Read the whole thread. I apologise for the pious tone of this post, but it's got me a bit miffed. No hate for the OP.
TBH, some of the posts have the stank of the straight up asinine about them. I do respect the thoughts of all who've posted and their right to have them. But seriously, are we really still at a level where we feel the need to apply our variable opinions to the concrete subject of technique? And it is concrete... fact. The thread did asked WHY people hate slap, but that seems to have devolved essentially into "slap is for people who can't play bass" while we pat each other on the back for our great insight and wisdom. Wouldn't "Explain why you disagree with this bassists use of slap here in genuine musical terms" be more appropriate? Should we start a "bass is for people that can't play guitar" hate-thread to prove the pointlessness of this? Or perhaps even a finger style hate-thread? XD XD XD IMO Only solid unbiased info regarding a technique, it's execution and individual approaches belongs here if we're going to rap about it at all IMHO. I believe the only subject we should be discussing here is the technique itself, not opinions on it's relative merits/musicality. Shouldn't this kind of thread go in General Discussion anyway? Additionally, why are we trying to decide where exactly slap is acceptable/unacceptable, when it's impossible to say?! The answer is infinitely variable isn't it? Surely we see that? I reckon it's not even relevant for us to say whether or not we like the technique, nobody's views will be so drastically altered by our answers so as to change their minds, just as I suspect nobody's views will be altered by this post.
Sry, I just think that this kind of thing gets us nowhere as musicians and bassists.
Anyway... ahem... rant over.
TBH, some of the posts have the stank of the straight up asinine about them. I do respect the thoughts of all who've posted and their right to have them. But seriously, are we really still at a level where we feel the need to apply our variable opinions to the concrete subject of technique? And it is concrete... fact. The thread did asked WHY people hate slap, but that seems to have devolved essentially into "slap is for people who can't play bass" while we pat each other on the back for our great insight and wisdom. Wouldn't "Explain why you disagree with this bassists use of slap here in genuine musical terms" be more appropriate? Should we start a "bass is for people that can't play guitar" hate-thread to prove the pointlessness of this? Or perhaps even a finger style hate-thread? XD XD XD IMO Only solid unbiased info regarding a technique, it's execution and individual approaches belongs here if we're going to rap about it at all IMHO. I believe the only subject we should be discussing here is the technique itself, not opinions on it's relative merits/musicality. Shouldn't this kind of thread go in General Discussion anyway? Additionally, why are we trying to decide where exactly slap is acceptable/unacceptable, when it's impossible to say?! The answer is infinitely variable isn't it? Surely we see that? I reckon it's not even relevant for us to say whether or not we like the technique, nobody's views will be so drastically altered by our answers so as to change their minds, just as I suspect nobody's views will be altered by this post.
Sry, I just think that this kind of thing gets us nowhere as musicians and bassists.
Anyway... ahem... rant over.
