my friend says bass is useless, how to explain?

[edyeo123]

do u noe y ur friend thought bassist are useless?

Like your friend had only seen 1 side of bassists. Bassists which r "useless" are when they act big F after learning to slide around 1 note with 1 finger/picks.

Real bassists will master techniques such as eg. slap & pop.

 

[CrisisMoment]

lol. ur fren must be a dumb f**k then. my symphonic band instructor once said, without the bass, the band will listen like lack of something. Bass supports the whole band, not only in symphonic band, but in music; Chinese Orchesta, guitar band? 1 guitar solo ain't that nice.

 

[tim098]

Real bassists will master techniques such as eg. slap & pop.

This may not be entirely true. Especially in Singapore, it is SOOO common to see guitarists with all kinds of funny technique or scaling patterns, but sadly not musicality to make it sound reasonably good.

Same with bass, learning how to slap and pop, without a sense of pitching or rhythm would make them seem like they were making noise

 

[EugeneSmasher]

As a matter of fact, for the past few jamming sessions my band has lacked a bassist. And the result is that it just doesn't feel complete. Something vital is missing from the music. Which is why since I can play a bit of bass, I usually fill in as bassist for some songs.

So yeah, there you go. Even bands like 30 Seconds to Mars that lack a permanent bassist, they have a session bassist record tracks for them, and they have a live bassist to play live though these are on a temporary basis. The simple truth about rock and metal music, is that there are three important parts - the guitar, the bass and the drums. Without one or more of these, something is wrong.

Of course I am excluding acoustic rock, acoustic stuff, but even these usually have an instrument handling bass to some extent, not necessarily a bass guitar.

 

[THOA]

Thread started:

13-04-06, 02:09 PM

I'm very sure by now the point has been made clear to threadstarter's friend, seeing that this thread is posted 2 years ago, and the threadstarter isn't even a registered member. For all we know, he may not even be on this forum anymore.

 

[KeDraiv]

hack, just tell him that the bass(alfred schinittke's symphony no.1) has been used in classical music before.
ask him if the electric guitar can beat that=]=]

 

[Fantasy]

Chester ur fren is not fit to be a musician coz he dun understand music, making him an idiot to give such comment,he is an insult to music..ask him to **** off haha

 

[lerkylicious]

i got no idea this thread is 2 year old man. hahas

 

[cold_static544]

tell him he's not listening to enough music,

 

[currypuff]

your friend is stupid.

 

[BoogieMan]

6 letters

G - R - O - O - V - E

NO BASS

NO GROOVE

NO FUNK

NO R&B

NO JAZZ

NO ROCK

NEED I SAY MORE!!!

 

[Marteenz]

yeah

yeah..bass is no joke to some of us....go see billy sheehan , SMV (stanley,marcus miller,victor wooten)...and feel how important a bass is...

 

[for420]

if he thinks bass is useless then tell him to perform live with his own band without a bassist.
see how they cope.

 

[recklessnick]

lol. tell him.
you obviously know nothing about playing music in a band.

 

[Santa]

show ur friend thsi thread

 

[veronica]

your friend is probably a wanna-be musician. everyone who studies music knows how important the bassist's role is. try asking him to take up music 101, maybe that will help. lol

 

[theliverevolution]

The Bass is the most undermined instrument in the whole band, yet it ALWAYS lays the foundation for rock. unless you want to do pop-rock (which requires little bass, just listen to F.I.R. no bass but it suits them fine) a bass is a must.

and besides, Bass gives the OOPHM feeling. u want to play low notes u need a bass. a guitar can't play bass at all. yes, it's the easiest instrument to play in a band, but it's the one that issues out the shockwaves from the amps

 

[Marksman]

Not to mention it also determines the mood of the music (Im talking modes).

 

[Vaiyen]

why is this thread going on and on and on like a droning bassline when it's so old and the threadstarter has already left.

 

[THOA]

^ Thank you very much for pointing that out!