question from a guitarist

[fenderrules]

maybe he's a big fan of Yeah Yeah Yeahs..

nah he doesnt listen to that band

he only likes emo screamo hardcore. bands like hawthorne heights, underoath, less than jake, and a whole lotta bands he showed me through a hellfest dvd.

 

[crozzfire]

i hope we haven't been too harsh on yer drummer lah.

exactly...try to understand each other more?

 

[keiith]

waliew keiith dun critisize ppl liddat lei.....

None of ur business...u nvr jammed wif him b4 ...so XD

 

[keiith]

i think if u noe him u will say something worse! u r more rough` than me K!!

 

[crozzfire]

plzz la its very bad to liddat say ppl k?imagine u kana said liddat..u shuang not?wth

 

[crozzfire]

i think if u noe him u will say something worse! u r more rough` than me K!!

WAT LA!!!i rough my foot...imm decent..i only say **** off...

 

[keiith]

OI..i onli said the truth..go see the first few posts then come back n apologise.they said something worse lol..

 

[crozzfire]

wth...he lousy also no need liddat say rite?say in his face can liao mah...go post on public for wat?lol...jk

 

[mellapong]

dude use an mp3 player. turn the bass to ZERO at the EQ and asks him if he likes it. haha. seriously a live performance will sound very very empty if the it is lacking in bass. dunno why, but bass is very imporrrttaanntt.

 

[exin]

maybe he's a big fan of Yeah Yeah Yeahs..

nah he doesnt listen to that band

he only likes emo screamo hardcore. bands like hawthorne heights, underoath, less than jake, and a whole lotta bands he showed me through a hellfest dvd.

maybe that explains why he thinks the band doesn't need a bassist .. ask him to start to listen to some motown/funk/fusion jazz/jazz and i think by then he'll understand that the bass is such an important instrument .. i'm not saying other instruments are not important .. but the bass plays an integral role in the band ..

especially motown players .. man .. the basslines are seriously so important you can't ignore it .. funky groovy stuff ..

 

[rylche]

i think you just gotta show him some videos of great bass players like jaco pastorius, victor wooten, to show him the very very high frontiers than these pioneers have brought the instrument too.

for practical purposes, just bring along a relatively gd bassist to jam along, and no doubt, he will begin to appreciate the need for a bassist in a band. everyone started out like that, quite ignorant regarding the instruments in a band, i even thought that "bass so lousy, cannot even hear one!"

 

[RentaBass]

Not to offend anybody, but I don't think it'll be that useful to show drummers videos of brilliant bassists, unless of course the fellow understands bass a little.

I know a vocalists who has a really good guitarist, but thinks he's like any other, because he doesn't play guitar or understand how difficult it is to pull of some of the things that his guitarist does.

Anyway, back to the issue. Just play any good song with a decent bassline that drives it. Then at some point of the song, tell the bassist to abruptly stop playing, while everybody continues. For good measure, the bassist has to be a loud player, much like Cliff Burton was.

If that doesn't make him take notice, nothing will.

PS. The song that I conducted this experiment with was Master of Puppets. When I stopped, everybody in the band looked around, wondering what the hell was wrong. Nobody realised that I had stopped playing, they just knew something sounded wrong.

 

[RnG]

yeah... as a drummer.. i dont even feel like jamming if my bassist suddenly cant make it at the last minute..

 

[deedeeboi]

the bass is so important in the badn...ask him...Can the band play without a drummer???...maybe acoustic yes...Come on..they created the bass fer a reason...the soud without bass is like putting the bass to zero and adding the treble to the fullest...From my point of view, every band needs a bassist..even some acoustic band needs the bass..It gives the feel...

good luck though!!..
Cheers!

 

[nitrovo]

wtf sif have a good band without a bassist :S

If he is a decent drummer, he should know the role of a bassist.

haha W-T-F is replaced with 'huh'

 

[RentaBass]

huh sif have a good band without a bassist :S

If he is a decent drummer, he should know the role of a bassist.

Maybe he's a HUGE fan of the White Stripes? :roll:

 

[nitrovo]

oh yeah didnt realise. forgot about them.

Buti mean theit songs are sorta plain. nothing overally special, just catchy

 

[keiith]

Not to offend anybody, but I don't think it'll be that useful to show drummers videos of brilliant bassists, unless of course the fellow understands bass a little.

I know a vocalists who has a really good guitarist, but thinks he's like any other, because he doesn't play guitar or understand how difficult it is to pull of some of the things that his guitarist does.

Anyway, back to the issue. Just play any good song with a decent bassline that drives it. Then at some point of the song, tell the bassist to abruptly stop playing, while everybody continues. For good measure, the bassist has to be a loud player, much like Cliff Burton was.

If that doesn't make him take notice, nothing will.

PS. The song that I conducted this experiment with was Master of Puppets. When I stopped, everybody in the band looked around, wondering what the hell was wrong. Nobody realised that I had stopped playing, they just knew something sounded wrong.

+1.totally agree wit u..he plays hardcore/heavy stuff

 

[gutturalpiss]

if i make music w/o a bassist, i might as well go solo. ice cream cone + toppings + syrup - cone = ice cream hand = no ice cream cone = dumbfck

 

[gutturalpiss]

haha W-T-F is replaced with 'huh'

tht is so gay. i hv nvr come across this kind of censoring evn in very formal forums. i mean..like w t f? mr james what's wrong with just 3 harmless english characters??