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There are no bass players in victoria
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| todeshauptmetallmiliz User Info... | Its my opinion that bass player are a dying breed! Why?! There are to many guitar players and not nearly enough bassists! Its going to be, before long that bassists are going to be like the sabertooth tiger or the dinosaur. none left, all gone! THIS IS A NATURAL DESASTER!!! We must stop this colamity before its to late! People listen! Start playing bass befor its to late! You'll still get chicks and people will respect you. - Tue, 22 Aug 2006 5:21pm | ||
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| ROSS B AY User Info... | HEYYYYOOOOOOooo...... - Tue, 22 Aug 2006 6:06pm Edited: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 6:33pm | ||
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| jeff User Info... | As a bass player I would like to say I havent gotten any chicks and people dont respect me - Wed, 23 Aug 2006 1:05am Edited: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 1:05am | ||
| STBP User Info... | Objection! We're around, but we know we're a hot commodity and so we're pretty selective about what we take on. For example, I recently jammed with a pretty solid-sounding group but took a pass because they had no drummer. There was seemingly no urgency to find a drummer -- but a preference to solidify the material in preparation for the drummer who will eventually fall from the sky. Since I want to play shows ASAP, I pulled the plug early. So don't despair, we're there. The laid-back nature of bassists is in line with the practice of lurking on message boards like this one. Incidentally, I'll be looking for a band in late October after a X-Canada road trip as roadie for Vincat. Look me up then! My info's in my profile. - Wed, 23 Aug 2006 8:50am | ||
| Kaitie Sly User Info... | sweet... i already get doods, but CHICKS! now THATS something to brag about.. ;) - Wed, 23 Aug 2006 3:30pm | ||
| Jaron Evil User Info... |  I agree with Chad though. More people need to learn bass. Bass playing is a dying art because everyone now doesn't have bassists...they have guitarists playing bass cause they can't find bass players. Which has led to one of the biggest hatreds I can think of as a bassist...it's led to pushy guitarists telling bassists how to play their instruments! I don't know about the rest of you, but I've quit bands over this. Anyway thats my rant. - - Wed, 23 Aug 2006 4:06pm | ||
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| Mathais User Info... |  -Matty - Sun, 27 Aug 2006 1:13pm | ||
| Doctor Unk User Info... | I'm a bass player with lots of experience that will be moving to voctoria in late oct. and will be looking to get into a grind/deathmetal project. If anyone is interested hit me with an email. I allso have meterial put together for a bass and drum grind out fit that I will be looking for a drummer for(must be able to blast lke a mother fucker and know odd timeing suck as 5/4 7/4 etc.) - Sun, 27 Aug 2006 2:24pm | ||
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| kmac User Info... | Based on my experience, singers get about 75% of the chicks at a show, guitarists about 20%, and the drummer and the bassist fight over the remaining 5%. However, the drummer's usually in better shape than you, has more tattoos and plays with his shirt off. So, you're pretty much screwed. This is why bass players are so good at video games. Your best bet is to play with really, really ugly people. - Mon, 28 Aug 2006 5:52pm | ||
| KnifeGhost User Info... | C'mon, accept the world for how it is and get your guitar-playing buddy to take up the bass. Anything more than a competent guitar player can do on bass is showing off. - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 2:37am | ||
| xXxComradexXx User Info... | I know lots of bass players, just no drummers... - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 4:39am | ||
| Homer User Info... | I've had ads on here for months looking for ANY musicians and haven't gotten many bites. One person I haven't heard from at all is a bass player, let alone a bass player who's into stoner tunes. If you do hear from someone, you end up having to train them. I'm not the best teacher and have dick all for theory knowledge. Oh, and the answer is to play with your shirt off and do lots of cock-pushups if you are a bass player. Odds may go up a bit after that. - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:13pm | ||
| Andrew User Info... | haha jeff, you COULD HAVE got chicks. - Wed, 30 Aug 2006 7:05am | ||
