zeronyne Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Meet the new boss, not the same as the old boss. I won't bore you with the unnecessary details, but we have a new server host and a new owner. MusicPlayer Network is no longer affiliated with the various defunct magazines that made up its roster. There was some real debate as to whether this group was going to be migrated (by debate, I mean they asked me if they should migrate it, and I had to think about it). I've never been one to believe that a forum can grow in any way except for organically. But ever since that one glitch a couple years ago, we have been limping along. I will admit to long pockets of not actually being in the Lowdown except to make sure there's no spam, porn, or Wishbasses (I'm kidding). I'm happy, more than happy, to commit to being your active, engaged admin, but we all have to start participating a bit more. But I will lead by example, and you guys can choose to do what you like. I'm not saying that disbanding the Lowdown is good or bad, nor is sustaining it inherently a good thing if it just clutters up the forum list as a dead fish. So I will post more interesting stuff about bass, and I invite you to do or not do what you feel is appropriate. I just don't want anyone to be surprised no matter what happens. Thanks! Quote "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Maybe some folks on here who may be in touch with members who migrated over to some of the other bass forums during the glitch could invite them back? The recent changes have insured that the platform isn't going anywhere. Quote Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butcherNburn Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Zeronyne, thanks for your efforts. I always said we are one server upgrade away from being gone but I guess we scraped by another one for now. This is the closest thing to social media I participate in so I'd probably drop off the radar once it's gone. I really have to figure out a place to post some gear pics so I can share. I've gotten a bunch of cool, though not very expensive, gear over the past four years that I haven't shared. I should really be practicing. I don't know for what, but I should. Quote If you think my playing is bad, you should hear me sing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumpelstiltskin. Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 i have started coming back. but it's hard for me since life has taken me away from playing music much due to family, entrepreneurship, and work. Quote because i like people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I won't bore you with the unnecessary details, but we have a new server host and a new owner. MusicPlayer Network is no longer affiliated with the various defunct magazines that made up its roster. As some of you may have guessed from the unusual amount of global posts with my name on them, I'm one of the people who helped arrange for the forums to separate from the magazines. The bottom line is that we wanted these communities to not only be able to continue to survive, but to hopefully evolve and grow into a useful and fun resource by musicians, for musicians...kind of 'the inmates running the asylum' sort of thing. We"ve been lucky enough to have some of the original MPN moderators and forums return, and have already had a few new friends join the community. It should be fun to see where things go over the next few months. Thanks for the support of those who started this place and have kept it alive over the years! dB Quote ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Affiliations: Cloud Microphones • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeronyne Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 And thanks for your tireless...well...tirelessness, Dave. We all appreciate your enthusiasm and now stewardship! Quote "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 I come here every now and again. I miss the "good old days" as I cut my teeth here. Got lots of good advice, took a lot of ribbing over my decisions, and it has been a great place. I moderate on "another" forum where I aols went after "the glitch" here. I'll try to come around, but it's hard to get back what once was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamy ALB Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I'm glad to have stumbled back here!! Yeah!! Quote http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Little-Bitter/185235472447 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWBass Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Guess I've been out of the loop. Didn't know about the changes. I check in sporadically and not as much as I did. Hoping this NEW forum thrives and survives. Quote www.myspace.com/thefunkfather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraub Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Recently rediscovered, as I thought the place was gone... Good to see that it's still here... Hello again, all. Quote I'm a lot more like I am now than I was when I got here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemtone Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 It's great to see some old buds popping up again! This was my first group, invited by Bob G after some very interesting discussions re: upright bass. It's true - you never forget your -first-. I continue to check in here every morning to see what's what and who's who and I'll try to contribute more when time permits. Thanks to Dave and 09 for keeping the joint jumping, and to those stalwarts who keep renaming their bands. Quote Play. Just play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 We were experiencing some slower load times recently...so we upgraded to a dedicated server last night. Should be really fast from now on. dB Quote ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Affiliations: Cloud Microphones • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemtone Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 We were experiencing some slower load times recently...so we upgraded to a dedicated server last night. Should be really fast from now on. dB My God - it's gone to plaid! Quote Play. Just play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraub Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 So...Who's still here? Sweet Willie? Tom C? So many I'm not seeing here... Quote I'm a lot more like I am now than I was when I got here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiePlaysBass Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 So...Who's still here? Sweet Willie? Tom C? So many I'm not seeing here... I am, every now and then. But musically, I am not too active. And on a personal level, my significant other and I decided after a 