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Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!
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I missed that entirely. I don't watch AI.
I'll search the Youtubes.
Thanks for the heads-up.
Casey was a slightly reddish headed bearded guy who was a little out of the mainstream but extremely talented. He did different versions of just about every song he performed and played up right bass on several. He was singing jazz style vocals and doing riffs and runs all over the fingerboard. A must see!
This one introduces him and the latter half shows off his skills on the acoustic bass. You need good speakers or headhones to appreciate the bass work.
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Wow Dave. thanks for that video he is "Cool Casey". He is a very tallented person, I think that guy will do just fine.
Casey is a very talented performer and could easily be a front man for lots of today's pop music bands. A good front man is one who is able to take the spotlight during the middle of a concert and entertain the audience by himself. Casey could easily do that for a few minutes while rest of the band takes a break. Of course, they could return the favor to him later during the set.
I like to see that happen in a concert. It kind of breaks the monotony of song after song after song.
I was struck (if the video is to be believed) at how vulnerable he was to the "helpful suggestion" that he choose a different tune other than Nature Boy.
To his credit, he over-came them and stuck to his guns...and prevailed. That's the real lesson here.
On the other hand I could tell you a story about how a group I was with (singer/songwriter situation) that almost got signed to a major label back in the '80s but the "stick to your guns" concept failed us in that particular instance - or not, depending how you view it. Regardless, we didn't get signed. I quit the band shortly after.
I kind of wanted James Durbin to win the thing, but Scotty probably is riding on a more even keel than James. I think the fact that James had a violent background due to his mild autism scared people away at the end. Nevertheless, it would have been a good chance for someone with a disability to make good. He was extremely talented and will go on to front a group somewhere.
The same applies to Casey and the rest of the top 10.
The same applies to Casey and the rest of the top 10.
Hey Dave, I thought that I wouldn't post here anymore, since it's all a bunch of string ....ers.
Well, here I am. I'm yer huckleberry...
My bass-boy used to have one of them giant-... 70's SVT rigs. It was monsterous. It sounded real good too.
He used to whine and complain about carrying all of that stuff around.
He sold it.
I have another bass-boy that had an identical rig, and sold it...
Well, after a few years of underpowered carvin combo rigs, he's thinking about one of those newfangled tube-preamp/ mosfet-amp ampegs. That sounds like heresy to me. Oh yeah, he's also lookin' at a 6-10 cabinet.
Any bass player that ain't a fagnit, will get a 80lb SVT all-tube head with a real 8-10 cabinet.
...as a drummer, I knows what Ise talkin' bout...
What y'all think?
Well, here I am. I'm yer huckleberry...
My bass-boy used to have one of them giant-... 70's SVT rigs. It was monsterous. It sounded real good too.
He used to whine and complain about carrying all of that stuff around.
He sold it.
I have another bass-boy that had an identical rig, and sold it...
Well, after a few years of underpowered carvin combo rigs, he's thinking about one of those newfangled tube-preamp/ mosfet-amp ampegs. That sounds like heresy to me. Oh yeah, he's also lookin' at a 6-10 cabinet.
Any bass player that ain't a fagnit, will get a 80lb SVT all-tube head with a real 8-10 cabinet.
...as a drummer, I knows what Ise talkin' bout...
What y'all think?
I have played guitar since I was 13, and now am 22. I have a sunburst Hamer, Fender acoustic, and a baby Taylor. I love all music, the genra deosn't matter to me, more like the song/artist. I also sing, and have had classical voice lessons for 8 years, (Which helps fine tune your voice for what ever style you like singing in). I write songs, kinda Seetherish/ Evanesencish. I don't know why but I like playing old Nelly songs and rapping.. lol, I know kinda lame..but super fun. I love classics from Betty Smith to Sabbath, Led Zepplin, Heart, Mellisa Ethridge, ect. Love punk music. I reallly loved The Used, but only the way less emo, first album, (If anyone knows of similar sounds to the first album, I would love to hear about it!). I can help with any music reading or song playing help. 
haha oh, I play the trumpet and piano as well. Rock on! And funk is still a challenge for me.. I'll stick to rock.
haha oh, I play the trumpet and piano as well. Rock on! And funk is still a challenge for me.. I'll stick to rock.
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Totally true, strings wear down if they don't break. Sounds like crap even if it's tuned.
Thought I would chime in here as well. I am a bass player, although its been a while since I have had the time to play. Still have my kit though, a BC Rich Warlock, black neck through and as Alembic as well. Both beautiful guitars, both hand made in the US. BC Rich is from the 80's when the brand was actually owned by Rich and their guitars were hand made.
My wife is a singer / songwriter, and currently has a plethora of various keyboards, including 2 x Yamaha Motifs & a Korg Triton. Many years ago we both played in bands, and then I actually spent 12 years in the industry as a sound & lighting tech, so made a half decent living out of it all.
