It has been my experience that the bassist is typically not the one sleeping with anyone, at all. All the girls are like "Oh, you're in a band?!" and the bassist is all "Yeah, I play bass", and the girls are all "Oh...", and then the bassist spends the rest of the party playing Mario Kart with the drummer's little brother while everyone else pairs off and finds places to make out.
It... it was me. I was that bassist.
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In all seriousness a Rock Band RPG could work. The rock industry has had a lot of eccentric people and interesting stories that they could draw on. Of course a lot of those stories contain lots of sex and drug abuse so keeping that teen rating might be difficult but the potential is there
In all seriousness a Rock Band RPG could work. The rock industry has had a lot of eccentric people and interesting stories that they could draw on. Of course a lot of those stories contain lots of sex and drug abuse so keeping that teen rating might be difficult but the potential is there
If you can make a compelling Football team management game, I think a band RPG is doable.
In all seriousness a Rock Band RPG could work. The rock industry has had a lot of eccentric people and interesting stories that they could draw on. Of course a lot of those stories contain lots of sex and drug abuse so keeping that teen rating might be difficult but the potential is there
If you can make a compelling Football team management game, I think a band RPG is doable.
I would kill for a band management game with the depth of Football Manager.
You fuck wit' Die Antwoord, you fuck wit' da army.
In all seriousness a Rock Band RPG could work. The rock industry has had a lot of eccentric people and interesting stories that they could draw on. Of course a lot of those stories contain lots of sex and drug abuse so keeping that teen rating might be difficult but the potential is there
If you can make a compelling Football team management game, I think a band RPG is doable.
I would kill for a band management game with the depth of Football Manager.
That would be fun. You start as some high school kid trying to help your friends get gigs in peoples backyards and grow your business into a massive international record label.
A friend who went into indy game development used to joke about making a game that let you pull from rosters of real musicians, and trying to cobble together statistically superior super-bands. All those conversations inevitably wound up being about how you'd have to have a blanket Dave Grohl ban, because he would be like Bo Jackson in Tecmo Bowl.
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A friend who went into indy game development used to joke about making a game that let you pull from rosters of real musicians, and trying to cobble together statistically superior super-bands. All those conversations inevitably wound up being about how you'd have to have a blanket Dave Grohl ban, because he would be like Bo Jackson in Tecmo Bowl.
That's why you have disadvantages: "persistent costly legal issues with ex-bandmate's wife"
I once spent two years co-designing a rock band management game with a friend but he ended up taking all the work I'd done (which was all the art and writing) and self-published it under his own name. I was pissed but after realizing just how bad the mechanics were and how poorly received it ended up being I was pretty happy to not be associated with it.
I wasn't as good at art then as I am now (and even then I'm not that good) and my writing skills weren't as good either (again-not all that good but getting better). I don't hold a grudge against him as I think he did me a favor and I know he regrets it but it taught me that I'm not all that into designing games. Even if it had been successful I don't deal with success or its pressures well.
Only if you have no demans on quality.
Which is probably why most rockbands have a bassline suitable for "My first bass".
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Only if you have no demans on quality.
Which is probably why most rockbands have a bassline suitable for "My first bass".
The last time I played Rock Band communally I was playing bass all night. The people I was with were astonished at my ability to hit 98% or more on each song. They didn't notice that my note list was a monotonous string of green and red with barely any fiddly bits.
I might be a guitar player and focus on guitarists but I'll be the first to admit that bass players inspire me every bit as much. Chuck Rainy, John Paul Jones, Alex Lifeson, Billy Sheehan...and especially Carol Kaye. She's one of the most influential musicians ever, with 10,000 recording sessions under her belt over a 55 year career. Hell-she even played guitar on La Bamba. Modern rock wouldn't be what it is without her playing. Look her up some time.
Les Claypool, Tina Weymouth, Pino Palladino, James Jamerson, Aston Barret, Christopher Wolstenholme...
The bass determines the mood, the drive and the rythm.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
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But any other bassist can replace him.
Only if you have no demans on quality.
Which is probably why most rockbands have a bassline suitable for "My first bass".
The last time I played Rock Band communally I was playing bass all night. The people I was with were astonished at my ability to hit 98% or more on each song. They didn't notice that my note list was a monotonous string of green and red with barely any fiddly bits.
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A bassist without soul is the difference between tool and foo fighters.
PLA wrote: »
But any other bassist can replace him.
Only if you have no demans on quality.
Which is probably why most rockbands have a bassline suitable for "My first bass".
The last time I played Rock Band communally I was playing bass all night. The people I was with were astonished at my ability to hit 98% or more on each song. They didn't notice that my note list was a monotonous string of green and red with barely any fiddly bits.
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A bassist without soul is the difference between tool and foo fighters.
I played bass, for a while.
Enough to laugh at the part in Weird Al's stage act where it's the bass player's turn for a solo - and he comes out, strikes a pose, and plays a single note. (bownt)
Then he plays another, and another slightly higher... and takes his bow to applause, and goes back to where he was standing before.
As someone who occasionally hires bassists, I don't want a victor wuten or geddy lee, I want someone who has good technical and practical improvisational abilities, but knows how to shut up and doesn't make the song all about whatever awesome bass lick they've just come up with. If I was auditioning bass players and their audition piece was a bass solo I wouldn't bother letting them finish it. Personality is the most important thing for a bass player in ninety percent of cases.
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I don't know, that dog seems pretty happy with the view.
It... it was me. I was that bassist.
I would kill for a band management game with the depth of Football Manager.
That would be fun. You start as some high school kid trying to help your friends get gigs in peoples backyards and grow your business into a massive international record label.
I wasn't as good at art then as I am now (and even then I'm not that good) and my writing skills weren't as good either (again-not all that good but getting better). I don't hold a grudge against him as I think he did me a favor and I know he regrets it but it taught me that I'm not all that into designing games. Even if it had been successful I don't deal with success or its pressures well.
Until you don't have one, and don't know any other decent ones.
Then you're practically begging your friends, asking them if they know anybody who plays bass.
Nobody appreciates the bassist until he's gone.
But any other bassist can replace him.
Only if you have no demans on quality.
Which is probably why most rockbands have a bassline suitable for "My first bass".
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
The last time I played Rock Band communally I was playing bass all night. The people I was with were astonished at my ability to hit 98% or more on each song. They didn't notice that my note list was a monotonous string of green and red with barely any fiddly bits.
The bass determines the mood, the drive and the rythm.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
And Flea. I'd link a song for Flea but, I mean, I really doubt I need to.
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PLA wrote: »
But any other bassist can replace him.
Only if you have no demans on quality.
Which is probably why most rockbands have a bassline suitable for "My first bass".
The last time I played Rock Band communally I was playing bass all night. The people I was with were astonished at my ability to hit 98% or more on each song. They didn't notice that my note list was a monotonous string of green and red with barely any fiddly bits.
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A bassist without soul is the difference between tool and foo fighters.
Especially if they have sole
This. My thoughts exactly at a Victor Wooten-less list of bassists.
Both of those are popular (or were 20 years ago at least). You'll have to tell me which one is the good bassist one?
Enough to laugh at the part in Weird Al's stage act where it's the bass player's turn for a solo - and he comes out, strikes a pose, and plays a single note. (bownt)
Then he plays another, and another slightly higher... and takes his bow to applause, and goes back to where he was standing before.
Lee,