<font face="lithograph">In Memory of Syd 1946-2006</font>'s Profile @ Bass Masta.net

Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A 1-9

Last Logged In: 2006-08-30 Joined: 01/09/2006 In Memory of Syd 1946-2006 Professional
	"Shine on You Crazy Diamond" Male 16 Years Old Massachusetts Currently looking for a band

My Tabs:

Taproot - The Calling Guitar Part

Rush - Tom Sawyer 100% Correct (guaranteed)

The Roots - The Seed

The Police - Message In A Bottle Guitar On Bass Easier Ver

Pink Floyd - Time (easy Version)

Pink Floyd - The Happiest Days Of Our Lives (corrected)

Pink Floyd - The Happiest Days Of Our Lives

Pink Floyd - In The Flesh (second Cd)(perfect W/ Live Alternatives)

Pink Floyd - Have A Cigar

Pink Floyd - Eclipse

Pink Floyd - Breathe (in The Air)

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Pt 2 -5-string

Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds (video Version)

Godsmack - Keep Away

Faith No More - Epic (piano Ending On Bass)

Audioslave - Exploder

Audioslave - Cochise 4 And 5 String

Alice In Chains - Them Bones (correct Version)

4.9

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss (in Detail)

4.9

The Doors - Break On Through

4.9

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb ( W/ Live Alternatives)

4.8

Scorpions - Rock U Like A Hurricane

4.8

Pink Floyd - One Of These Days

4.7

Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

4.6

Pink Floyd - Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving

4.6

Twisted Sister - Were Not Gonna Take It

4.6

Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You (easy On 5-strings)

4.5

Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become On 5-string Bass

4.3

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (100% Correct)

4.1

Audioslave - Like A Stone (correct...unlike All The Other Ones)

Audioslave - Be Yourself (perfect)

3 Days Grace - Animal I Have Become

3.3

Bass Lessons - Slap And Pop Exercises

Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way Solo

The Who - Baba O'riley

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Favorite Bands:
10 Years 3 Days Grace Ac Dc Alan Parsons Project Alice In Chains Audioslave Black Sabbath Bon Jovi Boston Cream Disturbed Foo Fighters Franz Ferdinand Fuel Godsmack	Ill Nino Jimi Hendrix John Lennon Journey Killswitch Engage Led Zeppelin Metallica Motley Crue Pink Floyd Red Hot Chili Peppers The Beatles The Doors Weird Al Yankovic 311

Favorite Tabs:

Ac Dc - Back In Black!!Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California (turned Into Tabs From Notes)Motley Crue - Dr Feelgood (perfect)Boston - Foreplay Boston - More Than A Feeling

About Me:

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On the day of Tuesday July 11, 2006,

it was announced that Syd Barrett died on the 7th of July 2006

due to a diabetes-related illness at the age of 60.

Im Andrew and this is my profile. Its a complete tribute to Syd Barrett, the founding member of Pink Floyd. Hope you like it, and long live Syd, we miss you!

*Favorites in Music*
Favorite Band?	Pink Floyd
Favorite Singer?	Roger Daltry (The Who)
Favorite Bass Player?	John "The Ox" Entwistle (The Who)
Favorite Guitar Player?	David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) and Eric Clapton
Favorite Drummer?	Neil Peart (Rush)
Favorite Keyboardist?	Rick Wright (Pink Floyd)
Favorite Album?	The Wall
Favorite Song?	Wish You Were Here and Comfortably Numb (both Pink Floyd)
Favorite Music Video?	Dani California (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Favorite Type of Music?	Classic Rock
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In Memory Of Syd...
Who Had Many Dreams...
Who Could Have Had More... Syd Barrett was the founding man of the megaband, Pink Floyd (originally called both "Tea Set" and "The Pink Floyd Sound" which they used interchangeably, then later "The Pink Floyd") ,formed in 1965; Barrett (who acquired the nickname "Syd" at the age of 15) named the band after two obscure bluesmen, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. While the band began by playing cover versions of American R&B songs (much in the same vein as contemporaries The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, and The Kinks), they carved out their own style of improvised rock and roll by 1966, which drew as much from improvised jazz as it did from British pop-rock, such as that championed by the Beatles. In that year, a new rock concert venue, the UFO, opened in London and quickly became a haven for British psychedelic music. Pink Floyd became their most popular attraction, and, after making appearances at the rival Roundhouse, became the first most popular musical group of the so-called "London Underground" psychedelic music scene.

