saxofunk Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Amusing thread. I am a hack. A wanker. A hobbyist with no direction. I don't have a business card. You're a musician. Timing is everything. I take that personally. - Matt W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 I play bass guitar, tuba, bass drum, marimba but not upright bass, ABG, bassoon, bass clarinet, or bass flute. So Electric Bass Guitar Player Electric Bass Guitaist Tubaist? Tuba player Bass Drummist? Bass Drummer Maribaist? Mariba Player That 'ist is a bit strange istn't it? Works with some instruments but not with others. Cymbalist. Cycleist. I wonder what qualifies it? The dictionaries are no help. I'm an Engineer by profession not an Enginist. I'm almost a Bassist or Bass Player? I just have to play learn that bassoon, clarinet and flute... +whatever instruments I haven't considered in my list. Feel the groove internally within your own creativity. - fingertalkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 While titles like "Master of the Low End" and "Purveyor of the Rumble Down Under" are excellent, I find that these get misinterpreted and obfuscated through innuendo. I have no beef with the use of "bassist" or "bass player" and don't really assign differential meaning to the two. Yes, a "bass holder" is a poser...or a poseur. However, I often do not judge bassists as "bass holders" unless they are oozing and professing a pompous glorification of their own skill and worth. Actions speaking louder than words goes a long way in my book. That is, there is a difference between someone who is struggling with the instrument but seem sincere in their effort to attain greater mastery over time, and someone who is struggling with the instrument but talks a big game. Peace. --Dub $$ spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourlord Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 In my profile on peavey's bass amp forum I describe myself as "Low frequency compression wave generation expert" Feel free to visit my band's site Delusional Mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlrush Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 I call myself a bass player, but you can call me anything, just don't call me late for dinner. What's it matter what we're called? We still drive the bus don't we? Visit my band's new web site. www.themojoroots.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theTragicRich Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 I'm hoping one day to be able to call myself 'groove-meister' or 'funk-master' or as one of my friends calls me, 'fish-loving, finger funking god' I have a long way to go though [Carvin] XB76WF - All Walnut 6-string fretless [schecter] Stiletto Studio 5 Fretless | Stiletto Elite 5 [Ampeg] SVT3-Pro | SVT-410HLF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5 string Mike Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 I play bass guitar, tuba, bass drum, marimba but not upright bass, ABG, bassoon, bass clarinet, or bass flute. So Electric Bass Guitar Player Electric Bass Guitaist Tubaist? Tuba player Bass Drummist? Bass Drummer Maribaist? Mariba Player That 'ist is a bit strange istn't it? Works with some instruments but not with others. Cymbalist. Cycleist. I wonder what qualifies it? The dictionaries are no help. I'm an Engineer by profession not an Enginist. I'm almost a Bassist or Bass Player? I just have to play learn that bassoon, clarinet and flute... +whatever instruments I haven't considered in my list. Then there is the borderline risquee Pianist- Is it PEE-ann-ist, or pee-in-ist, or pee-ANN-ist? This is the kind of stuff that keeps me up at night... Mike "Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind"- George Orwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 This is the kind of stuff that keeps me up at night... Mike You too? I think I'm an insomniaist. Feel the groove internally within your own creativity. - fingertalkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMPires Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 my business card reads JOBLESS www.myspace.com/davidbassportugal "And then the magical unicorn will come prancing down the rainbow and we'll all join hands for a rousing chorus of Kumbaya." - by davio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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