Stagecraft

[ambient]

This is impressive. 

 

Maybe not something to try at your local pub gig though.

 

[Dad3353]

Yeah, I do that trick of tossing my gear around my head. Goes down a treat, along with the head-banging. I'm weak on pirouettes, though, so I'll practise them more. 

Disclaimer :  I'm a drummer. 

[Lozz196]

It’s only playing small venues that stops me doing exactly the same…….

[Nail Soup]

I'm pretty sure I'd forget to lock the wheels on those trolleys and go a**e ove t*t

[Rich]

 

[Woodinblack]

Hes got through a lot of mirrors getting that right!

 

[ambient]

1 hour ago, Nail Soup said:

I'm pretty sure I'd forget to lock the wheels on those trolleys and go a**e ove t*t

 

I once, in what I thought was a very ‘rock and roll’ pose, put my foot on a monitor which started sliding across the stage. I didn’t fall over but it was nevertheless a very embarrassing moment.

Edited August 26, 2022 by ambient

[Franticsmurf]

3 hours ago, Rich said:

 

In the clips where the guitar goes flying off out of shot, there are priceless moments where the spinners stop and look in disbelief. I think this is the crucial learning point from this instructional video - you must perfect that look of incredulity that it hasn't worked quite like you thought it would. 🤣

Edited August 26, 2022 by Franticsmurf

[Marky L]

That spin malarkey comes a very very close second to bass solos in my book (well, more like a pamphlet really).

[Nail Soup]

24 minutes ago, Marky L said:

That spin malarkey comes a very very close second to bass solos in my book (well, more like a pamphlet really).

I’m presuming you mean second in a list of No-No’s rather than great things!

What be the remainder of the top 5 (or 10) then?

[Marky L]

29 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

I’m presuming you mean second in a list of No-No’s rather than great things!

What be the remainder of the top 5 (or 10) then?

Oh yes indeed.

Obv the list is verrrrry subjective.

Under the chin basses are in it though.

[Dad3353]

52 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

...What be the remainder of the top 5 (or 10) then?

 

On bass, for me, other than the 'slinging one's 'ook' as in the video, and bass solos, I'd add...

 

Pedal boards (or pedals at all, really...).

Use of a pick.

Round-wound strings.

 

'Softly, softly' is more my style (it might get loud, but softly...). 

Edited August 27, 2022 by Dad3353

[Owen]

Crass and tasteless.

[Owen]

I would do it all the time if I had the coordination.

[Old Horse Murphy]

What a tosser 

[MacDaddy]

On 26/08/2022 at 14:35, ambient said:

This is impressive. 

 

Maybe not something to try at your local pub gig though.

 

 

Anyone know the actual music he's playing? And why that er, interesting overdub music was used?

[steantval]

Hopefully his bass playing is as good as his tricks.

Edited August 27, 2022 by steantval

[SteveXFR]

6 hours ago, Owen said:

Crass and tasteless.

 

Exactly my style

[Owen]

9 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

 

Exactly my style

It is something I am reaching for. 

[tauzero]

On 26/08/2022 at 19:11, Franticsmurf said:

In the clips where the guitar goes flying off out of shot, there are priceless moments where the spinners stop and look in disbelief. I think this is the crucial learning point from this instructional video - you must perfect that look of incredulity that it hasn't worked quite like you thought it would. 🤣

 

The one that got me genuinely LOLing was the one where the bass disappears to the left, and when the camera pans over to show him retrieving it, he's emerging from a swimming pool.

 

I am quite surprised that so many haven't discovered the wonder of straplocks.

[Eric.C.Lapton]

 

[odysseus]

Stagecraft, you say.... 

 

 

[mcnach]

On 26/08/2022 at 14:42, Dad3353 said:

Yeah, I do that trick of tossing my gear around my head. Goes down a treat, along with the head-banging. I'm weak on pirouettes, though, so I'll practise them more. 

Disclaimer :  I'm a drummer. 

 

Oh, you're Tommy Lee??? 

 

 

[Dan Dare]

47 minutes ago, odysseus said:

Stagecraft, you say.... 

 

 

 

Brilliant. That bassist must be roasting in that cossie. Like all good parodies, the playing is spot on. Great stuff.