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Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 843 Joined: 25 Jan 2008     | |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 631 Joined: 21 Feb 2008   | I play tuba, bitchenest instrument in my entire marching band(I am NOT lying)! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1485 Joined: 7 Mar 2008    | if you play bass try listening to stanley clarke and primus, learn how awesome a bass can sound. stanley is probly considered better due to the time played compared to les but both are arguably the best bass players alive. as for me i've played several over the years baritone, tuba, trumpet i wouldn't mind taking up bass tho |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 87 Joined: 7 May 2008  | I own a Spanish guitar and a Fender Strat, and I've been playing for several years. Also I can play the harmonica (but who can't, really) and I know how to get sound out of a recorder. Oh, and I have a bagpipe I can play theoretically but haven't really touched since I picked up smoking a lot. |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 631 Joined: 21 Feb 2008 | Cleverly, you really can't count baritone and tuba as two different instruments as they're basically the same. |
Paperboy  Posts: 38 Joined: 7 Jan 2008 | Acoustic and electric guitar, bass, harp, a wee bit drums, and "vocals" in an Death Metal band.... |
Paperboy  Posts: 35 Joined: 1 Jan 2008 | played music most of my life and still do, clarinet, electric bass and a little guitar |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 843 Joined: 25 Jan 2008 |
You know, I really admire Les Claypool but I just can't get into Primus. God knows I've tried. Just checked out Stanley Clarke just now, and by God that guy's good! I also recommend checking out Victor Wooten if you like bass. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 133 Joined: 15 Feb 2008 | electric and classical guitar for 5 years, have 9 guitars |
Copy Clerk Posts: 87 Joined: 7 May 2008 |
Holy shit O_o What kinds? |
Paperboy Posts: 33 Joined: 30 Jan 2008 | Play drums professionally, as well as the occational guitar in a band. Vocals, Bass and Banjo as well =) |
BANNED  Posts: 4 Joined: 30 Oct 2007 | I play trumpet and recorder now, but I used to play percussion (the xylophone , snare and bass drum). If I had stayed on percussion in the next year I could've started on those giant impani drum things. Those were AWESOME. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1809 Joined: 14 Nov 2007   | Been playing guitar for about 8 or 9 years, and hopefully will be going to Guitar School in September to waste a year or two. And I envy you Knumpify. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1485 Joined: 7 Mar 2008 |
so you're only a theoretical cat killer? :)
stanley and les both play the same bass, les can play a spot on version of silly putty, so close a big stanley clarke fan couldn't tell the difference. primus too me a couple good listen to's to really like, then something clicked and i love them, i think it was after i saw them live. primus live == way more energy than on the album. i do know who victor is and he is very good. i got to see stanley clarke, al di meola and jean-luc ponty play together a few years ago, too bad there was a bunch of jazz snobs looking at me oddly for wearing a skinny puppy shirt there actually here's 2 clips of him from the show i was at, i wasn't too far from them i don't think when i saw delerium/conjure one live, i was talking to the bass player and she said her hand was cramped, told her to play some stanley clarke and she laughed said she had met him and couldn't even imagine playing his stuff, we spent a while talking about jazz, much to the disappointment of the fan boys there |
Beat Writer  Posts: 130 Joined: 6 Apr 2008 | Own a guitar, canīt play it. Itīs sad, I know... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3364 Joined: 14 Jan 2008    | I have no musical talent whatsoever. im like a tone-deaf beaver. |
BANNED  Posts: 502 Joined: 3 Jan 2008 | I play E-Guitar because I think that acoustic ones don't sound good and it's impossible to play anything cool because after the twelth fret it gets kinda hard to play (as a standard E-Guitar can reach 20-24 frets, high end shredder ones even 29) I actually despise the E-Bass (sorry, nothing personal) it isn't flexible and I never miss it when it isn't in a song because I actually can't ever hear the damn thing (and yes, my speakers do have a bass) User was banned for: Zero Punctuation: Mailbag Showdown. (Permanent) |
BANNED Posts: 502 Joined: 3 Jan 2008 |
Ah! You mean like screaming and stuff? Hard is pretty exotic dude, keep that one up :) User was banned for: Zero Punctuation: Mailbag Showdown. (Permanent) |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 843 Joined: 25 Jan 2008 |
What do you mean by flexible? You can make a hell of a lot of different sounds using a Bass, and if you've got a five or 6th string you've got a range that's nearly the same as an electric guitar. I go the other way and really don't like it when songs don't have any bass behind them. The White Stripes in particular annoy me for this- songs end up lacking depth when there's no bass to complement the other instruments. It's also one of the most essential instruments (whether electric or stand-up) for bands to have so nehhhhh :p EDIT: And that's nonsense about not being able to play anything cool on an acoustic guitar. Listen to this, the first random thing I found on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsD6uEZsIsU |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1809 Joined: 14 Nov 2007 |