No fame or fortune unfortunately, but you never know I guess........ Tracy has been involved with one album of world music. She has 4 of her songs on it as well as vocals and backing vocals. She also gets into the video side of things, so though I would put a link to one of the tracks from the album that she also did a video for. Hope you enjoy.....
Richard
My wife is a singer / songwriter, and currently has a plethora of various keyboards, including 2 x Yamaha Motifs & a Korg Triton. Many years ago we both played in bands, and then I actually spent 12 years in the industry as a sound & lighting tech, so made a half decent living out of it all.
No fame or fortune unfortunately, but you never know I guess........ Tracy has been involved with one album of world music. She has 4 of her songs on it as well as vocals and backing vocals. She also gets into the video side of things, so though I would put a link to one of the tracks from the album that she also did a video for. Hope you enjoy.....
Richard
YouTube - Andy McKee - Guitar - Drifting - www.candyrat.com
Found this to be pretty slick, like his flavor
Found this to be pretty slick, like his flavor
I enjoyed that one. His style is one of those you run into when you think it has all been done. Then you realize the infinite possibilities that exist.
Welcome to the thread, MorgythaKilla and RichardLoz.
andy mckee is one of my favs. don ross, don alder.
I sing lead and play bass, or play my guitars. I have a fender setup with a roland midi pick up and lately that has taken my attention. sure fun playing piano or a hammond b3 on guitar
I sing lead and play bass, or play my guitars. I have a fender setup with a roland midi pick up and lately that has taken my attention. sure fun playing piano or a hammond b3 on guitar
So, how does the Roland midi pickup work out? That seems like an interesting slant on sound.
Bass boy? Bass boy?
Coming from a drummer...
It's the "bass boys" that help lend any sort of credibility to skin and brass disk bashers as actual musicians!
I jest. I work very closely with drums (drummers) and rely on them for my sound. It's a very close symbiotic relationship with the other half of my attention supporting the guitar or vocalist, whomever is being featured at any given time.... and is what I believe brings me more work than many bassists in my area. I never have any down time unless I want it.
I schleped around an SVT cab for a few years back in the '80s but I used the poorer cousin to the SVT amp, the Ampeg V4-B 100 watt head. It just barely got the job done but back then I was playing mostly "Pay to Play" smaller showcase venues in Los Angeles.
You can move a lot of air with an 8x10" cab powered with a 100 tube watts yielding a full but subtly woolly sound.
BTW Dave can maybe help explain this but the SVT amp rated at 350 watts isn't 2-1/2 times louder.
It just gives you a little bit of cleaner head room (but twice the carrying weight)...which I really didn't need..or want.
Higher powered and much lighter Mosfet amps were available then (Gallien-Krueger) but they sounded clanky to me then.
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Perceived loudness is kind of like the Inverse Square Law that says as you double the height and width, you quadruple the area. With an amplifier, if you double the power, you increase the loudness by 3db, which is what it takes to perceive an increase in loudness. To be twice as loud, you have to increase the power by 10db (ten times the wattage.
You do buy some headroom by increasing the power. The more power, the easier is is to stay away from the saturation point where you begin to distort the signal.
From: Guitars: Wattage, Speaker Efficiency and Amplifier "Loudness" | Harmony Central
You do buy some headroom by increasing the power. The more power, the easier is is to stay away from the saturation point where you begin to distort the signal.
From: Guitars: Wattage, Speaker Efficiency and Amplifier "Loudness" | Harmony Central
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Our previous bass boy (snicker) had a mesa boogie and that thing was a monster. It got sooooooo loud and put out so much force. It's the most impressive sounding rig of any kind that I ever heard.
Whoa... I'm only about ~70 posts into this thread. Did I miss the Oboe player? I think that's the only thing not covered. Or a Santoor.
I've played piano since I was a child but nothing about it is natural. It's always a struggle for me. On the other hand my 3yo daughter has the gift of music and dace. Or maybe they all do at that age? She has taken a lot of interest in the guitar and bass my wife plays. And recently she has been listening to some violin lps for hours on end.
So if any of y'all vapers in the Gulf Coast of Florida want to give her lessons, PM me.. -Magnus
I've played piano since I was a child but nothing about it is natural. It's always a struggle for me. On the other hand my 3yo daughter has the gift of music and dace. Or maybe they all do at that age? She has taken a lot of interest in the guitar and bass my wife plays. And recently she has been listening to some violin lps for hours on end.
So if any of y'all vapers in the Gulf Coast of Florida want to give her lessons, PM me..
-Magnus
Music is something that grows on people either out of desire to play or natural talent. Come have to work at it and others find it easy. Perseverance is what makes dedicated musicians. A lot of kids become an extension of their parents desires, take lessons, play a few years, and quit. Those with a real love for music stay in it for life and play for relaxation or just for fun.
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