see, now here you go making stuff up, i never said anything about playing alone, i said that playing is all that is required to be a good musician. i never said anything about playing just by yourself. of course you have to play with musicians that are better than you in order to advance, but i still think that worrying about the opinions of stupid people shouldn't be a problem.tietjen2k wrote:the post i made about stefan was refering to when you said playing alone makes you a better bassist and that you shouldn't care what other people think. So i responded with the statement saying playing alone isnt gonna make you better. you gotta keep yourself open and grow from other peoples opinions and musical taste. thats really where a lot of spice comes from with other musicians.
the reason i use victor as an example so much in this thread is because i know victor the best out of other musicians. I could use other musicians but I dont know them as personally and well as i know victor - so i dont get any facts mixed up. And I use flea as a comparison because i've listened to the chili peppers for a long time now and i know what kind of music he plays and I play a lot of the song he wrote, so i know his style.
i could use other musicians, but i think id mix them up a bit more than the two i know best.
the reason i posted the first post i made, "flea and wooten", was because I wanted to see if people would say "part of thats true BUT" and maybe explain why they think flea is better than victor so maybe I could look into it more. Technically victor is the better bassist (which some people to this day still disagree on cause they havent seen victor play). But I want to see if theres any VALID reasons why people think hes better >AS A BASS PLAYER< - thats why i posted this and gave my understanding of why i personally think victor is better.
you say you posted this because you want to investigate why people might think flea is better, but your first few posts were about how you hate how the young generation thinks flea is better. if you really wanted to know why people might think flea is better, you could have just come out and asked it instead of getting to it in a very roundabout way
and you want to know why people think flea is better? because people either haven't ever heard of victor, or because they aren't into complex, dual-part bass playing. perhaps they enjoy simple melodic lines as compared to bass-chord-harmony lines. or perhaps its just because they like music with lyrics. but, once again, it doesn't matter because what people like isn't going to change what either of those bassists play
- eventually i wont be new and you'll have to find a new excuse tho 