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAk3a4bRXOI That's that acoustic statement taken care of. 2) The Electric Bass is a very flexible instrument, and has the most important role in the band, along with drums. It's what sets the rhythm and groove, and gives the sound it's depth. The guitar, as much as I love it, is an extra instrument that adds extra decorative sound on top. Oh, and go and check out right now Cliff Burton, Stanley Clarke, Les Claypool, Billy Sheehan and Flea. Right now. Silly philistines, making sweeping generalizations like that... |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 432 Joined: 23 Mar 2008    | I play guitar, acoustic and electric. I also dabbled in the clarinet when I was younger. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 414 Joined: 29 Mar 2008  | piano... guitar... bass and guitar... if you play one... you can play it all... if you began with the heavy one like the piano... the other ones... come easyli speciali if you know how to read the "partituras" sorry i forgot how to said in english (im from mexico) anybody here... plays the violin?? it is hard?... i want to learn... |
Press Junketeer Posts: 414 Joined: 29 Mar 2008 | f**c the video... about Andy Mckee playing the guitar... just blow my mind away to another era... i think i just saw the play station 6... boy that whas amazing please take a look at it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsD6uEZsIsU it isnt from me the link is from... Strafe Mcgee ... thanks |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3734 Joined: 26 Feb 2008  | I used to play Saxophone.. Been thinking about taking it back up again for the last year or two... |
Paperboy  Posts: 13 Joined: 7 May 2008 |
Yeah i wish i learnt piano first. But as it goes I play guitar and a bit of piano. I don't agree with the whole "i play acoustic, electric, bass" they're all the same thing! They're interchangeable, for me atleast. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1485 Joined: 7 Mar 2008 |
yeah all the greats play acoustic guitar, that takes a lot of skill to play, listne to al di meola play the acoustic and if he wants to check out stanley, he can hear both him and al play amazing stuff together :) |
BANNED Posts: 502 Joined: 3 Jan 2008 |
That acoustic doesn't impress me at all :) I know some of those guys that you listed and I have to say, I'm not impressed. A bass solo can't top a guitar solo in my opinion, an E-guitar has so many more options and sounds than a bass. User was banned for: Zero Punctuation: Mailbag Showdown. (Permanent) |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 843 Joined: 25 Jan 2008 |
If you want an example of bassists showing off some of the different styles that you can get when playing bass then check these links out. And yes, the Bass is a rythym instrument, but that still makes it a more important instrument than a lead guitar. Also, if these don't convince you that the bass is an instrument capable of different styles then you're being ignorant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dWb-aCWR8U&feature=related |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3288 Joined: 23 Dec 2007  | I would love to be able to play the cello. I'm sure you can imagine what my avatar would look like holding one. |
Paperboy Posts: 19 Joined: 23 Feb 2008 | I went to piano lessons for years and now all I can play is Don't Stop Believing, Fur Elise and Lady Madonna. Quite tragic. Other than that I play guitar. And can play more than 3 things despite having not gone to lessons for years. Just because when I was 15 I decided guitar was sexier. Now I disagree. Piano is sexier. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1809 Joined: 14 Nov 2007 |
You're not impressed by the Cliffmeister? What the hell is wrong with you???!?! And as for the bass solo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRuOQtg-pJ0 Bathe in the awesomeness of Billy Sheehan |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1737 Joined: 13 Dec 2007  | Tambourine and Piano. I'm trying to get a keytar. |
BANNED Posts: 502 Joined: 3 Jan 2008 |
I'm not being ignorant, I know that a bass can have different styles but a guitar has almost an infinite number more. User was banned for: Zero Punctuation: Mailbag Showdown. (Permanent) |
BANNED Posts: 502 Joined: 3 Jan 2008 | [/quote]You're not impressed by the Cliffmeister? What the hell is wrong with you???!?! And as for the bass solo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRuOQtg-pJ0 Bathe in the awesomeness of Billy Sheehan[/quote] I just don't like that hallow, deep sound, I think that this solo would sound better on a guitar. Billy seems to be an awesome tapping artist, I'll give him that. User was banned for: Zero Punctuation: Mailbag Showdown. (Permanent) |
Paperboy Posts: 32 Joined: 6 May 2008 | All of the Saxophones |
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...well, do you? I'm just curious to see if any of you guys are musically minded, like me. I play electric bass (Epiphone Thunderbird, probably the greatest thing I've ever owned), and tend to play covers of things like RATM, Muse, The Living End, Sublime... all sorts really. So, do you play an instrument and if so what do you like to play?
EDIT: Here's a link to my most recent Youtube upload, forgot to add it before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJOO4CfSAf4