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#21
About 5 years ago the band I was in was without a steady drummer for a while. We played a series of gigs with different drummers.

At the end of one show, the drummer told me that if he got lost he just listened to me, because "you always know where you are in the song."

I thought that was pretty cool.
 
#23
I've posted this elsewhere, but years ago an amazing keyboard player looked over at me and said "I can hear you listening."

hard to top that.
 
#24
I can think of three...

From the drummer in my band: "You don't sound like you've only been playing for a year."

From the guitarist: "The song goes like this -- you'll probably pick it up in five minutes."

From the host at an open mic, bass and guitar player, who had already heard me play: "You want to get up and play this one with me?" (It was Jumpin Jack Flash, he taught me the part on stage and off we went).

When you're a noob, basic comments like that mean a lot!
 
#25
A few, but the most informative compliment was from a teacher at the Guitar Institute in '95 while handing back a dissertation as he said, 'No-one likes a smart Alec', he was right on a few different levels ; )
 
#26
A few months ago I played a fundraiser with one of the guitarists of my cover band and a couple guys from his law firm.
Bootsy Collins was the celebrity judge, and I got to talk to him briefly after the show. He told me I "sounded great, man. Keep on pluckin'".
Probably the best I've ever felt about myself:D

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#29
Most recently, at my cover bands first gig I had a few people running up in front of me on stage to show their approval and rock out with me for a bit. Well one of the female singers introduces me to one of the people who came by to rock out. He is the bass player for her John Melloncamp tribute group. She introduces him to me as " the best player she has worked with", then he replies " are you sure? you play with this guy".

That meant a lot, he also had some nice things to say about my playing. But when he turned that compliment around I felt like a rockstar for a good half hour after. It was a great feeling.
 
#32
I consider myself primarily a guitarist but I have been playing bass for around 20 years so I guess this shouldn't have surprised me but it was still nice to hear....

About a month ago I was invited to a former band mates place for a jam session get together with around 8 or so of his other musician buddies. Introductions were made and it became really clear that there was a broad range of musicians from the older classic rock and blues guys, to acoustic folk cats, and younger hard rock guys.

There was both an acoustic Sonar Drum set as well as V-drum kit, PA, a couple of guitar amps, and some Roland boards. In short a nice batch of goodies.

For my first participation in the jam session I ended up sitting behind the hosts V-drum kit and playing his 6 string Steve Azola bass (nice btw). After about 45 minutes of off the cuff jamming the drummer asks "Are you sure you're not a bass player?"

Thats a cool thing to hear when you don't consider yourself a real bass player.

The other part that I found funny was brought to my attention by the other drummer in the house. Apparently I was playing the kick and hi-hat on the V-kit the whole time I was noodling on the bass and never realized it. ;)
 
#37
7 or 8 years after an old band of mine had broken up, i ran into the owner of the studio that we had recorded a demo at at a bar. he pulled me aside and asked if i had been up to anything musical lately. i told him i wasnt gigging at the time, and asked why. his response was 'i've still got your demo in my truck's cd changer. it's one of my favorites i've ever recorded.'
 
#38
Back when I was avoiding higher education, my buddy Matt and I had a band that played out a bit, which we described as "James Brown and King Crimson's baby." We used to practice in the basement of the house a friend of Matt's lived in; the guys living there would watch us rehearse. One of them, an African-American/Latino named Angel who only listened to funk and calypso, came up to me after a spirited practice and said, "Man, you guys are awesome, cuz you're heavy, but you...you've got the FUNK, man, that's my life music, and I love it."

More recently, last year I was in an all-original blues group. People from other groups tried to hire me away during our first three gigs...once a guy kept asking me for my number while we were playing! It was very flattering (and in light of what happened to that group, I wish I had taken one of them up on their offer).
 

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