Anyone else in a band?

[bobbycos]

We werent into them but we used to joke that I was like the bassist from New Found Glory. There's another band with a fat bassist but I cant remember at the moment. Maybe Papa Roach...?

Atlanta Rhythm Section


dunno how i double posted, sorry about that,

[MikeW]

To me, it just seems right for the bassist to be the biggest, most awkward guy in the band. It suits the position. It suited me.

iknorite!?! The other guys are talking to chicks and they're like, "Him? Oh, he's just our bassist..." Lol.

"Dont mind me. Im just the quiet, fat guy in the band."

[brutalcb7]

HaHa our bassist is chubby too, so random i never really thought to pay attention to what a person looks like in a band, i was too interested or disgusted in the music to care. check this bass video dude plays a 9 string like a pro! not one fuck up the whole song! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLeXaxlSbc8

[deevergote]

I appreciate the talent, but I hate any bass with more than 4 strings... I'm a snob. IMO, if you can't play something on a 4 string, you're relying on a gimmick.

To me, this is some of the most amazing bass playing (and overall musical composition.) I'm pretty sure I actually competed against a number of the guys in this band back in my highschool jazz band days. They're all from NJ, and most of them are my age. My school's band was one of the best in the state, winning that title 3 out of 4 years I was there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvbn3FJwqDo

I would truly love to play in a band like that... but I could never come close to writing music like that, or being able to find enough reliable and talented musicians to pull it off!

[brutalcb7]

yeah i've never really been into punk/ska. that whole stereotype against those genres that if you dont have musical talent, you play punk, has always been exhibited to me from any punk genre band i have ever seen live. which isnt many by the way, thats where my general knowledge of the genre comes from, as i dont choose personally to liten to it. i dont have anything against it tho just not my cup of tea. as with the song and band that you posted, focusing solely on the bass alone it is most definetly impressive. i like how he almost takes a lead role while accomplishing to follow the roll of bass and keep time with the drums and the over all theme of the song. good stuff forsure as far as composition "as you said" and song writing goes.