Funtwo Revealed (part one) - Page 2

Undertoad · 08-29-2006, 08:46 AM

I have played bass for about 20 years now and not once, ever, have I bothered to learn a show-off riff. This is actually a source of pride for me, because I have figured out that nobody wants or needs to hear that kind of shit.

Flint · 08-29-2006, 08:57 AM

Amen to that. Keep it fundamental. Every instrument has a "job" to do.

Edit: These bass players who want to be like Les Claypool are (mostly) useless.

mrnoodle · 08-29-2006, 09:53 AM

For many many years I tried to be a weedleyweedleyweedley guy, but it just frustrated me. I think it mostly comes down to muscle memory more than consciously thinking about notes -- once you know a scale, it's just a matter of practice until the notes fly at the speed of light. I got kind of fast for a bit there when I was playing for like 4 hours a day, but it killed my solos. Now, I have a hard time writing decent solos because the side of my brain that makes music is the opposite of the one that (kind of) knows how to sweep pick.

Flint, you thought of my new user title though

Flint · 08-29-2006, 10:04 AM

This user title thing is really catchin' on! lumberjim: genius ???

Pangloss62 · 08-29-2006, 11:13 AM

Flint · 06-04-2009, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

If the guy who wrote that article ever heard Yngwie Malmsteen, his head would explode.

And now, for a random Brasilian dude who really captures
the spirit of Yngwie's pointlessly sensationalistic playing:

08-29-2006, 08:57 AM	#17
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Amen to that. Keep it fundamental. Every instrument has a "job" to do. Edit: These bass players who want to be like Les Claypool are (mostly) useless. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 08-29-2006 at 09:28 AM.

08-29-2006, 09:53 AM	#18
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	For many many years I tried to be a weedleyweedleyweedley guy, but it just frustrated me. I think it mostly comes down to muscle memory more than consciously thinking about notes -- once you know a scale, it's just a matter of practice until the notes fly at the speed of light. I got kind of fast for a bit there when I was playing for like 4 hours a day, but it killed my solos. Now, I have a hard time writing decent solos because the side of my brain that makes music is the opposite of the one that (kind of) knows how to sweep pick. Flint, you thought of my new user title though __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

08-29-2006, 10:04 AM	#19
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	This user title thing is really catchin' on! lumberjim: genius ??? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-29-2006, 11:13 AM	#20
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Snaggletooth __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

08-29-2006, 08:46 AM	#16
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I have played bass for about 20 years now and not once, ever, have I bothered to learn a show-off riff. This is actually a source of pride for me, because I have figured out that nobody wants or needs to hear that kind of shit.

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