That term made me laugh. I hope you laughed, too. I'm definitely at nerd level- see my avatar. The OP of another thread wrote that he raised his bass to "nerd levels" to help overcome his tendinitis.
While he is obviously making light-hearted humor about his situation, I refrained from hijacking that thread to tell the kids that "nerd level" is ALL relative and thought I'd post some evidence for fun. The way you stand/move/dress/play/take care of yourself are the truly-decisive factors (of course, a bassist that isn't at "nerd level height" can look and play cool- nobody doubts that!). Feel free to add more cool bassists at nerd level heights.
THIS IS NOT A BASHING/MAKING FUN OF PEOPLE THREAD SO PLEASE DON'T TURN IT INTO ONE.
Of course, we start with the kings of cool, even at "nerd level"
Victor Wooten and Anthony Wellington. If you don't like the music that you've heard of theirs, that's okay. They could play anything, look cool doing it and their cool demeanor would beat most others backstage and they'd get all the groupies if they were so inclined, at least the sane groupies.
And the following bassist at nerd level? Forget about it. This guy probably has to beat them off with a stick after shows! If you're a young one and would like a higher proportion of fun, younger (legal) groupies with issues, you can go this route! By the way, listen with headphones, listen to a bunch of his live stuff. Listen for his fills. He's thrown down a lot of cool stuff from nerd heights. DNCE bassist, Cole Whittle (Berklee) .
Of course we must acknowledge the workingest, friendliest TB'er at nerd level, fitting into his genre perfectly:
@BassCliff
Now for the real proof- before and after of the same bassist at same nerd level- Haircut 100 bassist, Les Nemes, then ("nerd") and now unquestionably cool...
"Thank you for your indulgence." Remember, all, I'm at nerd level- this is not a bashing thread! It's a thread to validate that one can have "proper" technique and still be cool even if I'm a nerd.
While he is obviously making light-hearted humor about his situation, I refrained from hijacking that thread to tell the kids that "nerd level" is ALL relative and thought I'd post some evidence for fun. The way you stand/move/dress/play/take care of yourself are the truly-decisive factors (of course, a bassist that isn't at "nerd level height" can look and play cool- nobody doubts that!). Feel free to add more cool bassists at nerd level heights.
THIS IS NOT A BASHING/MAKING FUN OF PEOPLE THREAD SO PLEASE DON'T TURN IT INTO ONE.
Of course, we start with the kings of cool, even at "nerd level"
Victor Wooten and Anthony Wellington. If you don't like the music that you've heard of theirs, that's okay. They could play anything, look cool doing it and their cool demeanor would beat most others backstage and they'd get all the groupies if they were so inclined, at least the sane groupies.
And the following bassist at nerd level? Forget about it. This guy probably has to beat them off with a stick after shows! If you're a young one and would like a higher proportion of fun, younger (legal) groupies with issues, you can go this route! By the way, listen with headphones, listen to a bunch of his live stuff. Listen for his fills. He's thrown down a lot of cool stuff from nerd heights. DNCE bassist, Cole Whittle (Berklee) .
Of course we must acknowledge the workingest, friendliest TB'er at nerd level, fitting into his genre perfectly:
@BassCliff
Now for the real proof- before and after of the same bassist at same nerd level- Haircut 100 bassist, Les Nemes, then ("nerd") and now unquestionably cool...
"Thank you for your indulgence." Remember, all, I'm at nerd level- this is not a bashing thread! It's a thread to validate that one can have "proper" technique and still be cool even if I'm a nerd.
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