Doctor J

Asian Metallica tribute, genuinely, Trapped Under Rice

I've played in quite a few trios and a few trio + vocalists as bassist but also on guitar, too. In my experience, if the derrière drops out of it when the guitarist plays lead or stops, the bass is the problem. The bass needs to be full and carry the song whether the guitar is there or not. The bass needs to be the derrière. The guitar is the fluff which works on top of the derrière but the guitar cannot, under any circumstances, be the derrière.

Dude...

Mechanical-radiant-energy-that-is-transmitted-by-longitudinal-pressure-waves-in-a-material-medium engineer?

Wild guess, but you get bad mixes very frequently?

On the scale of how much they can tone it down, this is pretty impressive

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Gibson strikes! 😂

There needs to be a drummer called Tom Thomson

I once auditioned for a band and, during a break, the singer took me aside, said he really liked my playing and explained his vision for the band - which included masks/make-up and stage names. I get the feeling the guy had become aware of Slipknot and wanted to copy the idea. I was 28 at the time and found the whole thing quite embarrassing, even though I would be allowed to choose my own name and mask, etc. If I was 16, fine. I grew up listening to Tom Warrior, Ron Royce, Tommy T. Baron, Cronos, Mantas, Abbadon and the likes and anything goes when you're a kid. At the age of 28, though, the thought of going to my Ma saying I'm going to be known as Blacksmith Demonslayer or some such nonsense (it was a Metal band after all) just did not work for me at all 😄

Yeah, The Fall had a few line-ups with two bassists. Shame they left the interpretive dance out in later years

I'll see your two basses and raise you one

Switch to original music and make her voice a feature of what you do. There are lots of great, great bands making great, great music with singers who would be viewed traditionally as "unmusical" 😀

Yup

I genuinely love that they do the little Zissou hip shuffle in that video too 😂

Actually, here's the pre-Eurovision version which is another step removed. Those of us who remember Altern8 and early Prodigy might shed a wee tear at this one 😀

When I heard that on the night I was genuinely in the WTF camp and amazed it got so much of the public vote but, the more I hear it, the more I like it. There's a lot going on there, it's really quite far removed from the Europop camp.

Christ, lads, let it go 🤣

Get 1/4" drill bit and make the hole in your existing knobs a teeny, tiny bit bigger. Don't drill through your hand, though. Safety first and so on.

My drum kit was used to record Paddy Casey's Saints and Sinners album. I'm not really a fan so it doesn't mean anything to me but it is a nice kit.

Whatver this is...

Bonzo's squeaking bass drum pedal features on a number of songs but is particularly clear on Since I've Been Loving You and The Ocean. Be warned, though, once you hear it, it gets louder every time 🙂

Why not just wait and buy the bass you actually want instead of buying something you clearly don't want?

I don't think I've ever seen anything which discouraged me. Great music and musicians make me want to play. Crap music and musicians make me want to play too, just better than they were 😀