ever listen to funk?

it's not always about kicking butt though. what i said was not about not being heard but about not being noticed directly, tapping into the collective subconscious of your crowd and making them move to YOUR groove hahaha. it's like walking into a room with a loud fan running all the time and then turning it off after a few hours. you most definitely hear it, but you don't notice it.

yeah, i agree to an extent, but it's not always because the player is unskilled or lazy, it's because the bass, like mr. dave said, is meant to keep the groove and support. there's many times a bassist can break out and make a song their own, but the way i see it, their primary goal is to keep the song going.

like i play bass for my band, and i understand that my place is to provide the bridge between guitar and drums. even so, i like to add my own touches of musicality into the mix. not to toot my own horn, but some of the songs we do would seem incomplete without me.

still (it sucks to say this, believe me), for the most part, bass isn't meant to be a lead instrument.

not necesarrily true considering 11 string basses and other messed up stuff

Bass players who get 11 string basses made, are making music for bass players to listen to.

Throw most of them into a normal band situation, and they'll either tone it down, or they'll ****ing ruin everything by going off on one showcasing themselves at the expense of the music.

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Just like most guitarists you listen to are making music just for guitarists?

In which case, they're obviously doing it right, since I'm a guitarist, and I'm listening to it.


















Alongside all of the other hundreds of artists that I listen to who frequently have nothing whatsoever to do with guitars and who I still thoroughly enjoy.

I just got new earphones, and damn they're amazing.

I can actually hear the bass in AC/DC songs. o_O

There's certainly greater diversity for bassists, there's a lot more genres that require bassists than genres that require guitarists.

Amen to that. The one thing that I do agree with the OP about is that modern music has become overly guitar-centric as a primary melodic instrument. I'm not knocking the guitar or the musicians who play it, but a little more diversity than ther is already in rock based genres would be nice. What was the last rock band that did well with the piano front and center, Ben Folds Five?

Yeah, there's not enough rock bands these days that try to expand beyond the traditional guitar/bass/drums lineup.