Yo, why won't Lightning Bolt play any shows near me?

Why won't any good band play any shows near me?

hicks

Waffles.

[QUOTE=I Was A Kaleidoscope]Why won't any good band play any shows near me?[/QUOTE]
where do you live, and how old are you?

because if you live in a crappy town, and you are at least 18, MOVE OUT.
because one, you might as well do something about the fact that no bands play near you, and two, nobody should have to spend their youthful days in a nothing town. you have your whole life to settle down in a quiet place, but only a few years of good youthful energy.

The only time the 2,000 seat auditorium here sells out is when they have this sort of American Idol deal.

House/basement shows are mainly the only things happening here.

[QUOTE=Cygnus Inter Anates]The only time the 2,000 seat auditorium here sells out is when they have this sort of American Idol deal.

House/basement shows are mainly the only things happening here.[/QUOTE]
house/basement shows can be awesome when done right.

one time my friend actually got Defiance Ohio to play his house, and they posted his adress on their official site as a tour date.
a whole bunch of people showed up. they played in the garage but left the garage door open so because there were so many people that the audience went far really far outside of the garage.

they're the best kinds of shows because it's free and there are no guidelines except respect the house or get your a[size=2]s[/size]s kicked.

Oh man oh man Ween and Flaming Lips were amazing.

[QUOTE=Tangy zizzle]Wires on Fire
Cobra Khan
The Wipers
Drive like Jehu
Beehive & the Barracudas
Cougars
The Drips (has Matt and Joby from the bronx)

And for the best RFTC album, I'd go with [I]Circa: Now![/I] or [I]Scream, Dracula, Scream![/I].[/QUOTE]

Thanks, been listening to [I]Nice, Nice[/I] this morning and i'm really enjoying it.

[QUOTE=sr800bkBassist]where do you live, and how old are you?

because if you live in a crappy town, and you are at least 18, MOVE OUT.
because one, you might as well do something about the fact that no bands play near you, and two, nobody should have to spend their youthful days in a nothing town. you have your whole life to settle down in a quiet place, but only a few years of good youthful energy.[/QUOTE]
Which is kind of why I'm afraid to pick a college. I need to stay in state, but I allready live in one of the biggest cities in Michigan. I really want to live close to a city that gets a lot of music... which I allready do.

But eh, it's a minor issue. I should really worry about finding a college that will accept me that I actually like.

Just got back from this activity camp I was at for the weekend. I was looking after this kid with juvenile Huntington's disease/chorea which was mentally and physically one of the hardest things I've ever done but one of the most rewarding.

Good for you, man. You've done a mitzvah.

[QUOTE=JonM]Good for you, man. You've done a mitzvah.[/QUOTE]

I'm lucky in that I've had experience with my dad who also had it otherwise it would have been even harder (hence why I was chosen to do it). Like I said, tough but extremely rewarding.

[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=I4G7nVtDIRM&search=rapping%20rodney[/url]

i have a new video for the "who id like to meet" section on myspace.

[QUOTE=EightMilesHigh][url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=I4G7nVtDIRM&search=rapping%20rodney[/url]

i have a new video for the "who id like to meet" section on myspace.[/QUOTE]
so cheesy

[quote=sr800]house/basement shows can be awesome when done right.

one time my friend actually got Defiance Ohio to play his house, and they posted his adress on their official site as a tour date.
a whole bunch of people showed up. they played in the garage but left the garage door open so because there were so many people that the audience went far really far outside of the garage.

they're the best kinds of shows because it's free and there are no guidelines except respect the house or get your *** kicked.[/quote] I've been to a few that have been pretty terrible. There was a show in some storage rental place with Job For a Cowboy and some other bands. Pretty cool.

Music just changed my life again.

I have played guitar for 7 years, and I've never once felt confident in my abilities. I love to write songs, but I've never really written a song that I liked. I just never felt like I was expressing my ideas properly. I've always thought I have a pretty decent musical mind, but something in my playing is always holding me up, frustrating me, and I could never put a finger on it.

Tonight, though, after a pretty satisfying jam, my friend and longtime jam-mate and musical superior, Daniel, who's at Berklee for jazz drums, said, out of the blue, "Dude, you should get a bass."

Suddenly, I realized that I am a bass player, I think like a bassist [U]always[/U], whenever I'm thinking about music. I've written a few sick basslines electronically, and even a couple on a bass guitar, but it never occurred to me that that was my musical strength. I think I've been operating under the horribly backwards mentality I picked up as a brainless Limp Bizkit fan: That, for some reason, I guess to do with the number of strings or notes played at the same time or something idiotic like that, bass players were not as good musicians as guitar players.

Of course, I never [I]consciously[/I] believed this, but it was my subconscious prejudice against the bass that kept me trying in vain to excel at guitar. But I'm a very anxious person, my self confidence is low, and I've always felt nervous as the center of attention. I noticed recently, after a long and intense bout of practicing guitar, that my entire body was tense and that I was short of breath, almost at the point of a panic attack. Playing guitar isn't a proper release for me.

But now I'm thinking about bass, and I have full confidence. It feels like practicing bass would really satisfy a lot of the [I]general[/I] anxiety I feel on a day-to-day basis. I have trouble motivating myself to practice guitar, but I'm already motivated to practice bass for hours a day. I haven't been this excited about playing music since I learned to play "Smells Like Teen Spirit." I haven't had this giddiness over getting a new instrument in so many years.


