thisnameistaken Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Two things: Tonight they brought up a post I'd made on Facebook where I'd said I was going to learn to play jazz before I was too old for originals bands and had to play Mustang Sally to happy couples every weekend, and that I'd found some other potential jazzers in York to play with. Bless 'em they were worried I was leaving the band which I wouldn't do, I love the tunes. But tonight I actually had all my pedals on and they were encouraging it. Basically an OC-2 suboctave blended with a gated fuzz from my Octavius Squeezer, through a chorus, vibrato and low-pass filter on my M9 and finally through my Bugcrusher. I was saying "No this is silly" and they were saying "No let's do it, it will freak people out." I love my band. For the record we're a rocksteady/punk band. Not the sort of band you'd expect to find endorsing drum n' bass bass sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Sweet. It's good to have an encouraging band to play in. My country/folk band encourage me to use my pedals too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 TBH recently they've been picking on my pedalboard because it looks expensive, despite the fact that it has shrunk as I've focused it towards what this band does, and until now I've only used the OC-2, the fuzz on my O.S., and a heavily compressed overdrive sound on my M9. But on some new tunes I've got a full-on dubstep bass gnarl on one (the 'all effects switched on' sound I mentioned earlier), and a square wave reverb pitch-shifty thing on another that sounds like the underground theme from Super Mario, and it's all being accepted as just what the bass is supposed to do. It's f***ing ace being in my band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.i.stein Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 (edited) there's never been a better time to be a bass player in a band. with the rise of electronic music like dubstep and d'n'b, the focus has shifted much more to the bass than the guitar our band is going to do a dubstep d'n'b side-project, which may even involve one of the guitarists using a bass aswell ! (should be great fun) only problem (well, challenge really) is the midi/sequencing side. me and the guitarist are going to work on writing percussion and noise loops for the drummer to synch to. our first track will probably be a full on re-working of 'mustang sally' inna dubstep stylee there's loads of bands already doing stuff like that. check out CODA [url="http://www.myspace.com/codamusicuk"]http://www.myspace.com/codamusicuk[/url], i'm off to see 'em tonight as it happens..although i'm not sure they have a live bass player yet.. Edited October 16, 2010 by phil.i.stein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuco Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 [quote name='phil.i.stein' post='989933' date='Oct 16 2010, 08:16 AM']there's never been a better time to be a bass player in a band. with the rise of electronic music like dubstep and d'n'b, the focus has shifted much more to the bass than the guitar our band is going to do a dubstep d'n'b side-project, which may even involve one of the guitarists using a bass aswell ! (should be great fun) only problem (well, challenge really) is the midi/sequencing side. me and the guitarist are going to work on writing percussion and noise loops for the drummer to synch to. our first track will probably be a full on re-working of 'mustang sally' inna dubstep stylee there's loads of bands already doing stuff like that. check out CODA [url="http://www.myspace.com/codamusicuk"]http://www.myspace.com/codamusicuk[/url], i'm off to see 'em tonight as it happens..although i'm not sure they have a live bass player yet.. [/quote] how was the gig?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.i.stein Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 [quote name='Tuco' post='996296' date='Oct 21 2010, 07:44 PM']how was the gig??[/quote] ha ha ! they were awesome. the set started off dub-style with live trombone and guitar, and progressed into ska/dubstep mayhem. i danced like an idiot (even after having done the same at Melt Banana @ rock city 3 hours earlier..) the laser-light and offstage mixing also added to the whole event, you were just obliged to shake your ass ! there was another 4-5 hours worth of dj work to follow, but i had to fart out at 2:30, being the driver an' all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuco Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 [quote name='phil.i.stein' post='996341' date='Oct 21 2010, 08:22 PM']ha ha ! they were awesome. the set started off dub-style with live trombone and guitar, and progressed into ska/dubstep mayhem. i danced like an idiot (even after having done the same at Melt Banana @ rock city 3 hours earlier..) the laser-light and offstage mixing also added to the whole event, you were just obliged to shake your ass ! there was another 4-5 hours worth of dj work to follow, but i had to fart out at 2:30, being the driver an' all.[/quote] danced like an idiot??? NOT like this dude then??? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoAlWDVe2hw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoAlWDVe2hw[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.i.stein Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 [quote name='Tuco' post='996749' date='Oct 22 2010, 10:00 AM']danced like an idiot??? NOT like this dude then??? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoAlWDVe2hw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoAlWDVe2hw[/url][/quote] hell no, i'm not that good.. i forgot to say they would definetely benefit from the addition of a live bass player imo.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey1-8 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 [quote name='phil.i.stein' post='989933' date='Oct 16 2010, 08:16 AM']Check out CODA [url="http://www.myspace.com/codamusicuk"]http://www.myspace.com/codamusicuk[/url][/quote] This is going OT but enjoyed that, good shout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 [quote name='phil.i.stein' post='996758' date='Oct 22 2010, 10:04 AM']hell no, i'm not that good.. i forgot to say they would definetely benefit from the addition of a live bass player imo..[/quote] You should get in touch & let em know. Wherther it be yourself that's interested in the job at hand or just to offer advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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