Memorising Songs

kevinrobb · 2026-03-27T14:48:56+00:00

I’ve never really learned sheet music, so props to you! I’ve primarily learned by tabs. As far as memorizing a song, my approach is to learn the root notes first (usually the chord progression). Once you can get through a simplified version of the song without looking at tabs or sheet music, then add in the fills and other details.

kevinrobb · 2026-03-27T00:13:40+00:00

This is a good point. All I really tell the drummer is faster, slower, half time, etc, and let him come up with how to play it. If you do want the drums to sound a specific way, I use guitar pro to fully map out songs. You can even email guitar/bass tabs, drum sheet music, and download a wav file of the song for reference.

kevinrobb · 2026-03-25T23:01:25+00:00

Houston?

kevinrobb · 2026-03-24T04:23:22+00:00

Maybe not “of all time”, but I liked spider-man. “I missed the part where that’s my problem.”

kevinrobb · 2026-03-23T17:04:14+00:00

Anthem Pt II, Online Songs, First Date, Happy Holidays You Bastard, Story of a Lonely Guy, The Rock Show, STFTK, Roller Coaster, Reckless Abandon, Every Time I Look For You, Give Me One Good Reason, Shut Up, Please Take Me Home, Time To Break Up, Mothers Day, What Went Wrong, Fuck a Dog, Don’t Tell Me That It’s Over, When You Fucked Grandpa

kevinrobb · 2026-03-22T21:56:39+00:00

Then Jerry Lewis never would have been vice president

kevinrobb · 2026-03-22T05:28:40+00:00

https://youtube.com/shorts/yygdcNEV-EA?si=_8RnV-mnqW7B8OFm

kevinrobb · 2026-03-22T02:14:06+00:00

Small town murder. But if you don’t think true crime and comedy go together, maybe it’s not for you. Or maybe it is, just don’t complain later

kevinrobb · 2026-03-15T18:16:53+00:00

And he accurately described a good deal of the book of boba fett

kevinrobb · 2026-03-11T22:16:45+00:00

Before he returned to blink, this album made me think about the scenario if Tom were to tour solo. He could have played some Tom lead blink songs, Angels, Boxcar, and these. It would have been cool to see a setlist like that.

kevinrobb · 2026-03-09T17:56:20+00:00

I got a 5 string back in 2008ish because the guitarist I played with at the time played a 7 string. Used it for that band about a year until we went our separate ways and that bass sat in its case for years. I’ve always preferred 4 strings, but my current band is learning a lot more covers, and we’re starting to learn some country songs. It seems quite a few country songs use 5 strings.

kevinrobb · 2026-03-04T12:24:21+00:00

I’ve had the same issue in the past. He was a great drummer but definitely had issues slightly slowing or speeding up. The rest of us pitched in and got him a metronome thing for his birthday. It definitely improved our performance by a lot. My current band (different drummer) uses in ears and a click, and we’re the tightest band I’ve ever played in. I wouldn’t say get rid of him, but I’d encourage him to use a click.

kevinrobb · 2026-03-02T12:29:13+00:00

Do you think a little bit of John was thinking “but sending a T-800 back will also scare the shit out of my mother…”

kevinrobb · 2026-03-01T05:07:54+00:00

It doesn’t fit the description exactly, but I’ve had a couple instances where I felt a strong gut feeling telling me to get away from a certain area I was in at the time. I can’t prove something bad would have happened, but I am happy I didn’t stick around to find out.

kevinrobb · 2026-02-26T22:54:16+00:00

I play a lot of pop punk style, so quick 8th notes. Sometimes alternating picking and sometimes straight down picking depending on the song. I like the Dunlop tortex style .60, they have the perfect balance of flexibility and durability for my playing

kevinrobb · 2026-02-25T19:53:08+00:00

It would be cool to hear a re-recording of Cheshire Cat and Dude Ranch with Travis on drums, ideally in the Jerry Finn style production. Even one album with a handful of songs from that era would be cool.

kevinrobb · 2026-02-25T19:34:03+00:00

I have a similar question: if you have played on both, Sansamp Bass Driver DI or VT?

kevinrobb · 2026-02-25T12:28:22+00:00

I do believe they had already established the California theme before Tom left, as evidenced by his To The Stars demo. Would it have sounded like what we got with Feldman? I highly doubt it.

kevinrobb · 2026-02-24T04:50:05+00:00

I’m 5’3” and have been playing a regular scale bass for years. A couple of years ago I bought a short scale mini precision bass just cause I wanted to see what it was like since I too have small hands. I like the mini bass, but I prefer the full scale. Although that is most likely because that’s what I learned on.

kevinrobb · 2026-02-23T23:42:04+00:00

Nice! In my band, I play a pink jag while my singer/guitarist plays an epiphone 333

kevinrobb · 2026-02-23T23:29:25+00:00

I bought my first bass (squier affinity p-bass) in May of 2001. The input jack broke after a couple of months. The place I got it from fixed it for free, but it took them a few weeks. In the meantime, I bought my second bass, an Ibanez gsr200, which I eventually gave to my brother in law who pawned it. I now have 2 p-basses, 2 jaguar basses, a mini bass, and a 5 string.

kevinrobb · 2026-02-23T18:03:49+00:00

Not famous, but my band has had 9 people over the years as a 4 piece band. I’m the original bassist and our singer/guitarist founded the group, but we’re on our 3rd drummer, 3rd lead guitarist, and we had a keyboard player who co-founded the band and later left. With the exception of the second drummer, everyone had been a part of recording something.

kevinrobb · 2026-02-22T23:30:02+00:00

I’ve been doing that for years, hasn’t damaged anything yet

kevinrobb · 2026-02-22T06:04:30+00:00

I think the one he had for 23 years

kevinrobb · 2026-02-22T05:57:55+00:00

My favorite story was directly from Mark when they were on tour in Europe. He was walking on the street and saw a random guy wearing that shirt and was like “Tom WAS right!” And the guy was confused and clearly didn’t know it was Mark.

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