Are Bass Players Really Musicians?

I posted a thread asking if drummers are really musicians. Now it's time to ask the same question about bass players.


Are Bass Players really musicians?

of course they are.........

they play notes......in time usually......which is more than what can be said for drummers
and they tend not to drool as much

J/K


Dave

I would surely agree. Being a bassist myself (aspiring to get better, but hey) I'd say that the bass is a key element to any good group. I mean, the guitar solos and the guitar rhythems are great to hear, but adding a killer bass line, a harmony part, is essential to a good piece

do you know what to do with a bad musician?
give himm 2 sticks and let him play drums ;-)

and if he is a really really bad musician?
give him only 1 stick and put hi in front of the band

yep

Bass players are definitely musicians and so are drummers. Ever sat down and tried to play drums in a live situation. Man, it's hard to cut it. I wonder where the whole drummer thing started!

Pretty retarded questions... ....OF COURSE THEY ARE, lol, ya think their on stage just for looks or somethin, drummers provide the BEAT for the song and the bass guitar provides the bass line that makes the song BUMP, ya know?

considering the drummer and bass player provide the rhythm section, of course they are musicians. this is the part of the song people dance to, they don't dance to the melody or vocals, without rhythm u just get 6 string mashing and an ego...

-_- once again

once again
yes i say they are
just like the drummers
the bass line poses as the heartbeat or backbone of the band
the melody just gets people thinkin
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I'm a bass player and I think that a bass player is a really important part of a band. Have you ever listened to a song without bass? Most people don't recognize the bass lines in the songs they hear, but it is vital. So yes, bassists are musicians. Very important musicians. As important as drummers.

Bass players are definatley musicians, they play an instrument and a really important one at that.

Yes!!! When Ben Folds plays bass or when Ben Folds Five's bassist plays, THEY are musicians...so are the upright bassists of jazz

Errmm... Dump question, isn't it? Bass is also part of the music... And how can it be music without bass??

Bass players are everywhere BUT to find one thats REALLY a musician is hard.Drummers are wierd creatures anyway!!!Talent is in the music they produce so you only have to listen to know a musician or a wanna be.

I hear a lot of bass these days acting as an almost percussive sense aka Maria Maria /Santana.I like it. So now the days of over indulgance of players like Jaco & Billy Sheehan HOThothot players, sure learned a lot from them) seem behind for ppl that have just felt the groove like a bass is supposed to be but these new cats gotta start listening to history and learn all about music not just for posin'. I like playing Bass even if it's just a Root/fith pattern it's the weaving a ducking you can do in that microcosim of a beat hold back, jump on it, piss the drummer off, watch the singer stumble, blame it on the guitar player. HA HA HA Sounds purty impotent ta me!

they're more of a backup musician, they play single notes which back up the powerchords that the guitar plays.

And also, there are bass interludes, so yeah

i would definitely say yes, bassists are musicians

They are musicans, there are BASS solos too,
And a good bass player can play a lots of
song on his/her bass. One of my friend play
Jingle Bells on his bass much faster than
the original, its sounds really good

BASS guitars can make the atmosphere of
a song and playing it fast is not an easy thing.

They are musicans. Thats the truth.

Bass players are musicians... but only on a technicality. We just call them 'Lazy Guitarists'.