Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Joe Meek: If it sounds right; it is right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 My favourite.. Steve Jones, to Mr Grundy.. "You Dirty Fukcer..." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) The present day composer refuses to die! -Edgard Verese- If I failed to offend anyone, I apologize. -Johannes Brahms- Edited July 1, 2021 by StickyDBRmf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 Some doozies here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 'Don't f**k about, just play the f***ing bass' Danny Thompson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekomatic Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 ‘Bootsy! Always play on the one!’ - James Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 “Not that f&cking chord, the other one!!” - Father Ted Crilly. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll. Mick Shrimpton R.I.P. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 4 hours ago, PaulWarning said: Jazz double bass player (forgotten his name) when asked what scale he used replied "I just play the root note first then any old bollocks after that" I was told by a mate (a jazz double bassist) that if you don't know the number you never hit the same note twice in a row. Hit a different note every time and you'll either be on the right note, a harmony or a passing note. I tried it and it works. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Not strictly a quote from a musician, nor particularly inspirational: Hi, we live on Dorset Avenue (2 streets away), and if this noise continues, we're going to call Environmental Health. We just thought we'd mention it as a courtesy. One of my first band rehearsals at the singer's parent's house, rural Manchester circa 1997. Everyone's an effing critic. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 “ Everyone talks about rock these days : the problem is, they forgot about the roll “ Keith Richards 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 No so much a quote, but still more solid advice from Frank Zappa, "Shut up and play your guitar." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Nathan East: Attitude + Aptitude = Altitude And one from an ole IT Manager: "Always be aware of your audience", which also translates to being a musician. This isn't just about stage craft, it's about how you interact with those around you; customers, band mates, security, friends, parents, the toilet cleaner. Treat them well as you never know which will be scraping your face off the road one day and saving your a**! Which takes me on to Ozzy Osbourne in the rockumentary 'The Decline Of Western Civilisation, Pt 2', where he dispenses this rather useful piece of advice whilst failing to pour a glass of orange juice: "You meet a lot of people on the way up, don't f**** them, as you'll meet them on the way down too." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 "What's wrong with being sexy?" - Nigel Tufnel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 If you make a mistake, repeat it. Will look deliberate then Jimi Hendix I think I heard it from, but guessing he wasn't he first to say it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 14 hours ago, nekomatic said: ‘Bootsy! Always play on the one! And you're fined 5 Dollars!’ - James Brown Fixed it ....... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 A quote from "The Bass Lesson" by Victor Wooten when "Michael" suggests that Music is made of 10 equal parts. "Now we have ten different but equal parts of Music: notes, articulation, technique, feel, dynamics, rhythm, tone, phrasing, space and listening." He goes on to describe how he "played space". A great read (or listen, if you have the audio book). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbd1960 Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 19 hours ago, MacDaddy said: Well if we are talking about Sir Tom 🤣 To a lady cellist: "Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it." - Sir Thomas Beecham I refrained from posting that one yesterday... I can confirm that I can only scratch my cello... It had an outing last night at orchestra and I was the only cellists... sight-reading my way through Haydn Symphony 99, Beethoven Egmont overture, and Bach's orchestral suite #2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 I will play what you want me to play. Or I won’t play at all if you don’t want me to play. Whatever it is that will please you I will do it. George Harrison 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Not sure who said it, but: "Its rock and roll, there is no right or wrong way, just your way". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthedog Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Not so inspirational but Eric Morecambe summed up my playing with: "Playing all of the right notes, just not necessarily in the right order" My bass tutor: "That sounds so much better when you don't play" To be fair he was instilling the thought of letting the music come out with silence. Victor Wooten: “Never lose the groove in order to find a note” and "You are never more than half a step away from a right note" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side". Hunter S. Thompson, US author and journalist. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 “The life of a rock & roll band will last as long as you can look down into the audience and see yourself.” Bruce Springsteen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Music is just an interesting way of joining up silence. Miick Goodrick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 I'll add this one, it's mine. It's Independence Day here in the States and I'm waiting for the boys to leave the house so's I CAN CRANK IT UP. But the Friend/landlord/roomate is CLEANING THE BATHROOM AND LISTENING TO CHRISTIAN MUSIC (The bad kind - Elvis). So... The best way to drown out Christian Music, is, Mad Dogs & Englishmen! ("We can't forget the band...") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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