Now for something not computer related at all

Mirrors, or ever hear how other people hear you?

[snowman]

Last night's recording session with a local band in a studio. Nice studio gear, great vocals! We'd been talking about doing this since November and finally got started. Most songs I was given Carte Blanche to do whatever I felt would fit. There was only one song where for the original concept of the bass line I was asked to be as faithful as possible. No charts or scores, just playing by memory, like a live performance (nothing unusual about that).

But in the 20 years I've been playing, I've never even once been recorded, nor ever have I heard myself on any recording....until last
night.

My initial gut reaction?

Holy carp! I honestly didn't know I sounded THAT good!?! It sounded very professional, like a studio grade performance.

Sorry, but I mean (and please understand, I'm definitely NOT trying to sound arrogant, just trying to be honest, even to myself)
everyone has always said that I was very good. And I have always taken that with a pound of salt (being rather self conscious, knowing
my own flaws and stumbles, knowing how hard I've worked to get where I am), but now I heard what everyone else hears and boy did
it surprise me!

The hardest thing, believe it or not, was trying to duplicate my own performance based on the playback (again, with Carte Blanche, it
wasn't a requirement to clone my own previous effort).

I guess we humans don't do anything quite the same exact way any two times in a row, being much more a matter of feel and
perception in the heat of a given moment, than a dull dry mathematical formula.

Oh well!

Just wanted to share that. Have a good day!

[korkus2000]

Good bass players are definitely hard to find. You should look at local studios and see if they need any stand in bass players for some quick cash on the side.

[snowman]

Hi
Sorry about being tardy on the reply. Last several days it's been busy. Been out late every night working with others and their music (had another recording session this evening with a jazz guitarist. Pretty cool!).
This is the first night this week that I've been home before the baby's gone to bed (after working all day at the day job of course).
Yea, I'm searching and hoping....half decent-job wise I've been batting 000 for quite a long time (since tech has gone in the dumpster decent jobs are as rare as hen's teeth) so I figure my luck has to change soon. Hopefully music will be part of, if not the entire answer.

[Fiver]

no sample tracks snowman? I always like to hear good bass. Began a bit of a bass revolution in my brain a couple of years ago when I first picked one up, now I realize many of the songs I've loved were defined by the bass playing much more than I'd previously though (solsbury hill was the most recent tune to turn my head that way)

No great rhythm player in me, but damn if it's not one of the funnest things in the world (well, if you're like me you need to have a good drummer, then it's one of the funnest things in the world). I can only imagine what a pro player and the drummer I jam with could do... yowsa. Just started recording with a yamaha all in 1 thing (the awe16 or 24 or soemthing), very nice to hear it compressed and a little bit mastered afterwards and everything, but far from the buttery sound you hear on the radio. Guess thats why sound engineering is it's own discipline hm?

/rereads post, begins to feel 'funnest' is not actually part of our language, becomes determined to change this fact, learns 'funest' is right out, now a bit disheartened, gets back to work

[DrCool]

I also play bass. I recorded an album about 10 or 11 years ago and remember loving the studio. Great fun, late nights (or all nights), and good friends.

[weblamer2]

This morning I looked at my reflection for the first time in the back window of a dirty truck. Not to sound arrogant or anything, but dammit i looked GREAT in that reflection. Better than i thought.

[tbear]

<shouts>Hey, is there a drummer in the house!</shouts>
I'm always amazed when somebody else (preferably another guitarist) plays my acoustic guitar. Its the only time the sound hole is pointed my way and not away from me. Sounds real nice (30 year old fender f 35).