Bartolini Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Checking on Chics while gigging scenario, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassplayer5217 Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 chic is pronounced "sheek", as in conforming to the current fashion i assume u mean "chicks", as in "babes" i dont feel like voting now that i have written this, but what about female bassists (i am a guy) .~. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartolini Posted July 24, 2003 Author Share Posted July 24, 2003 Sorry about the wrong spelling. Sorry female bassists, didn't mean to disrespect women by 'chicking' them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 You're not a real player unless you can walk over to the guitar player and have a conversation with him about "check out the one over there" without missing any notes or interrupting the groove. How many out there have married someone whom you met while performing? Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpaBobby Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 I did, as a matter of fact. I met my wife while playing in a house band at a local bar. She was working a second job as a bartender to make ends meet at the time. That was over 20 years ago. B My family "coat of arms" buckles in the back. Is that normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClarkW Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 I'm currently trying to hook up with the new lead singer in one of my bands. Wish me luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr M Pulsive Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Originally posted by ClarkW: I'm currently trying to hook up with the new lead singer in one of my bands. Wish me luck. This, more often that not, leads to trouble. But good luck on both counts, nonetheless. -Mike ...simply stating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bear Jew Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 How many out there have married someone whom you met while performing? I did. My wife came to one of my old band's shows with some friends of mine. I had never met her before that night. They showed up late -- just as I was playing the intro to one of our songs. I saw my friends walking in... with this beautiful stranger following them. I was (as they called it in The Godfather) "hit by the thunderbolt," and I almost screwed up because I was captivated by this lovely woman. After we finished our set, I walked over and said hello to my friends and introduced myself to the woman they brought. I took one of my friends aside and told them to give my phone number to this woman. I figured, if it was gonna happen, she'd call me, and if it wasn't, she wouldn't. She called. About one month later, she moved in with me. That was almost 11 years ago. She's still the beautiful woman I saw from the stage.... only now she's my wife. Everybody... say "AWWWWWW." \m/ Erik "To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." --Sun Tzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Originally posted by Bartolini: Sorry about the wrong spelling. Sorry female bassists, didn't mean to disrespect women by 'chicking' them.Yup, but you've also really targeted this question to male forum members. Although we clearly outnumber the regular female participants, you could've asked about checking out male or female "hotties," and if we have a "spouse" or "partner" or "boyfriend/girlfriend" rather than "wife" or "GF." And although you've got an answer choice about being gay, you've still really left any gay forumites out in the cold in this poll. Now, if you're really interested in what female audience members might have to deal with, then you've probably set this up right. But if you're really interested in how we, as bass players/performers, interact with the audience in terms of sexual innuendo and relationships, then I would've set up the poll more inclusively. I really don't intend this as a flame, and I voted in the poll, but I think it's worth being aware of this stuff. Maybe y'all will brand me as "PC Police Constable Willie" (probably partially true), but it also really comes from my life as a social scientist and researcher and my anal retentiveness and peevishness about the thoughtful writing of survey questions (even if this is just an informal LDL poll! ). Another example would be how I get cranky with TV journalists and all the leading questions they ask in interviews -- sports reporters often being the worst (e.g., "It really felt good to get that win, didn't it?"). I will now go and get a life. Peace. --sweets 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...
ClarkW Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Originally posted by Sweet Willie: Maybe y'all will brand me as "PC Police Constable Willie" (probably partially true)[/QB]Lisa: "But Dad, Ms. Hoover called me a 'PC thug!'" Homer: "Oh honey! I've been called a greasy thug lots of times before, and it never stops hurting!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Originally posted by ClarkW: Lisa: "But Dad, Ms. Hoover called me a 'PC thug!'" Homer: "Oh honey! I've been called a greasy thug lots of times before, and it never stops hurting!" 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...
Tom Capasso Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Thanks to those who pointed out that the poll needed a "sensitivity upgrade". I hope our female bassists find a way to respond, since I'm interested. As to gay players, I don't have a clue if this is too invasive, and I'm sorry if anyone was made uncomfortable. Just the same, I'm sure Bartolini meant no insult. I didn't vote because I fall in between. I'm married. I look, and probably have embarrassed myself by staring (guitarist: "we go to the bridge when Tom's jaw hits the floor"), but I don't flirt. My wife is not the type to be impressed by musicians or performances. She wasn't a huge fan of going to loud bars. We were in a class together in college. CMDN: AWWWWWWWWW. That's a very nice story. Two guys in my band married women that liked guys in bands. My guitarist says music is the only thing they are sure to agree on. Tom www.stoneflyrocks.com Acoustic Color Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Originally posted by jeremyc: You're not a real player unless you can walk over to the guitar player and have a conversation with him about "check out the one over there" without missing any notes or interrupting the groove. Normally, yeah. But last Saturday this extremely hot blondie chick came up and started talking to me during a pretty difficult verse. My smooth conversation went something like this: Hottie: (smiling) "What's your name?" Me: (pause while playing tough part)"...I'mScottwhat'syourname?"(speaking quickly while missing a couple notes, screwing up tough verse) Hottie: "Sandra, your band is really cool" Me: (pause followed by more missed notes) "...I'mScottwhat'syourname?" Of course, after my lack of being able to squat on stage, chat w/ a hottie, and play a tough verse, she didn't wait around until the end of the set. But at least she knows my name now. Ah, nice marmot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
music-man Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 Originally posted by jeremyc: How many out there have married someone whom you met while performing?Done it. It works. (although something else may have been at work too, since she never comes to my gigs anymore, and we're STILL married ... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Lyons Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 Why do you think I play bass?!??! \m/ Timothy Lyons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman Irwin Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 my second girl fell for me (wheeew, what a word) after our regular Sunday gig. but my first girl fell BEFORE our regular Sunday gig. Guess who i chose between them? If Jaco's bass sound farts, please forgive me for doing it always! ONCE A LEVITE, ALWAYS A LEVITE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClarkW Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Originally posted by Mr M Pulsive: Originally posted by ClarkW: I'm currently trying to hook up with the new lead singer in one of my bands. Wish me luck. This, more often that not, leads to trouble. But good luck on both counts, nonetheless. -MikeConsidering that I have similar (dismally bad) luck with both bands and women, I thought it wouldn't hurt too much to combine efforts on this particular occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 You left out the option of: I have a GF, but I still enjoy looking around - as does she. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebrownbass Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Y'all gonna think this is brash. I learned guitar to pick up girls...in High School. I learned bass to play music. And yes, Tom. I'm like you. I look...that's all. "Let's raise the level of this conversation" -- Jeremy Cohen, in the Picasso Thread. Still spendin' that political capital far faster than I can earn it...stretched way out on a limb here and looking for a better interest rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Originally posted by davebrownbass: I learned guitar to pick up girls...in High School. I learned bass to play music. This, my friends, is Dave Brown at his quotable best! 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...
Wally Malone Posted July 27, 2003 Share Posted July 27, 2003 I met my wife while playing in NYC. The groups we were in alternated sets, hour on, hour off. That was in the late sixties, we'll be married 35 years this October. Wally I have basses to play, places to be and good music to make! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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