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Old 09-11-2011, 06:00 PM
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Is there a musical or aesthetic reason why they always seem to stand on the left of the stage (from the audience's point of view)?

(This obviously doesn't apply to bass players that sing)

Blindingly pointless question I know, but I'm interested.
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Old 09-11-2011, 06:25 PM
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Old 09-11-2011, 06:31 PM
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Old 09-11-2011, 06:32 PM
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Not always, bloke from Big Country stands stage left, audience right. As does the chap in the E Street Band. So I would say it's down to personal preference.
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Old 09-11-2011, 06:33 PM
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I've always stood that side, don't know why, you do appear to be correct in this and now I'm intrigued as to why!
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Not always, bloke from Big Country stands stage left, audience right. As does the chap in the E Street Band. So I would say it's down to personal preference.

Jaco Pastorius always stood on the left (right from the audience). Nuff said.
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Old 09-11-2011, 07:00 PM
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Jaco Pastorius always stood on the left (right from the audience). Nuff said.



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The singer is the main front man, but for at least some of the time will share the front of the stage with the lead guitarist. The guitarist will tend to position himself stage left so that the neck of his guitar is pointing away from the singer when they're standing close together. So when the guitarist moves away from the singer, he will be stage left. The band will therefore look much better balanced if the bass player stands stage right, on the other side of the drummer.

Obviously not all bands have that classic four-piece line-up, not to mention that some guitarists are left-handed, but this typical scenario is why stage right has become the natural abode of the bass player.
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I tended to be stage left when I played in a band at school many years ago. However, I seem to recall being stage right in the band at uni
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someone told me bass players tend to stand next to snare to lock in with drummer.

I've always thought it was to do with this too.
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It's called slap, started by Larry Graham and used by numerous funk luminaries since
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Entwistle?

It's a pretty standard set up, since the left handed McCartney and the right handed Harrison stood either side of Lennon?
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He uses really light gauge strings '30-50-70-90′
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I play quite a bit of bass, tend to stand on left as most are right-handed drummers so you can follow the hihat easier. And slap is really eay to do once you understand how it works.
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