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What’s the most attractive instrument to play that ISNT guitar, bass, or drums?

by QuestionGuy January 4, 2023, 7:51 pm

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TIL: The first televised same-sex wedding was that of NSYNC’s Lance Bass, which aired in February 2015.

by whatilearned December 22, 2022, 9:22 am

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TIL Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers wrote the bass lines for Bust a Move and You Oughta Know and has written songs with Jewel, Warren Zevon, Jane’s Addiction, Slash, Alice Cooper, Mars Volta, Patti Smith and Tom Waits

by whatilearned December 15, 2022, 6:35 pm

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TIL Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone is widely credited with introducing percussive playing on the electric bass in the 1969 song Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again). He stated that he developed bass slapping in an earlier band in order to compensate for that band’s lack of a drummer.

by whatilearned October 29, 2022, 1:12 pm

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TIL Vanilla Ice bought the royalties for “Under Pressure” to end the lawsuit over “Ice Ice Baby” which had sampled the bass line.

by whatilearned October 16, 2022, 1:36 am

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All you wannabe bass wooks going for the drop today just don’t!

by CopyPastaArchive October 15, 2022, 5:00 pm

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TIL that Stevie Wonder not only composed, sang, wrote the lyrics and played keyboards on his song “Superstition,” he also played the bass part on a bass synthesizer and played the iconic drum part drum too after being inspired by guitarist Jeff Beck. The only part he didn’t play were the horns

by whatilearned September 27, 2022, 9:37 pm

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How many bass guitarists do you need to change a lightbulb?

by cringeyjokesman September 10, 2022, 10:53 pm

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A fifteen year old kid gets an upright bass and starts to take lessons.

by cringeyjokesman September 10, 2022, 6:44 am

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TIL while studying flight or fight a biologist grouped guppies in 3 categories “bold” (inspect threat), ordinary (hide), timid (flee). He then put a bass in with the guppies, 40 percent of the timid guppies and 15 percent of the ordinary guppies survived while none of the bold guppies did.

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 2:50 am

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TIL that in 1961 Fender produced the Bass VI, a 6-string electric bass tuned an octave below a regular guitar. Although it was produced for 14 years, it was never popular, and was discontinued in 1975. However, it became a cult hit among bassists and guitarists and was re-released in the mid-2000s.

by whatilearned August 18, 2022, 10:02 pm

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What is a song that has an incredibly awesome bass line to it?

by QuestionGuy August 3, 2022, 10:30 pm

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