My style is clubby and groovy - you can jump to it, but you don't just have to just jump to it. It's not just really bass-heavy and hurts your ears; you move with it, and it sounds kind of tribal.
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I love playing bass. It's mostly what I play in Divine Fits.
I play bass. I don't have to go out there and screech.
I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace!
I picked up the bass kind of postpunk-style. There's a real art to not learning how to play an instrument and being able to still play it.
Occasionally, when I run into a great bass backstage at a festival I'll play a few notes on the low E string, just to feel the instrument vibrate against my belly.
Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that's what it feels like to me. Whether that's what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs.
Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that it's much easier to come in and play whatever comes into your mind, without obeying any of the laws of bass line and harmony and so on.
I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar.
Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have a strong special chemistry that we take advantage of when we get together.
I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as I should.
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