Nail Soup Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 I read on-line descriptions of two bass players in the last week or two which really grated on me. They didn't relate to the bass players in question whatsoever, just seemed to use generic terms they had heard someone use about bass players before. Example 1: Sting. The Journo said that Stings bass playing "filled out the sound of the Police". No it didn't - he had an economic style designed to preserve the space in the Police sound. Example 2: Brian Ritchie of The Violent Femmes: The Journo said "and Brian Ritchie's bass playing keeps the group grounded". No it doesn't - his playing is very flamboyant, over-the-top and busy etc. Grr! Got any examples which grind your gears? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 Many years ago I had a chat with Martin Ace, the long-time bass player for the Welsh band Man. He said, “if you’re bothered about being under-appreciated, overlooked or misunderstood, you’ve probably chosen the wrong instrument “. 7 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 I've long since given up reading anything so-called music journos write. It was tripe back in the day and I've no doubt it's tripe now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 (edited) When Herbie Flowers died recently the BBC, initially, described him as guitarist. By the next day the article had been updated to bassist. Edited September 30 by gjones 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasman Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 I wouldn't be surprised if the 'journos' producing the drivel above were actually using Chat-GPT to generate their articles... it's already happening elsewhere! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 9 hours ago, Gasman said: I wouldn't be surprised if the 'journos' producing the drivel above were actually using Chat-GPT to generate their articles... it's already happening elsewhere! Yep - Quill and Wordsmith are increasingly being used in sports reporting and financial reporting. It wouldn't surprise me to see it elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Most journalism is lazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerfridge Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 3 minutes ago, Bassfinger said: Most journalism is lazy. It's not necessarily laziness, but a sad reality of modern journalism. Some Journos are expected to churn out multiple articles a day if they want to make a meaningful wage, and it's just become a race to the bottom. That's why you see so many "advertorials"; Journos can just take "articles" prewritten by PR agencies that are just glorified adverts for Thomas Cook ("Scientists prove January is the most depressing time of the year [so you should book a holiday with TC]") or Virgin Money or whoever, and just send it to the publishers with their name on it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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