fingerstyle thoughts
them goddamn (my new-found west texas filler adjective) guitar players don't realize that to pla fingered bass (versus picked bass) requires lots of thoughtful muting of strings. dan beltran pointed this out to me when i started rocking the bass (age 13), but i never realized it fully until this last week. since i've been listening to radio or the new nin cd, i realized that i actually do a lot of muting with fingers 3 and 4. tom murphy is probably the only person astute enough to have noticed such technique--being the technique fiend that he is. i just now realized that danny was right.
i seriously require a band--this 6 month period is my longest period without a band in 16 years--even if many of them failed or sucked or kicked me out because i was too dedicated to the trabajando. i suppose that i'm materially doing better than those people are, even if i'm not fufilled.
i want to have someone require me to write a soundtrack.
this might require me to write a screenplay at this point. however, i have ideas from this west/south texas trip. it'll be a western, i suppose, but semi-modern, like the wild bunch.
i seriously require a band--this 6 month period is my longest period without a band in 16 years--even if many of them failed or sucked or kicked me out because i was too dedicated to the trabajando. i suppose that i'm materially doing better than those people are, even if i'm not fufilled.
i want to have someone require me to write a soundtrack.
this might require me to write a screenplay at this point. however, i have ideas from this west/south texas trip. it'll be a western, i suppose, but semi-modern, like the wild bunch.
posted by Jeremy at
1:13 AM
1 Comments:
You flatter me, my friend. But you're right. Maybe I am a technique freak in a weird way but I do pay attention to bass players and I noticed you do a lot of things people just don't notice much because they're too busy paying attention to something else. Like some people noticing, somehow, that I like to switch between a pick and playing with fingers during the course of a song more than once even. You're right. Muting is a cool trick and you're great at it. Funny, I asked someone in a band you were in why they didn't play a certain song I love anymore ("4AM," in case you're wondering) and the answer had part to do with not having access to a lap steel anymore but also because your bass part was so unique no one has been able to figure it out. No one ever told me that what I did was all that weird--it just seemed like the right thing to do with the song at hand and so I just did it. You have some of that accidental, dare I say, genius in your playing, JZ. Anyway, I for one would love to hear more of your music and if that means you and I need to collaborate at some point, so be it.
And oh yeah, I'll send you an email or something but I don't think I have your phone number.
Tom
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