My first show ever played!

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Beginner bass is easy when you've played guitar for a few years. I'm self taught on both, been playing guitar for about 6 years now and bass for about 3. After you get used to playing with the pick you should start experimenting with slap bass. Right now I can play "Schizm" by Tool entirely slap bass (a song that Justin Chancellor plays with a pick). its fun stuff.







P.S. fire the singer.

[bobby]

P.S. fire the singer.

Aw come on now....he's good at the genre of music we play. Just because it isn't Green Day doesn't mean it's bad.

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Aw come on now....he's good at the genre of music we play. Just because it isn't Green Day doesn't mean it's bad.

no, seriously, fire him, or find a genre that doesn't need screaming lol


just my $0.02 lol


Edit: from the youtube comments "this whole band needs a drive by stick beating" LMAO!

[bobby]

yeah I loled at that comment too haha.

well, this is the type of music we like, not everyone likes it. I don't really pay attention to the vocals, I like the music behind it. That's what intrests me...not the screaming.

And plus...I have tastes in a VERY large amount of music. All except for country strike my intrest. I have music for the words and I have music just for the technicality of the guitars/drums...

This is just one type that I enjoy, and I'm not saying anyone else has to like it.

[PMN]

After you get used to playing with the pick you should start experimenting with slap bass.

Hmm... I'm always cynical when people mention leaning to play bass with a pick. You're limiting your technique before you've even started!

Simpleboy, I never said it was impossible for a player to be competant on both guitar and bass, I just said it's rare. I'm approaching this as a professional sound engineer and bassist who's worked with probably 1500 different bands over the last 10 years, ranging from beginner 15 year olds playing their first ever gig to some of the greatest artists this planet possesses. In theory there's no reason, if you have a natural understanding of music, why in time you shouldn't be able to play any instrument because as you quite rightly say, the basic principles are generally the same regardless of the instrument.

It has to be said though, guitarists generally make poor bassists because they're far too busy and can't play solidly with the kick and snare, and bassists generally make bad solo guitarists (but often excellent rhythm guitarists for obvious reasons), which is EXACTLY what you've said!

You see my point? You probably don't like lead guitar for the same reasons as me... You're primarily a bass player, with a bass player's feel. That bass players feel, timing and solidity give you everything you need to play good rhythm guitar except the actual knowledge of where your fingers go when playing chords, which can be learned. It doesn't mean you don't understand what lead guitar should sound like or do, it just means it isn't a natural part of you as a player (at least at the moment, you might find in time you develop a feel that leans more towards soloing). Many guitarists who primarily play lead make poor rhythm guitarists, bass players and drummers, because those instruments arn't what that guitarists natural feel and instinct make him want to play.

There are amazing and gifted players who will play pretty much any instrument put in front of them and have a perfectly natural feel on them all, but these people are about as rare as a free meal on board a Ryanair flight, (actually that's a bad analogy. These people exist, free meals on FR flights don't).

In a nutshell my point is simply that while many musicians may play a second instrument, the vast majority of them feel more comfortable on their main instrument, and that being the case will generally develop on one more than another.

Phew! Anyway... Bed time. Me and my new 30D have some planes to photograph in a few hours!

Paul