I had a lot of funteabaggingin the park yesterday and I thought I'd turn in early for Christmas day. So now it's 1:40AM and I'm wide awake and may just end up sleeping through Christmas day.
Well that's a co-incidence.. I hope you enjoyed it.
Made a decent amount in the last few days from my small business to then find out today that, due to external events, I'm being hit with a series of bank charges which more than wipe out what I've made.
Made a decent amount in the last few days from my small business to then find out today that, due to external events, I'm being hit with a series of bank charges which more than wipe out what I've made..
That's more of a full on fail than a fail of your boo-yah. Major suckage.
Booh-yah: Playing guitar again. Hopefully I can actually manage to not put it down this time. Fail: My fingers do not appreciate this.
Yeah, that's what I thought when I started playing last month for the first time. Everyone says that it hurts until you get used to it, but I didn't realize that it would continue to linger all the time.
Try bass for a day and then decide if guitar still "hurts".
At least that's one thing that makes playing bass hard.
There is a much lower barrier of entry for being a competent bassist than for being a competent guitarist, yes. However, great guitarists are seemingly a dime a dozen while great bassists are far more rare.
There is a much lower barrier of entry for being a competent bassist than for being a competent guitarist, yes. However,great guitarists are seemingly a dime a dozen while great bassists are far more rare.
For the record, I play both.
Very true. My friend who plays bass for our band played guitar for a long time, and he admits that bass tires his hands out much quicker than guitar ever did. He likes playing bass a lot more though.
There is a much lower barrier of entry for being acompetentbassist than for being acompetentguitarist, yes. However,greatguitarists are seemingly a dime a dozen whilegreatbassists are far more rare.
I keed, Sail, I keed. But yes, what you said is true. Though I suspect the disparity between great guitarists and great bassists has more to do with the total numbers of each respectively than anything else. And for the record, I play both too, because anyone who can play guitar can also play bass.
(Actually, I filled in on bass with my old band occasionally when our bass player was out, so I do have some experience. The only time it ever tired me out was when I was two-fingering instead of picking, though.)
Anyone can play Master of Puppets on guitar. But how many people can slap the same part on bass?
Les Claypool's a mutant -- he doesn't count.
I believe you missed my subtext
More on the subject, solos of any kind of very, very boring. That's the great thing about bass, though. Done right, they can be like playing one long guitar solo.
Here's what that snippet of the bassline sounds like on it's own: (If it says an error occurred, click on the HD button)
The bassist busts this riff out right in the middle of the verse. Not during the bridge, not during a quiet part as a solo. It's not even something you notice unless you're listening for it, yet musically it has all the trappings as a guitar solo. This is why I've always found bass far more interesting to play than guitar. You don't have to be technically skilled to play bass, but there's a lot of room creativity outside of just playing the chord progression.
The bassist busts this riff out right in the middle of the verse. Not during the bridge, not during a quiet part as a solo. It's not even something you notice unless you're listening for it, yet musically it has all the trappings as a guitar solo. This is why I've always found bass far more interesting to play than guitar. You don't have to be technically skilled to play bass, but there's a lot of room creativity outside of just playing the chord progression.
I totally get what you mean -- although that bassline sounds a lot more rooted in the chord progression than most guitar solos are likely to be. That's the fun part of playing bass for me, too -- you can walk it all over the place as long as you stay rooted in the chords. It's pretty easy if you know your scales, and it can add a lot to the music.. Most guitar solos, on the other hand, are basically masturbating in public without getting arrested.
To be extra clear -- I respect and appreciate good bass-playing; I was just teasing you.
I always found it funny how, in every video of Primus, Les always looks like he's forty years old and the guitarist always looks like a 16 year old kid, in complete disregard to how old or new the footage it.
I'm watching all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer again, and I just got through the episode where Buffy's Mom dies. Easily the most emotionally brutal hour of television I've ever seen -- maybe the most emotionally brutal hour of television ever made. I'm drained.
I was eating delicious root vegetable chips (think Taro), where upon a shard of one shipped between my teeth and stabbed deep into my gum. Now, I have a killer toothache.
Damn you, delicious root vegetable chips.
EDIT: Man, I wish I had some Novocaine to shoot into my gums. This is horrific.
I was eating delicious root vegetable chips (think Taro), where upon a shard of one shipped between my teeth and stabbed deep into my gum. Now, I have a killer toothache.
Oh man, I get that with tortilla chips sometimes -- it's horrible.
EDIT: Man, I wish I had some Novocaine to shoot into my gums. This is horrific.
Mouth pain really is awful. Can you get hold of some anbesol? They should have it at any drug store.
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Fail: I'm not there.
Fail: I need AAA batteries to use it and I...have none.
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Fail: It's a very rage inducing topic. Especially for some of the later films I mentioned. :X
Fail: My fingers do not appreciate this.
For the record, I play both.
(Actually, I filled in on bass with my old band occasionally when our bass player was out, so I do have some experience. The only time it ever tired me out was when I was two-fingering instead of picking, though.)
Anyone can play Master of Puppets on guitar. But how many people can slap the same part on bass?
(I can.)
Good basslines:
Early goth bands had great basslines.
More on the subject, solos of any kind of very, very boring. That's the great thing about bass, though. Done right, they can be like playing one long guitar solo.
Check out the line that starts on this song around the :40 mark.
Here's what that snippet of the bassline sounds like on it's own:
(If it says an error occurred, click on the HD button)
The bassist busts this riff out right in the middle of the verse. Not during the bridge, not during a quiet part as a solo. It's not even something you notice unless you're listening for it, yet musically it has all the trappings as a guitar solo. This is why I've always found bass far more interesting to play than guitar. You don't have to be technically skilled to play bass, but there's a lot of room creativity outside of just playing the chord progression.
To be extra clear -- I respect and appreciate good bass-playing; I was just teasing you.
And all I meant is that I can play that slapped version of MoP. No mutantism required, just a week and a half of practice.
Damn you, delicious root vegetable chips.
EDIT: Man, I wish I had some Novocaine to shoot into my gums. This is horrific.