[quote="GoldenRhino"][quote="TS"]In my foot for the first time I feel that it would have been unfit to have kashima.[/quote]

Yeah, I agree. Different music styles call for different styles of play. Kashima and Jun play differently, so...[/quote]
Wasn't it Kashima's call to leave the band after Runner's High? I always get the impression that he didn't like where Sawao was heading towards to.

[quote="Josher"][quote="GoldenRhino"][quote="TS"]In my foot for the first time I feel that it would have been unfit to have kashima.[/quote]

Yeah, I agree. Different music styles call for different styles of play. Kashima and Jun play differently, so...[/quote]
Wasn't it Kashima's call to leave the band after Runner's High? I always get the impression that he didn't like where Sawao was heading towards to.[/quote]

Well, as long as we don't have a quote, any guess is just as valid as yors.

Wonderful Sight ~ 2002
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWvvnYXezCM

Note Jun's bass, shiny, sparkly, perfect shape.


Lostman Go To Yesterday ~ 2007

[img]http://i41.tinypic.com/11snpc6.jpg[/img]


Jun is such an awesome bassist he has burnt the paint off his bass because every time he plays his wrists catch on fire.

[Bumping because I don't want to make a new thread and anger the thread-nazis]

[quote="Josher"]
Wasn't it Kashima's call to leave the band after Runner's High? I always get the impression that he didn't like where Sawao was heading towards to.[/quote]

Yeah I got that impression too but I never really understood why Kenji Ueda left..

maybe same reason?

[quote="GoldenRhino"]
Agreed.

...Though I haven't quiet yet caught on to what makes Kashima so incredibly amazing. Could someone recommend me some pillows tracks that show off his ability (so I could focus on the bass more)?[/quote]

Something Like A Romance
Daydream Wonder
Tiny Boat
Monochrome Lovers
One Life
Ano Hito Onaji Sora No Shitade
Please Mr. Lostman (intro and outtro for me)
Swanky Street (solo)
Twilight Park Waltz
Akenai Tobira No Mae De
Stalker
Like A Lovesong
Koi No Spai Ni Ki Wo Tsukeru
Bye Bye Sweet Pain ( solo and bridge)
Liberty (demo version)

Kashima also plays excellent live performances. He switched things up quite a bit. Just listen to the 90s lives.

Are you guys forgetting about Tokyo Bambi's bass line? I think it's a really good bass line.

I like how my soul-reviving posts just get ignored on this board

my foot + tokyo bambi shows how much Jun has come along since he joined.

Jun did the Last Dinosaur bassline right? I love that one.

also: sheehan and myung really are gods, and les claypool bores me to fucking tears.

he seems to have the mental age/musical sensibilities of a crack addicted 13-year-old girl. [i]and not in a good way.[/i]

I like Juns style better than Kashima's.
Who knows, with more and more time passing with them
he could get really good. I mean, he did play some mean tracks,
and I remember him playing Akanai (LGTY) like a beast.

Posted in the YouTube thread, but I think it's relevant:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OmgSj2-JmI

That's what I hear every time I listen to an "amazing" bass solo by Sheehan, Wooten, et al. Or for that matter, a "virtuoso" of any instrument, because it seems like 90% of these guys, regardless of whether it's a stand-alone solo or a solo section in a song just tap out super-fast arpeggios/scales, maybe going in and out of some weird-ass time signature if they're REALLY good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRuOQtg-pJ0

Seriously, what the hell is that? I like my music to be . . . musical. That being said, Kashima was a really good bassist by the virtue that he could make a groove, but also whip out some insanely melodic fills [i]when he needed to[/i]. Jun doesn't seem to be as improvisational as Kashima, but I think his work with Chewinggum Weekend shows that if he needed to he do more than he does now with the pillows. I think the real judgment of him as a bassist would come if we could find out his extent in writing the basslines.

its only 2 minutes, give it a watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wkh14D_UN4

hopefully this can give you a slightly different perspective. yes they play some fast tapping, but it's not simply to show off; it's restrained, melodic, and happens to work for the song.

with the exception of the intro/solo, sheehan is just laying down a nice groove, and with some big fat chords thrown in.

[quote="AWPJudy"]its only 2 minutes, give it a watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wkh14D_UN4

hopefully this can give you a slightly different perspective. yes they play some fast tapping, but it's not simply to show off; it's restrained, melodic, and happens to work for the song.

with the exception of the intro/solo, sheehan is just laying down a nice groove, and with some big fat chords thrown in. [/quote]

This song is completely different from the other one. It just seems a lot more structured, and sounds way better.

[quote="AWPJudy"]its only 2 minutes, give it a watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wkh14D_UN4

hopefully this can give you a slightly different perspective. yes they play some fast tapping, but it's not simply to show off; it's restrained, melodic, and happens to work for the song.

with the exception of the intro/solo, sheehan is just laying down a nice groove, and with some big fat chords thrown in. [/quote]

Touché, sir.