The Bass Geek

Part of the idea I had for this site when I created it was to give me enough space to record bass tracks for folks from files they sent electronically and post them for FTP. I’ve done this a couple times with decent results, but I’m also noticing that services are popping up that handle this kind of thing, too. To wit, I’ve signed up on eSessions to see what’s doing over there. Basically, they act as a middleman to connect those organizing recordings and the players. There’s a little real-time collaboration, but most of it is based off of taking the files and recording them at your own facilities on your schedule. Which is pretty damn handy, ’cause it gives you easier access to players like Tony Levin.

It also means that, at least theoretically, I’m up for gigs against Tony Levin, and I know who wins that battle every frickin’ time.

But if you’re looking for cheaper tracks from somebody slightly lower on the low end’s evolutionary scale, lemme know.

Even after this weekend’s football debacle, I knew that the universe would somehow correct itself and make things right. And so it has - and once again we owe it all to the Internet. This Wired report has some of the original MST3K cast coming together for what appears to be riffery of a more refined sort (in that they gave up the jumpsuits, you know) as “Cinematic Titanic,” riffing away on terrible movies ’til there ain’t no more crappy frames left. Toss in some RiffTrax, and it seems like the entire cast of the old show is active once again in satirizing crappy movies. It’s a good thing, too, as my videotapes of the series are still in boxes, and I don’t have a functional VCR anymore. I still retain, however, my original fan club materials and stickers. I want those buried with me.

One can only hope, however, that it doesn’t return to the Mike vs. Joel wars of the mid-90s. We lost a lot of good soldiers then.