- Live witout a net -


Ah...  So the legend of Mort's Curse is true.

From Dr. Hardwood - Engineer of Phyco Acoustics - B.S.P.H.D.
Scientific explaination:

It's a large room and the boys can't hear each other very well.  Some monitors might of helped, or a couple of well placed prayers and garlic necklaces.


Below taken the the "Bottom Line" bass list server:

Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:03:48 +0000
From: Henry Gee <henry@chiswick.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: important bass / life lessons

In message , Logan Bender <logan@mambo9.com> writes
>One of the most important lessons I learned: How to Screw Up.


I've been playing bass for about four years -- and keyboards for about twenty before that. I agree wholeheartedly with Logan. If you make a mistake, hey, that's rock'n'roll. This is related to three other bass/life lessons...

1) music versus improvisation -- when I play keyboards in a rock/blues setting, I find that it's better to improvise than to learn a lot of things in a clean and classical way. These things have their place (do they ever!) but rock is as much about performance and self-confidence as about musical fidelity.

2) Playing together -- with keyboards you can have a lot of fun on your own, but bass -- like many orchestral instruments -- is an ensemble instrument. When I started playing bass (in my late thirties) I learned the basics as quickly as I could and then joined a band as soon as I was able. Playing in a band, in front of people, is the only way to learn! If you make a mistake, you can't start again.

3) Rehearsal. I know lots of people will disagree, but I think that too much rehearsal is as bad as too little. I have to go on stage with a sense of danger, a keenness, the thrill of being without a safety net -- and that I might screw up royally. If I know everything so well that I don't break sweat, it feels hum-drum and performance suffers.

Henry Gee

[Spunky]
Spunky says, "Yep, ya win some, an' ya lose some. You guys still groove, so shake it off!"

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