20-year run, that the time has come to go solo. Interesting times ahead... Quote "I'm a work in progress." Micky Barnes The Ross Brown Shirt World Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groove Mama Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Hey, y'all, good to see this forum back up and running. I stopped playing for a while but have started practicing again. I will check in more often now! Quote Queen of the Quarter Note "Think like a drummer, not like a singer, and play much less." -- Michele C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 So, I thought I would check it out after a VERY long time. So long that the email address was with an ISP that went bankrupt 15 years ago. And my saved password was older than that. That I remembered the password and ID is a certifiable miracle. Glad that this forum survived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cthulhu Fhtagn Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Wow. What IS that smell? My first visit to the forum in ... oh ... I have no idea. Years. Some familiar names. Got into a discussion about Pastorius with someone running a CL ad for a bassist and got me to thinking the discussion on this forum about the iconic jazz bassists. Guess I need to lock down an avatar again. Quote Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancarlin Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Well, Hello Again everybody!! Guess what... I was listening to some old tunes and tried to remember something about the name of certain obscure bass player whose name is not on the top 30 list anywhere else, and I remembered that years ago there was a discussion in the old LowDown where he was mentioned, and googled... and found the LowDown again after so many years of thinking it was gone!! Glad to know it's back around, and with some familiar names too!. Greetings and best wishes to everyone!!!!! Quote Brought to you by Juancarlin. www.juancarlinmusic.com http://www.youtube.com/JuanCarlinMusic www.facebook.com/JuanCarlinMusic Instagram: @JuanCarlinMusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russkull Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 I'm in the FB group, and didn't know that this had been revived. But thanks to the miracle of data breaches, I'm being forced to change my passwords everywhere...so it's good to be back here! Hope things pick up. Like many of you I have good memories of this forum. Quote "Of all the world's bassists, I'm one of them!" - Lug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 @Russkull - nice avatar! I saw that Pink Floyd exhibit, too. Fun afternoonâ¦lotta cool stuff. dB Quote ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Affiliations: Cloud Microphones • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraub Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 I'm still here, but I've been on the guitar side lately, talking about new guitar gear. Been playing a lot of guitar lately, and also have a full drum set now and really enjoying playing that too. Don't worry though, still playing bass and enjoying new pickups and sonic flavors. Lots of fun still to be had in this new strange world, but please be careful out there. Quote I'm a lot more like I am now than I was when I got here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfxj Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. Quote Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I still have this on my bookmarks. I do try to come and see what's up now and again. I will try to do so more often. I am growing tired of Facebook and am debating deleting my account there. Although I do like a couple groups there, there's just so much negativity. I tend to be on TalkBass and Instagram for my connections to my bass friends and community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Is there a way to make this more 'iPhone' friendly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butcherNburn Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Well, I guess the end of this forum is finally near. It lasted much longer than anyone had expected. The Lowdown was probably the last place on the web where people were decent to each other and kept our focus away from the things in this world that cause augments. Except for the fact that the P Bass is far superior to the Jazz. This is about my limit as far as social media is concerned. Nice knowing most of you. st 1 Quote If you think my playing is bad, you should hear me sing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuruPrionz Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 It looks to me like this is still here and going to stay. I play guitar and have become a bit of a home studio rat - that just drives home the fact that the bass is the most important thing. If the bass is great, the song can be great. If the bass isn't so great, a great song hasn't a prayer of being anything much. Stick around, we can build this thing!!!! Now we are finally on a more stable platform, I imagine quite a few folks left because they kept getting logged off. Maybe we can drive traffic from other bass sites too. Cheers, Kuru Quote It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 22 hours ago, butcherNburn said: Well, I guess the end of this forum is finally near. It lasted much longer than anyone had expected. The Lowdown was probably the last place on the web where people were decent to each other and kept our focus away from the things in this world that cause augments. Except for the fact that the P Bass is far superior to the Jazz. This is about my limit as far as social media is concerned. Nice knowing most of you. st Why do you say that? We've spent a bunch of time, energy and $ to try and save these forums. Wasn't easy moving them off the decrepit old site to one that actually works. MPN is not owned by corporations. We can do whatever we want. What would you like to see here? Talk to me - I have the keys to the place... 😎 dB 1 Quote ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Affiliations: Cloud Microphones • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lug Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 I will post here until the pry my cold dead fingers off my keyboard! 😡 😄 1 Quote You can stop now -jeremyc STOP QUOTING EVERY THING I SAY!!! -Bass_god_offspring lug, you should add that statement to you signature.-Tenstrum I'm not sure any argument can top lug's. - Sweet Willie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuruPrionz Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 2 hours ago, lug said: I will post here until the pry my cold dead fingers off my keyboard! 😡 😄 Me Too!!! 1 Quote It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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