
I kept setting up my gear, and a minute later hoodie guy is back and saying "hey, where's my bass? One of you guys take my bass?" It was then I realized that the hoodie guy I was talking to was not the bassist, but a pretty brazen thief.
Anyway, the bass player was really good and had a great tone. I didn't get a chance to meet him before because we had arrived late, but he was playing a bass I didn't recognize and wearing a black hoodie and ball cap, with the hood up.
After they stopped and we were setting up, I noticed the black hoodie guy come back up on stage and he grabbed the bass from in front of the cab. By then I had realized that it was a Warwick, and it was the first one that I had actually seen in person. I talked to him about it, asking him how much he liked it, what he liked about it, complimented him on the sound, asked about his rig which was a Trace Elliot. He gave really short curt answers like he really wanted to get the hell away, and then he said "sorry man, I really got to go", and went off the back of the stage.
I kept setting up my gear, and a minute later hoodie guy is back and saying "hey, where's my bass? One of you guys take my bass?" It was then I realized that the hoodie guy I was talking to was not the bassist, but a pretty brazen thief.
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Welcome to TB.
Living in SD? Hard to have empathy for that! But it’s great that you are back in the game.
Ignore the background noise and make some of your own! HOB for a starter? Again - no sympathy here!
Get big enough and you can afford a body guard.
Living in SD? Hard to have empathy for that! But it’s great that you are back in the game.
Ignore the background noise and make some of your own! HOB for a starter? Again - no sympathy here!
Get big enough and you can afford a body guard.
Some middle aged lady came up to us after a New Years gig (I don't even think she caught a whole song, we were almost done) and told the guitar player as I was standing next to him--- something condescending like. Wow, Thank you for letting her play with you guys, and giving her a chance. And she acted like she'd never seen a female musician before and they were doing me and the world a huge favor. LOL he is a good buddy of mine who I have played in bands with for years and he had asked me to fill in after his bassist quit. I was doing them a favor!
Fair enough. I got a different impression when you compared it to one if those networks last man standing shows. But an audition and then a callback a month later for round two isn’t an imposition. I’d be good with that too if the band were good enough.
Played rhythm guitar for a couple years and had a somewhat drunk lady come up, hand me a shot of tequila and blather on about what a great soloist I was. She was sorta hot, wearing a low cut top and a rawhide bra so I was in no hurry to correct her.
It was the 2nd - 5th round that made it feel like I was in a reality show. Those ones were once a week with my competition sometimes after or before me. Didn't rattle me, I offered encouragement to those who were next and complimented those I was following. Even joked with the band that they needed to change the name to "Murder of Four and the fill in bass player".
Guessing my patience and persistence combined with me enjoying myself probably had more to do with getting the job than my chops.
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nothing as exotic as the rest of you, but I did have the experience of having the bass player that I replaced in a band show up to the next gig to stare me down, just waiting for me to screw up. yep, that's just a bit un-nerving.
Our band was playing in the hills of Alabama. They gave us a trailer to stay in, out in the middle of nowhere. We were coming back after a show, about 2am. It was pitch black, down a mile long dirt road. As soon as we step out of the van, we hear the sound of a wild cat being killed. We ran into the trailer, freaked out. The next night, we’re sitting in the club, before we were about to play. From behind, we hear the same wild cat call. The bartender says, “Hello Benny.” All the locals knew this guy — long, black hair, beard, no front teeth, spoke in an unintelligible mumble. We told him he scared the hell out of us. Later on, he shows up at the trailer with a paper grocery bag, totally full of weed. Our guitarist always carried a boom-box cassette recorder (long before iPhones), and we recorded his wild cat call. I still have it on cassette somewhere. I can’t express just how crazy this whole scene was, but this guy was one of the most memorable that I’ve met on the road.
I guess you missed the TalkBass thread :
"My Band is going to fire me - how do I psyche out potential replacements?"
I was playing with my friend’s classic rock and blues band several years ago. There was a group of guys there and after we finished and were packing up, one of them comes up and shakes my hand. I think I am about to get a compliment, and this guys asks “Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?” Now, that was not the first or last time I’ve been asked that question, but it is certainly the oddest.
Two fingers, I do enjoy your contributions to TB very much.
I can't help but notice your m's in your posts when you mean n's.
Thanks for the emjoyment, seriously!
