#TMITuesday question for you all 'cause I like subverting norms:
If you could master a single physical skill/talent overnight, what would it be and why?
@mawr Either performance (dance) or performance (bass guitar)
@kelseyhusky I'd love to see you dance. ♥️
You're already getting pretty good at the bass. ^^
@kelseyhusky @mawr What is it with trans peeps and basses? I have one I hardly know how to do a thing with but they seem shockingly common in the community >>
@IrisKalmia @mawr I've got a rant about how playing bass is so fucking necessary in like 95% of music, but how bass players almost never get recognition except from other bass players, or when the purposefully call attention to themselves by also being the leaders/ front people like Sting, or the guy from Primus and many others.
But I can't really make things flow from the idea in my head to the words on the screen. which is also my problem with playing bass, and writing.
@kelseyhusky @mawr it's a valid rant, I'm honestly not sure why the bass gets so little love and respect, it has such a range and pretty much every song thats *raved* about is defined by it's bassline ;-;
@IrisKalmia It's not that it doesn't get respect, bass just doesn't get attention by _default_. Most bands are structured to give the singers and lead guitarist the most spotlight, cause that's where the melody and lyrics are. But do those that know, or those that specifically listen for it, bass is just as complex, as compelling as lead and lyrics, sometimes even more so, because it has to work together with everything else and still sound good.
@kelseyhusky I haven't seen you dance 'cause you don't dance. You've seen me dance and I dance horribly. But dance isn't always about looking good, either. :D
@mawr you haven;t seen me dance cause I dance horribly too. And dance is mostly about looking good ^^; The rest of it is trying to attract a sexing partner, which means looking good to potential partners. so, its really all about looking good.
@kelseyhusky @mawr Looking good while dancing is about a lot more than dancing perfectly, merely being able to say "fuck it, I'm gonna dance and all these people are gonna see" is a *good* look in my most humble of opinons~
@IrisKalmia @mawr Well, i guess, but for me, it goes back to the taste/talent curves/graph. Look for the Ira Glass quote on "The Gap" if you'd like to know more.
@kelseyhusky How many dances have you been to? The average one I've seen is all about moving your body and having fun. Looking good is a side effect of lots of practice. X3
@mawr You only say that cause you haven't seen me dance. And I'm good at 3 songs on the bass, which is much, much different than playing bass.
_playing_ is knowing how to translate the melodic ideas in your head into actual notes on strings, it requires a much better ear for music and a much deeper knowledge of how to use your instrument than i have.