Author Topic: More Concert Reviews (Ad Nauseum), LOL! (Read 985 times)

olieoliver · « **Reply #15 on:** August 31, 2006, 01:11:37 PM »

Dave, I caught Eric's show in Dallas with Satriani and they had the same problem here. The sound was very poor. They played the Nokia Center which has a house system. I saw The James Gang this past Tuesday at the same venue and they had a great sound. Joe's guitar sound was superb.
Sometimes it's not the system but the engineer that needs replacing.
Bill, Bill, Bill, ...what are we gonna' do with ya bro'. I bet you still believe that old adage, a bass player is a just a frustrated guitar player.LOL...

David Houck · « **Reply #16 on:** August 31, 2006, 01:21:40 PM »

Bill; the guitar player that I play with in Montford Park, Jon Pearlman, is both an excellent musician and a nice person to spend time with, so hanging out with this particular guitarist is definitely beneficial!

In this particular case the sound system belonged to the house and not the band. I have no idea whether the sound guy was Eric's or the house's.

It kinda reinforces the idea that playing small venues where you don't need a PA, where the sound of the bass and the sound of the guitar that the audience hears is what's coming out of the rigs on stage, is perhaps my ideal playing situation. Of course, Roscoe Beck makes his living playing bass and I don't. And this particular event may have been an aberration; perhaps sound at the Orange Peel is indeed usually much better and perhaps the Eric Johnson band usually sounds much better as well. But I think I would rather sit at home by myself practicing scales than go out in public and sound like Beck did last night. Of course the band doesn't hear what the audience hears; my guess is it probably sounded very good up on stage.

Fellow club member Adam (2400wattman) of Zoso has played the Orange Peel a number of times; and as a touring professional like Roscoe Beck, I'm sure he has a much different perspective. Adam, if you run across this thread, please chime in.

David Houck · « **Reply #17 on:** August 31, 2006, 01:27:31 PM »

Olie; thanks for that comparison. Strange that the same venue and system produce such different results.

olieoliver · « **Reply #18 on:** August 31, 2006, 01:33:18 PM »

I saw Robert PLant there too, and he had an OK sound but not as bad as EJ's. I left during Satriani's set because the sound was so bad and I missed Eric Johnson and Andy Timmons coming out and playing with Satch! (My ears could take no more though)

kmh364 · « **Reply #19 on:** September 01, 2006, 07:04:41 AM »

Satch has great tone, but he plays WAYYYY too loud. I missed EJ's set earlier this year on JS's Super Collossal tour, but the show was much too loud for the venue (Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ).

bigredbass · « **Reply #20 on:** September 01, 2006, 06:49:05 PM »

Shame, Dave, Roscoe is a fabulous player, and I really admire Eric Johnson as well, but of course they're from Texas!

With any luck, I'll NEVER own a Fender bass, but IF I did, I've played several Roscoe Beck five-strings, and they were all EXCELLENT. Fender and Roscoe chased the idea of a five-string equivalent to the classic, passive Jazz for several years, finally turning over the pickup design to Bill Lawrence. Believe me, he got it right! Ultralights, Gotoh bridge, interesting all passive switching system, really nice axe for a Fender . . .

And I'm DAMN sure not a 'frustrated guitar player' . . . be somebody, hang with your drummer!

J o e y

David Houck · « **Reply #21 on:** September 01, 2006, 07:08:06 PM »

Yea, watching his hands I could tell he was doing some really nice stuff. So I guess I could say that I saw a really good bass player.

olieoliver · « **Reply #22 on:** September 01, 2006, 08:30:37 PM »

Joey, I like to give our 6 string slingers another analogy; A guitar player is a bass player with no rhythem.
(MAN, I bet I hear it from Bill TGO for that.)

lbpesq · « **Reply #23 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:15:00 AM »

Olie, a guitar player is a bass player with a sense of melody, an affinity for rhythm without being chained to the drummer, and the ability to spell!

You asked for it.

Bill, tgo (TFPIC- tongue firmly planted in cheek)

(Message edited by lbpesq on September 02, 2006)

olieoliver · « **Reply #24 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:33:09 AM »

Bill your tough man, (or is it you're tuph man), I knew I could count on you for a good laugh.
Actually my spelling is good it's my typink that sux!LOL
(oh yea and shhhh don't tell my bass brothers but I actually play both, unt da Bee-whop-sha-bops).

Bradley Young · « **Reply #25 on:** September 02, 2006, 11:41:56 AM »

You know what you call a guitar player who just broke up with his girlfriend?

Homeless.

What do you throw a drowning guitarist?

His amp.

lbpesq · « **Reply #26 on:** September 02, 2006, 12:07:09 PM »

And, or course, what do you call someone who's tone deaf and likes to hang out with musicians?

A drummer.

rim shot

Bill, tgo

olieoliver · « **Reply #27 on:** September 02, 2006, 12:24:06 PM »

OK, here's one that will allow us all to laugh at/with ourselves.
St. Peter is at the pearly gates taking a survey as people pass through the gates. A lady walks up and he asks her how much money she made while on earth. The lady answers 42 thousand per year. Then he asks her what her profession was. She answers, a school teacher. He replies, ?that?s great, molding young minds come on in?.
A man then walks up and St. Peter ask him the same question and the man replies, 240 thousand per year. St Peter then ask him what he did for a living to which the man replies, ?I was a divorce attorney?. St. Peter responds, ?That?s terrible, making money off of others despair. I don?t think we can allow you in.?
Another man walks up and St Peter asks him how much money he made while on earth. The man says 8 thousand dollars a year. To which St Peter respond, ?oh yea what instrument did you play??

lbpesq · « **Reply #28 on:** September 02, 2006, 01:34:32 PM »

Olie:

I don't do no divorces! LOL

Bill, tgo

Bradley Young · « **Reply #29 on:** September 02, 2006, 01:34:48 PM »

I won't make any beer or motorcycle references, but here's a couple bass player jokes just to round things out:

Did you hear about the bass player who was so bad that even the lead singer noticed?

How many bass players does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

NONE! The piano player does it with their left hand (or, the organist does it with their feet!)

Bradley