any of you do these poses when playing live?

[bon viesta]

i got a 200 watt electro-voice monitor speaker cabinet and a 20 watt tube amplifier. what do i do? play outside and annoy my neighbors!!! lately i’ve going heavy on black sabbath, and when music gets so heavy, you really can’t help but move around like you’re playing in front of a million people or something. i often find myself playing like you see in the picture below, with some more cool weird things sprinkled in. does anyone else find a weird way to hold your bass when you’re going into it live? i’m sure i burn a fair amount of calories out in the heat playing the way i do

 

[S-Bigbottom]

No.

You enjoy though.

 

[Pilgrim]

Um, "just say no."

 

[StereoPlayer]

Do not pick on Jeff Beck…or I’ll report you…
Pose like this…

 

[Gothic]

I've done worse. In front of people. Many people. It's only rock 'n' roll.

 

[LBS-bass]

Do not pick on Jeff Beck

I would never pick on Jeff, he's one of my heroes.

I do that pose, though.

 

[westrock]

No, but I watched a guy do the big ending and wiped out a nice lighted ceiling fan.

 

[Slater]

Sometimes I’ll do this…but only when I’m practicing alone at home…

 

[Michedelic]

I opt for the Link Wray/Johnny Ramone/Von Zippers spread leg thing on occasion…

 

[MattZilla]

I dress and pose like this:


!

 

[dkelley]

Of course I do that. Doesn't everyone when you have to hit those special notes?

It's rock 'n ' roll.... and heck, I do that on classical violin too when I'm hitting the really showy crowd pleaser stuff. It's a show, not just for the crowd, but also for you.

 

[Esteban Garcia]

 

[Nev375]

I guess that pose is cool if you want to be a poser.

I wear my bass way too high like a jazz nerd. I'm sure that completely invalidates my opinion on this thread and I don't give a damn.

Carry on wit' yo bad self!

 

[bon viesta]

was playing free this afternoon and i was doing some serious guitar type shenanigans on bass when i’m going at it. i feel like i won’t have such a hard time with stage presence when the time comes

 

[Killing Floor]

I like the idea of playing loud on the porch and letting the neighbors know a bass player lives next door!

 

[Watchootognbout]

No.

Yes.

 

[WillyW]

All of those and more.

 

[TNCreature]

How I imagine that I look:

How I actually look:

 

[Artman]

I think Mike Mesaros has been known to burn around 900-1200 calories per hour. I still think he’s cool. When the rest of the band are dead still or nearly so, somebody has to keep the audience awake. Sadly most music alone isn’t enough to do that, not even rock n roll.

 

[dkelley]

I guess that pose is cool if you want to be a poser.

I wear my bass way too high like a jazz nerd. I'm sure that completely invalidates my opinion on this thread and I don't give a damn.

Carry on wit' yo bad self!

I wear my bass high because I am a jazz nerd, but I still do the poses.... my headstock is up like 4 feet above my head when I do it!