What's Your "Connection"?

[mike not fat]

<div class="bbWrapper">Style : mostly fingers, sometimes pick ou thumb, rarely slap.<br /> <br /> Music and Bass are a passion. But I&#039;m realist and know I can&#039;t live from that, so I have a job and it takes me alot of time. Maybe it&#039;s better so, you always love more want you don&#039;t have enough time to do.<br /> <br /> I like to play every kind of music, from metal to jazz, from rock to rap, from prog to punk and fusions of any kind. I played in a punk band, than in a jazz one, and today I play in a band that mixes influences (rock, jazz, folk, industrial...) and instruments (guitar, violin, electro stuff...). I don&#039;t really like playing other group&#039;s songs, &#039;cause you can never match the original (I prefer to modify the song, for ex. playing punk a cool song or jazzy a metal one). I think you always play better what you created yourself and it&#039;s the most satisfaying way to express what you feel.<br /> <br /> I came to bass because I always liked the place it has in a song (warm and deep sound, driving the rythm...) I don&#039;t play guitar. In the future I&#039;ll have to learn playing drums (I always wanted to, but it was too expensive). <br /> <br /> MNF</div>

 

[Psychicpet]

<div class="bbWrapper">Mainly fingers and do get the occaisonal comment of being a frustrated pianist (I&#039;m really getting in to the chording/arpeggiating thing, but it&#039;s still a crap shoot as to whether or not it works <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> )<br /> <br /> working musician for now but am having to renegotiate some &quot;out of town&quot; playing fees so we&#039;ll see what happens there <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> <br /> <br /> Gene Simmons drove me to the bass and Eddie VanHalen drove me to being a musician (also Eric Avery, Muzz Skillings and later, Charles Mingus)<br /> <br /> Like most people here I like almot every style and to be employable I try to be atleast a little versed in everything but friggin&#039; tumbao&#039;s still give a run for my money!!<br /> <br /> Emotional Rescue, I was made to love her, and Three Days are some of my favourite lines as well.</div>

 

[mike not fat]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Psychicpet" data-source="" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> Psychicpet said: </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Three Days are some of my favourite lines as well. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> From Jane&#039;s addiction ?<br /> <br /> If so, + 1<br /> <br /> MNF</div>

 

[Psychicpet]

<div class="bbWrapper">yep! <br /> <br /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></div>

 

[MingusBASS]

<div class="bbWrapper">Let&#039;s see...<br /> <br /> I play with fingers 80% of the time, my Thumb 15% and 5% Pick. I also dable in guitar/keys. Started out when I was 8 on trumpet then french horn(John Entwhistle anyone).<br /> <br /> Right now, I could be purely a working musician but I&#039;m working a day job to help pay for College loans right now. I went to school for music(Degree in Music Performance) and play in a few working bands w/ some studio work on the side. I&#039;m also thinking about getting into teaching soon.<br /> <br /> I was driven into music by Miles....but got turned on by bass with some of the jazz cats- Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, Mingus...(obviously someone I look up to). <br /> <br /> Some of my influences include: Rocco Prestia of Tower of Power, George Porter Jr. of the Meters, Sir Paul McCartney, Bruce Thomas who played with Elvis Costello, John Entwhistle of The Who...<br /> <br /> The older I get(I&#039;m 24 now) the more I appreciate and grow to love every style of music. I&#039;ll play anything and I pride myself on the fact I can play pretty much any style convincingly and with feeling. Obviously It helps to be open to new styles when you are wanting to be a working musician.<br /> <br /> that should be a good start<br /> <br /> Andrew<br /> Andrew</div>

 

[AnthonyD]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Psychicpet" data-source="" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> Psychicpet said: </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Gene Simmons drove me to the bass... </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Cool - don&#039;t find many &quot;man&quot; enough to admit it! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></div>

 

[barkatozz]

<div class="bbWrapper">First, what&#039;s your style(s)? Fingers, pick, both? Holding the line (ala Cliff Williams) or out in front (ala Graham Maby). Gotta be some slap/funk out there too...<br /> <b>99% fingers(other 1% pick on Sober from Tool....tried doing it w/ the fingers but it tore my hands up too much)</b><br /> Second, what are you using your bass for? Working musician? Hobbiest? Wannabe star?<br /> <b>Working Musician &amp; hobbiest</b><br /> And lastly, what drove you to play bass? What&#039;s your preferred type of music to play? Favorite songs/artists to play?<br /> <b>Listening to Bob Daisley playing Ozzy songs on Blizzard &amp; Diary. I prefer to play classic rock &amp; metal(Ozzy. Sabbath, Rush, Kansas,etc.). I like playing: I Don&#039;t Know &amp; S.A.T.O. from Ozzy, Anything by Rush, Song For America by Kansas, &amp; just about any Sabbath song.<br /> </b></div>