| Pierce User Info... | Been a fukin guitarist for YEARS, couldn't get shit. Then i realised "Hey, i can suck at an instrument, but still be in a band!" SO i took up bass. Bought the thing, 6 hours later some fag was knockin at my door. I answered an ad looking for a wikkid bass player. WIKKID BASS PLAYER; Noun; 1. Guitar player who couldn't do fuckin shit after the low 4. 2. A drummer who realised that all his friends were musicians so he may as well try and become one too. So my 2 cents; All you girly guitar players out there who constantly put up ads looking for a band...stop it already. Supply and demand as Jarod has said. We need more bass players. If i had a dollar for every time someone has emailed me looking for a bass player, i probably wouldnt have needed to do the idiotic thing of playing gay-ass radio rock however.Stick to METAL! - Wed, 30 Aug 2006 9:03am Edited: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 9:04am | ||
| NOISE NOT BOMBS User Info... | I have head the bass player for iskra (devon) plays naked some times, I wonder if that helps. - Wed, 30 Aug 2006 2:24pm | ||
| Grand Sound User Info... | Time to through my 2 cents in... Been playing bass consistently in bands in Victoria for over 20 yrs. I'm not a guitarist-turned-bassist, I started with bass, and will play bass 'til I die....Always involved with multiple projects, but very selective. The key to staying busy and a good musician is being VERSITILE. There are other types of music besides punk & metal. Take some chances, try something new. To answer the thread...this is one bass player who doesn't apply to ads becuase I want to stay busy, not be pigeon holed into one type of music. Just some advice from years of riding the live scene for a few decades. (Old-Timer) P.S. Pierce: If you miss DON TRON on Sept 16 I'll break your Beast ;) - Wed, 30 Aug 2006 2:36pm Edited: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 2:43pm | ||
| steve User Info... | I think drummers are much tougher to find than bass players. Almost every band Ive been in had some kind of issue with a drummer...reliable pro solid drummers who are willing to perform/record plenty styles of rock music are like dust in the wind nowadays. my 2 cents - Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:16pm | ||
| Anonymous User Info... | any bass player looking for a band? haha its soo hard to find a solid bass player. seriuosly. they are a small commodity.. its either they suck or they really wanna play guitar but are lazy. and thats that. my group might not get one. might just chanel a bass amp though a guitar amp. meh who knows. shane [email protected] - Thu, 31 Aug 2006 1:21am | ||
| KnifeGhost User Info... | I'm telling youse all, drum machines and sequenced bass. It's the way of the future. - Thu, 31 Aug 2006 1:21am | ||
| jeff User Info... | "haha jeff, you COULD HAVE got chicks" When was this? Also i like stoner metal, but im in a punk band so that shows you what kinda bass player i am - Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:20pm Edited: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:21pm | ||
| King Tarkus User Info... | I think that rock keyboard players are the actual dying breed. You'd be hard pressed to find a rock band with no bassist, as this is considered an oddity if you like. Keyboardists, on the other hand, are considered optional and are indeed getting rarer IMO. I played Battle of the Bands with Old Town Fuzz this past April, and we were considered "the band with keyboards." And it's making my search for a keyboard player for my new band rather difficult. In comparison, bass players are a dime a dozen. Bassists have it good because there's always bands looking for a bass player. - Thu, 31 Aug 2006 6:03pm | ||
| KnifeGhost User Info... | "I think that rock keyboard players are the actual dying breed. " Are you shitting me? That's like saying that maybe we should look into some kind of preservation program for the carrier pidgeon. Rock keyboards are DEAD. I'm not saying rightly so. I'm just saying that's how it is. - Fri, 1 Sep 2006 1:20am | ||
| STBP User Info... | Some of my favorite bands include keys. Very much alive. Maybe not in the music you like.. but open your eyes! - Fri, 1 Sep 2006 2:28pm | ||
| KnifeGhost User Info... | Man, the music I like is slathered in keyboards. But not the kind that you need a "rock keyboardist" for. When I hear "rock keyboards" I think Faith No More. And you just don't see that anymore. - Fri, 1 Sep 2006 7:54pm | ||
| steve User Info... | rock keyboards = deep purple/boston/stix/journey/bon jovi/ foriener/kim mitchell/maxwebster/elton john /doors to name a few. some other interesting pieces come from rush/the who/ozzy/ edger winter/cars/goldenearing/talking heads the list keeps growing... I would really like to meet up with a board player who could and would cover this . - Sat, 2 Sep 2006 1:10pm | ||
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