Frank Blank

It's a great song and I think you are spot on. Tina Weymouth is superb, definitely an important inspiration for me.

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I'm 5' 10" and not very good at bass playing but it has nothing to do with my gender! I was surrounded by female bass players when I was first getting into bass, gender didn't seem to matter then we were all just punks! My first experience playing bass through an amp was at a Rubella Ballet rehearsal, thanks Gem.

When proles say 'Play us a tune' they mean play us something we recognise, not play that intricate and nuanced Stanley Clarke bass line. You'll get a more positive response if you play Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star than Primus. My answer is always the middle finger or perhaps Peaches if I know they are familiar with it and even then I'll get a middle finger in there too.

It’s all about chewing gum while you swing yo’ donkey, that’s the top and bottom of it.

Ach, Paul Raven, an old friend of mine, sadly missed, what a geezer.

Excuse my ignorance once more... FRFR = ?

Excuse my utter ignorance in this field but are some of you suggesting bass into Helix, Helix into DI, DI into desk, no amp or cab onstage and just using in-ear or wedge monitoring?

Welcome Ghettoshred. Turkey Greatings My new band name, there...

Yes, this is exactly how I look at it now. I should have just posted Got A Grand To Spend, Suggestions?

The first time I tried one I could do so much more on it than I could on the longer scales, you just know when you play something that’s right for you, why should I practice and struggle to do things on the longer scale when I can do them on the short scale? The short scale facilitates my playing, the longer scale hinders it.

Roxy Music, what a great band, just properly unique.

I like undamped drums too, most of my favourite drummers play drums that ring.

Excellent, Queen were quite formative for me too, even though I shouldn’t admit to that as a punk. Queen were a band my brother played me a lot of before the punk thing happened. Actually, thinking about it, They were one of the bands I just carried on listening to through the upheavals of punk.

Second line of my CV there... Weird Uncle who smells a bit and keeps goats... ...genius.

This is a good analogy. I’m trying to think of a song I like which involves a bass tone I don’t like and I can’t, apart from everything by Level 42 obviously.

Oh bollards, I’m always doing that, duh.

I’m already in hot water. It’s funny how John Deacon never actually springs to mind but is such a vital part of that band, what a dude.

Bill Bruford.

If you are playing Level 42 covers it’s probably time to shut a piano lid on your fingers.

Actually this is making me perhaps modify my thoughts, I am not a specialist in any field really but I am savvy enough sometimes to just know when something (perhaps something I am not knowledgeable enough to comprehend or single out) is wrong... ...audiences would perhaps experience greater positive emotion through listening to the music but not identify the tone per se? ...Hmmmmm, yes, thought provoking.

We had quite a lengthy discussion about similar matters here...

Something to make them groove. Speaking as a text book self-centred dullard I think the subtleties of tone are lost on the majority or punters.

Theatrical As Apposed To Forsythe ...is going to be the title of my autobiography and the first line of my CV from now on.