Re: double bass chat/hangout?
Originally Posted by
banjoboy
... Bass players are the unsung heroes ...
Absolutely!
I've long believed that:
a) casual listeners rarely "hear" the bass because it's not in their face and, well, they're casual (unlike us, ya know, musically obsessed types?), and,
b) bass is what forms the strongest emotional connection with most listeners because, besides rarely listening to the words and however "casual" they might strive to be, a vibrating chest cavity cannot be ignored at a subconscious level.
Did I mention that, for six months now, I've been playing bass guitar in our local Italian music quartet, ehrr, quintet: two mandolins, flute, guitar, and... bass!
- Ed
"Then one day we weren't as young as before
Our mistakes weren't quite so easy to undo
But by all those roads, my friend, we've travelled down
I'm a better man for just the knowin' of you."
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