Yeah.
:smoke:

Dude, I've been needing one SOOOOOOO BADLY. I am so happy right now.

Dude, bass is so much fun to play. Especially fingerstyle, where your right and left hand both make contact with the strings, just makes you feel so much more CONNECTED to the music. You'll start listening closely to songs and realizing that some bassists are overlooked geniuses for what they've done for their band. Please join the club!

I think my revelation came a few months ago when I realized that I could figure out how to play songs without tabs. Just listen through headphones and pluck around to see if the notes match up (it will be really obvious if they don't!). I've had so much more fun playing along to my music now and I figure out a new song every day!

Oh my God, I'm so excited. And I'm going to make my 5,000th musicianforums post on the night I became a new musician.

I think I enjoy playing bass more these days than guitar.

For my 5,000th post, as I approach the end of my third year at musicianforums and my last as a guitar player, I would like to present you with this picture of a Modulus bass that I would really like to make my own:

[img]http://www.modulusguitars.com/v2/gallery/Gallery/Q6_Figured_Walnut_SemiHollow_Fretless.jpg[/img]


And no, I do not expect this to happen.

You know you want to get [url]http://www.rockinn.co.jp/maniac/a3_alembic/alembic_s1_70s_b.jpg[/url] instead.

Yeah that's pretty sick.

All this is very fortuitous, because I happen to live half a mile down the street from here: [url]http://www.atlantabassgallery.com[/url].

Looks Jewish.

I wish my band didn't suck.

[QUOTE]Music just changed my life again.

I have played guitar for 7 years, and I've never once felt confident in my abilities. I love to write songs, but I've never really written a song that I liked. I just never felt like I was expressing my ideas properly. I've always thought I have a pretty decent musical mind, but something in my playing is always holding me up, frustrating me, and I could never put a finger on it.

Tonight, though, after a pretty satisfying jam, my friend and longtime jam-mate and musical superior, Daniel, who's at Berklee for jazz drums, said, out of the blue, "Dude, you should get a bass."

Suddenly, I realized that I am a bass player, I think like a bassist always, whenever I'm thinking about music. I've written a few sick basslines electronically, and even a couple on a bass guitar, but it never occurred to me that that was my musical strength. I think I've been operating under the horribly backwards mentality I picked up as a brainless Limp Bizkit fan: That, for some reason, I guess to do with the number of strings or notes played at the same time or something idiotic like that, bass players were not as good musicians as guitar players.

Of course, I never consciously believed this, but it was my subconscious prejudice against the bass that kept me trying in vain to excel at guitar. But I'm a very anxious person, my self confidence is low, and I've always felt nervous as the center of attention. I noticed recently, after a long and intense bout of practicing guitar, that my entire body was tense and that I was short of breath, almost at the point of a panic attack. Playing guitar isn't a proper release for me.

But now I'm thinking about bass, and I have full confidence. It feels like practicing bass would really satisfy a lot of the general anxiety I feel on a day-to-day basis. I have trouble motivating myself to practice guitar, but I'm already motivated to practice bass for hours a day. I haven't been this excited about playing music since I learned to play "Smells Like Teen Spirit." I haven't had this giddiness over getting a new instrument in so many years.


Yeah.[/QUOTE]

Welcome to 2006

Haha thats funny because I just started playing bass as well after being a guitar player for almost 4 years.

I'm really enjoying it so far, it just really tears up my fingers right now :-/

Everyone in my town is switching to bass :(

I switched to bass because my friends band needed a bass player.

I've been playing lots of guitar and bass lately, but drums are still my main instrument. None of my friends actually know how to play any instruments except for concert band stuff, so whenever we jam, I play guitar and I'm teaching a kid to play bass and a kid to play drums. We also have a guy playing sax and a cowbell player. We can only play about two songs all the way through, but we all have to start somewhere.

[I]Think[/I] like a bass player? Isn't that an oxymoron?

You're an oxymoron.

[QUOTE=Zappa][I]Think[/I] like a bass player? Isn't that an oxymoron?[/QUOTE]

Why don't you go listen to your WC?

[QUOTE=YDload]Dude, bass is so much fun to play. Especially fingerstyle, where your right and left hand both make contact with the strings, just makes you feel so much more CONNECTED to the music. You'll start listening closely to songs and realizing that some bassists are overlooked geniuses for what they've done for their band. Please join the club!

I think my revelation came a few months ago when I realized that I could figure out how to play songs without tabs. Just listen through headphones and pluck around to see if the notes match up (it will be really obvious if they don't!). I've had so much more fun playing along to my music now and I figure out a new song every day![/QUOTE]
you put it very well, excect even though i feel more connection to the sound if i fingerpick, i feel more of a bouncy flow if i use a pick.

Playing bass is fun but I have small hands so I never feel comfortable :(

bass driven songs are my favorite, but i play guitar way more than bass


i think i'm gonna play bass more so i can write more songs that i like

[QUOTE=sr800bkBassist]you put it very well, excect even though i feel more connection to the sound if i fingerpick, i feel more of a bouncy flow if i use a pick.[/QUOTE]

i can't use a pick at all, but so many of the alt/indie bands i've been getting into use picks for their sound (pretty much everyone except Husker Du actually). so i just pinch my thumb and index together and strum with my fingernail to get a picky sound when i need it :cool:

Finger player here too.

[QUOTE=pixiesfanyo]Why don't you go listen to your WC?[/QUOTE]

WC? Clarify.

i dont use picks for bass or guitar