Bass Nation

Now that I’m actually playing music, I find myself not feeling a whole lot of need to blog about it. But for both of you people who actually read this thing (and to get enough unique impressions to maybe make more than $.50/month), I really ought to post more often. So in that half assed spirit, I’d like to share a clip from our last practice. I had just gotten a bow for my birthday (thanks, Dad!) and last monday night was the first time I really tried using it with the electric upright. While it took a bit to get comfortable playing with a bow and it’s going to take a lot more practice getting proficient with it, It was a lot of fun to play and I managed to get some cool sounds with it.

Here’s our attempt at playing Red by King Crimson. We’ve been working on this one since the first jam session a month ago. It’s still a little bit rough. We’ve got 2 basses on this. Our singer was playing bass guitar while I was playing the upright, and I play the drumless interlude with the bow (which is particularly rough sounding here).

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