Well a big influence on my playing is Geddy Lee,and he's really original at writing his basslines.

I also like Steve Harris,but he does nothing BUT root notes :s

Yep the root notes are the foundations of a chord, the same way appregios on the fretboard can be used for chordal patterns.

If you play all root notes then all your doing is matching the guitar the whole time.

Come on be original!Bass is for rhythm!

And were in the DRUM stronghold :p

That doesnt mean thats all we play :cool:

I play drums,bass and keyboard :mad:

Don't go thinking im a one insturment kind of guy :upset:

You should never be, play as much as you can! Makes you appreciate music in a better fuller way. Once you understand whats being played by everyone in the band and what it takes to play it ect ect... You can really appreciate the top notch stuff thats out there.

i play drums, keys, and I can play trombone, though its been awhile

Im trying to learn guitar...but man.
Chords are tricky :(

[QUOTE=Blank]Im trying to learn guitar...but man.
Chords are tricky :([/QUOTE]
Just start with G and A. Which are you having problems with?


On another note....I cant sleep.

Thanks for name change Jim.

[QUOTE=Seafroggys]i play drums, keys, and I can play trombone, though its been awhile[/QUOTE]
same here frog!

The most im having trouble with is learning songs and they have chords that are notes that are really stretched apart.. :(
Like I need rubber fingers.

[QUOTE=Futuro]Just start with G and A. Which are you having problems with?
[/QUOTE]
If I had to guess I would bet making the strings all ring out freely, takes forever to get the hand position and finger arch to move them around. Practicing G to A is a good way to start off. It eventualy just clicks and you wonder how the strings were getting muted before.

Well, I just saw Trivium, In Flames, Zao and Devildriver. The latter 2, not so good, very bad sound for Zao, and just plain and simply bad songs for Devildriver. On the upside, Trivium ****in' rocked, as did In Flames. I love In Flames.

edit- Jim, thanks for the name change.

Im seeing that show in feb MG :D

Im disapointed on your review of devildriver...they were'nt good at all?
:upset:

I didn't like them. There music has like no melody or anything, it just seemed like alot of noise to me. And the vocals were terrible. But oh man, In Flames, sooooooooo awesome.

I bet.I can't stand zao though.
Just a bunch of guys playing open notes and screaming/growling about Satan...no lies either.

Trivium oughtta be good.They always give a good show from what i've heard.

yeah, Trivium's show is sweet, I met Matt Heafy, their lead singer/guitarist. And I agree about Zao for the most part, but they do have some cool stuff. Some of it is more melodic, but they didn't play any of that. It's funny, because they started in 1989, and currently there are no original members left in the band.

I hope I have a band that ends up like Zao :lol:

Well im mainly going to see In Flames tbh.

Yeh, I was going to see Trivium and In Flames. Trivium sort of bores me, yet I bought a Trivium tour t shirt, but that's only because I didn't like any of the In Flames shirts, even though they are definetely like one of, if not, my favourite metal band.

I wonder if I get 3 hours of sleep if that will be enough.

woo, everyones got their name changed.

And since we're on the topic of guitars.. I just wrote a song in open D (DADF#AD) tuning. Rock

trivium... seeing them 3 times in march, seen them twice already

amazing band

I need to get more drum dvds, my list of dvds i want to get still:

Modern Drummer Fest 98, 03, and 05
Thomas Lang cretive control

and whenever jojos comes out i want that one too.

Good morning ladies and gents.

[QUOTE=Drum Phil]Good morning ladies and gents.[/QUOTE]

banned eh?

[QUOTE=Drum Phil]Good morning ladies and gents.[/QUOTE]
Morning phil.

[QUOTE]Thomas Lang cretive control[/QUOTE]Never liked it. Does some cool ideas, But it seems so unstructured.

I just want a bunch of drum dvds just to see different things though. Get some Ideas on new things to try. yep

[QUOTE]I just want a bunch of drum dvds just to see different things though. Get some Ideas on new things to try. yep[/QUOTE]Ah ok. MD fest 2003 was cool. I like the drumbassadors preformance :D

Is that the one that is on Drummerworld too? If so that was a good one.

[QUOTE]Is that the one that is on Drummerworld too? If so that was a good one.[/QUOTE]Yeah, They only show little parts on drummer world though :(

[QUOTE=Futuro]Yeah, They only show little parts on drummer world though :([/QUOTE]

yeah i know :( :mad:

[quote=forgottenDRUMMER]banned eh?[/quote]

No, "banned" :p

You're like only the 3rd person to notice im banned :upset:

How in gods name have i managed to get the highest number of posts in here? I even bit jimbo.

Great, I sort of jammed my thumb on a door, now it hurts like hell and I can't play.

Go me.

mysticalyeti's the man, and phil, i think weve been over that everyone has noticed, but nobodys posted about it. ryan and faith changed there names..bah...why did you change yours faith?

[url]http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=11320437#post11320437[/url]

thanks in advance guys.

^^^Pff...you act as if anyone WANTS to see your thread...

haha j/k man...i'd help if i could...but i know the icons are sweet as hell...

I don't wanna write my exam:upset:

ill do it if you answer all the questions in my thread :)

no way you'll fail it for me!!...(not like i'd do any better anyway)

I have a flying monkey. Therefore i rule.