![]() ![]() That’s a genre that not only wallows in its own wretched excess - it celebrates it. I see myself mainly as an old-school prog rocker. Because it says: here’s a guy/gal who really knows their stuff and doesn’t need to prove it. A sprinkling of that makes you sound like a monster player. Besides, if you’re one of those players with a high need for audience attention, hanging back a bit for most of the song and saving your flash for the bridge or coda will make people sit up and take notice. There it seems to work best when you simplify more. I’ve found it’s wiser to save most of those feats of technical derring-do for the studio. And if we listen too hard to the bass player are we even listening effectively to the rest of the music? And how many of us ever notice the minutiae of the keys, percussion, horns or the overall arrangement in the same way?Īs one bass instructor put it: You don’t need to show off everything you can do in every single song. I think sometimes its easy to become hyper-sensitive to what other bass players are doing when we hear or see them. But sometimes its worth opening ones ears and minds to what is actually going on. ![]() Get off my lawn and play as many notes as you want!Ĭlick to expand.Of course it might be possible that the bass player used his musical skill and judgement to conclude, in his opinion, that in the original recording, JT overplayed the part and that his rendition, by electing to omit certain notes, was objectively, in his mind at least, better.Īnd, by extension, is it not possible that a similar process is used by those who embellish, modify or decorate the parts they play, only to get routinely labelled as overplaying? No doubt in some cases the label is well deserved. I'm kind of curious on how many people agree that when playing in a supporting role you should leave the flash at home (unless specifically requested to bring it, of course). Frankly, it was distracting and I was surprised that this went on at a club like that. My real point, and it's only one man's opinion, is that when you are backing up someone, your focus should be on supporting them so they can shine, not stuffing as many notes into as you can into every measure. I can't believe he couldn't hear that.īut I digress. The first night the bass player clearly didn't know some of the material and my brother finally said, "Is it me or is he making a lot of mistakes?" At one point they were playing a slow minor song and he kept playing a major third - FOR THE ENTIRE SONG, every single time. My brother and I went to Memphis last week and attended two shows at a well know club. HOWEVER, when you are backing up someone else, please don't overplay. I will say, that I still think that how many notes you play is between you and your band. Overplay cover band free#Although these days I play everything close to the original recording, in my younger days I was much more free with sharing my brilliance with the world. ![]()
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