SteveXFR

I enjoy pushing the boundaries of incompetence

We're you playing the right wrong notes or the wrong wrong notes?

I was only joking. Beyond knowing I dislike it and don't have the talent to play it, I know very little about jazz other than it seems to have even more sub genres and sub genres of sub genres than metal.

Aren't you supposed to play the wrong notes in jazz? How do you tell its not in time when each member of the band is in a different time signature?

I was talking to the owner of my local music shop recently and this subject came up. He told me the worst bassist he ever played with was in a jazz band and he was actually technically very competent but he couldn't just play the bass part roughly as intended, he had to put in far too many fills and tried turning the guitar solo in to a duet and was just difficult to play with. He said he'd much rather a beginner just playing root notes with solid timing than an over playing virtuoso.

Unlike all other bassists who are failed guitarists, Jamerson was actually a failed accordion player. FACT

Some say that Jamerson once punched a horse to the ground and that he doesn't believe in ducks. All we know is he's called Jamerson

Did you know that everyone who's too cheap to buy new strings uses the excuse "but James Jamerson liked using old strings" James Jamerson played music where a nice bright tone was not desirable and didn't need to cut through a metal band.

Sorry for what may be a simple question but I haven't got a clue! I've got a Ibanez SR300 (similar to the link below) which has had the nut modified to accept heavier strings. Now I want to put normal gauge strings back on I need a new nut but I can't work out what I need to buy. There's too many options available. I don't want anything fancy, just a simple, cheap one. https://www.ibanez.com/eu/products/detail/sr300eb_02.html

Singer in our band said that when he wanted me to do backing vocals. He admitted he was very wrong. My singing style sounds like a bull elephant that has just stepped on it's own penis

There's a place for both since they sound different and serve a different purpose.

Sounds like a guitarist I played with for a couple months. He knew power chords and no other chords, I tried showing him bar chords but he "don't need that stinky poo". He would randomly change key and/or time signature when jamming. He claimed to have been playing for 30 years. He was a very, very heavy stoner. We parted ways. He still texts randomly asking if I want to meet up for a jam.

Hives are brilliant live. I've seen them a few times and from the second they step on stage to the end of the last song, they're giving it everything they've got.

In recent years a lot of bands seem to be doing album anniversary tours, playing a 25 year old classic album in full then their newer stuff. I can see why they want to play a lot of new stuff. A tour is normally to promote a new album and the band probably think its their best ever work and they want to play it for their fans. If the name of the tour is the title of the new album, you've got to expect a lot of new songs.

This afternoon I watched the BBC coverage of the Stooges at Glastonbury in 2007. They really aren't acting their age! Dirt was my favourite song. Such a sleazy bass line

You see the advantage of a mosh pit is no one can hold there phone up in a really lively pit. I've seen people try. I saw one dude try during Touch Me I'm Sick at a Mudhoney gig, he nearly lost his arm as well as his phone.

Last time I saw Doyle live he played probably around 50mins but that was most of his bands songs. They didn't have any more material to play. It was a double headliner with Life of Agony who played around an hour and a half. I thought I got my money worth for £30

I hope we can all agree that anyone who holds up their phone to video the show deserves a slow and painful death under a randy bull elephant. Who are they filming it for? Who wants to watch an hour and a half show recorded on a phone with a microphone that can't handle the volume?

You don't have to, of course not but that's what happens at metal and punk shows. It's all friendly, everyone is having a good time, if someone falls down they get helped up. It's been normal for decades and it's not going away any time soon. There are genres of metal where it doesn't happen such as black metal and doom.

That applies to anyone selling a product. If they're selling a good product, people will keep buying it. I really disagree about owing their fans.

I've seen some surprising support acts at punk gigs. Anti Nowhere League supporting NOFX. Sham 69 supporting Anti Flag and a folk band whose name I forget supporting Dead Kennedys.

I'm not young, I'm in my 40s. Metal and punk gigs have never been places for polite behaviour and if you go expecting it you're just going to be angry all night. I don't agree that any bands owe you, or anyone anything. You bought their records but you paid money in exchange for a product. Bands should always perform as well as they can but if the entire audience is just stood there looking bored, they'll soon lose motivation because they'll think their efforts aren't going down well. If they've got a crowd responding well, they'll feel good and play better.

I love going to metal, grunge and punk gigs. To be blunt, if you don't like pushing and shoving, you have no business being in the crowd. A gig where everyone stands still would be dull. I hate big venues, they lose the energy of a small venue and I hate seats. There's nothing better than the combination of a band who can put on a great live show and a lively audience. The two give each other energy. My favourite gigs are ones which are just non stop, high energy playing and very minimal talking. The best gig I've been to in recent years was High On Fire, it was an hour and a half of extremely good, extremely loud doom metal.

Summer Breeze by Type O Negative. How did I miss that one was a cover for so many years? I still think it's the best version

I saw this new bass from Ernie Ball this morning and I thought it's good to see someone offering something genuinely different in a world of Fender clones. I'm not sure this particular one is for me but I'd like to see more technology and innovation in bass guitars rather than just slightly different versions of the same product that's been on sale for 60 years for a couple grand https://mixdownmag.com.au/news/ernie-ball-music-man-unveil-darkray-4-string-bass-guitar/