By the end of 1966, Pink Floyd had gained a reliable management team in Andrew King and Peter Jenner. The duo soon befriended American expatriate Joe Boyd, who was actively making a name for himself as one of the most important entrepreneurs on the British music scene. Boyd arranged a recording session for the group, which resulted in the single "Arnold Layne". King and Jenner took the single to the recording behemoth EMI, who offered the band a contract, under which they would be allowed to record an album. The band accepted. By the time the album was released, "Arnold Layne" had reached #21 on the British singles charts. A follow-up single, "See Emily Play", sold even better, peaking at #6.
These first two singles, as well as a third ("Apples and Oranges"), were written by Syd Barrett. In fact, Barrett wrote most of the Floyd's early material, and was the principal visionary/author of their critically acclaimed 1967 debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Of the 11 songs on Piper, Barrett wrote eight and co-wrote another two.[1] He was also an innovative guitarist, exploring the musical and sonic possibilities of dissonance, distortion, feedback, and the echo machine. One of Barrett's trademarks was playing his Fender Esquire guitar by sliding a Zippo lighter up and down the fret-board to create the mysterious, otherworldly sounds that became associated with the group. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)The Piper at the Gates of Dawn was recorded intermittently between January and July 1967, much of that time in the studio right next door to recording sessions for the Beatles' landmark album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. When Piper was released in August of that year, it became a smash hit in the UK, hitting #6 on the British album charts (the album was not nearly so successful in the USA). However, as the band began to attract a large fanbase, the pressures placed on the already-sensitive Barrett proved to be too much.

There are many stories about Barrett's bizarre and intermittently psychotic behaviour - many of which are undoubtedly apocryphal, although some are known to be true. One such incident occurred at a practice session. Barret came into the studio with a new song he had dubbed "Have You Got It, Yet?" The song seemed simple enough when he presented it to Roger and his bandmates, but it seemed very difficult to grasp. As they were practicing it, Barrett kept changing the rhythm guitar line, or the bass line, drumline, and keyboards, but in subtle ways. He would then play it again, with his arbitrary changes, and sing along "Have you got it yet?" while his bandmates would chime back "No, No we haven't!" Barrett began to experiment with psychedelic drugs such as LSD. Barrett became increasingly unpredictable on stage. Examples of his stage antics included playing one chord continuously, or not playing at all. At a show in San Francisco, during Interstellar Overdrive, Barrett sat there and slowly untuned his guitar until the strings broke. For some reason, people in the audience loved it, though. Another odd incident included a time where Barrett put a mask of makeup on, and when on stage, the lights on stage slowly "melted" his face (His makeup was just running.) He also plopped on an entire jar of hair gel and walked into the spotlight and let it melt. The band just kept playing the intro. Following a disastrous, abridged tour of the United States, his old school friend, David Gilmour, was asked to join the band as a second guitarist in order to cover for Barrett when his erratic behavior got the better of him. There was a short period of time where David would play Barrett's guitar parts, while Barrett would wander about stage or do nothing in particular. However, the other band members soon tired of Barrett's presence altogether and decided that they would continue playing shows without him, while also hoping that he would continue to write songs for the band. They kicked him out of the band by deciding not to pick Barrett up one day. Barrett then walked 40 miles home to Cambridge.

After this, Barrett would not contribute anything more that would be included to the second album, A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). His only composition on this recording was an outtake off Piper (Jugband Blues) and a discarded song, Vegetable Man. His session contributions were limited to playing guitar on some of the tracks. Barrett became increasingly reclusive and was subsequently admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Cambridge for a short while. It was soon officially announced that Barrett was no longer a member of Pink Floyd.

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