You all probably know him, but i just thought id throw him in here for the people who dont.
I think hes made a solo album or two, and a couple of albums (Front Page & Manring) with some other guys.
Anyway, hes uses a technique where he uses his thumb to pick and his other fingers to pick on the higher strings.

Heres Dominique playing a beautiful solo:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...nique+Di+Piazza

Playing Dinello a track from album Front Page
http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...nique+Di+Piazza

His latest album:
http://carbonne-dipiazza-manring.com/

I think he hasnt been mentioned, so i posted this up.

there is a thread for this, it's called "Pictures of some of the best bassits". or "Bass Videos"

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Im not posting "cool" videos. Im informing people about his music.

Discuss please? Im no expert on this guy.

your being redundant, it is a video about him playing his music, correct?
and it is on a bass?
bass videos, dont be a cunt
plus, he plays with a pick
And pst, Ive revoked my past acceptance of pick bassists as legit musicians, its an excuse not to practice

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IMO music is more important than whether someone uses a pick or fingers. That solo is absoloutly beautiful, you obviously didnt listen to it.

Moderators can move this post if they see it as a problem.

You guys are fucking cunts. Hez just tried showing you guys a bassist who he thinks is cool, he went to the trouble of getting links and whatnot for you guys, to maybe extend your bass knowledge that one little notch, and you fucktards go on how he should have posted in another section in the forum.

You fuckers make me sick.

yes but he should have posted in another thread. he doesn't need to make a thread just for one bassist. i'm sure if he posted in "Bass Videos", more people would care.

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There have been many threads about shitter bassists. Fuck off and stop ruining the thread with nonsensical ideas.

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Oh no, he has revoked his acceptance of pick playing, we're all fucked now!

Give me one logical reason why they arent legit musicians, and if you do, post in the pick vs finger bassist thread.

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Thank you bassbehemoth.

Just because a bassist uses a pick makes them not even worth a listen? That is just fucking retarded. I agree with hez, his work is fucking beautiful.

MegaBass, and SIXSICSIXFUCKINMAGG0T4LIF, you guys are both fucking idiots,I hope you guys don't even respect yourselfs as bassists, i'm disgusted.

Dude, they are both 15 and 16 years old respectively, you cant expect much more.

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What part of the pick makes the music bad?
It plays the same note a finger would, so stop thinking so 2 Dimensional!

There are no rules to playing the bass, just guidelines.

Haha, well thanks for the alert, but i'm 16 aswell.

But then again i'm not so insecure about myself as to write in my profile how much I can bench and curl, MegaBass is really gay, it really shows you something about his reaction to issues such as pick vs. bass, and generally being a dickhead, not even caring about the thread, only caring about putting someone down for something as insignificant as posting in a slightly misplace area.


Anyway, Hez, what's that song you sent me? Dinello or some shit?

Im sure most bassists should know this record well, from what i've heard it's just pure grand insanity.

Apparently not, im suprised no one has heard of him

(im 17 btw)

Ive come across this video before, excellent piece, for people who didnt notice, hes playing with his pick and his fingers, i dont blame him either for using both at the same time, the piece does look a tad tricky.

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whatever you say pal, whatever you say

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wow, now that wasnt nice pal. you make me laugh.

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I feel that he could've played the first solo more accurately,
it was a great piece nonetheless.



Something I have to agree for once

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To people who hate pick bassists :

Jason Newsted and John Murray are probably better than you.

i respect myself and my bass by not destroying the strings and the finish on the body by scraping it to shit with a pick
edit: NEVER reference me to slipknot

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and you probably call me ignorant

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i couldn't agree more with you.

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No, just immature. We are talking about a small piece of plastic here and if you think for one second that PLASTIC can tear apart METAL strings, then you are sorely mistaken.

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youve never tried it then, pick bassist go through 4 times as many strings as real bassists do,
I did overrreact to the pick thing in the first thread though

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Last weekend I played an entire set with a pick. The main determining factors when it comes to string life are how clean you keep your strings and the acidity of your sweat. Playing with a pick does not kill your strings, unless its a metal pick.

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Basically, he's gay, and his argument is so feeble it's laughable.

70 % of bassists will agree with me, and now that I know that youy play with a pick, I wnt even argue with you.
problematic, why do you always resort to calling someone gay? be original

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As much as I hate problematic, I have to agree with him on this.

Rants like ''pik bassists arnt reel bassists!!!1!1'' will turn you gay.

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slapping and popping the strings vigorously does much more string damage than a pick being used correctly would. Slapping and popping gets more respect though.

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Hahahahh Oh no!!! He has discovered me! Ive been blacklisted!

FYI, I play with my fingers 95% of the time. The only reason I was playing with a pick was because I had been playing SO much that my fingers were getting sore. So please, give up this unbearably poor argument and just accept the fact that you are wrong.

EDIT: You remind of Bill O'Reilly throwing out random percentages like that. Show me where you get the "70%" and i'll remove my foot from your ass.

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Haha, hes got a point there.

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Definantly.

Actually, everything in this thread has gone downhill.

A thread on Dominique turned into 'pick v bassist - extreme version'.

Valtiel was discovered as a pick bassist, gave a random statistic on how much he plays with his fingers, then accused someone of giving a random statistic.

Sixsicsix is a m4ggggg0t.

MegaBassPlayer is insecure.

Zionist is gay.

Blood Red Bass is right.


Everything is haywire.

ok. first of all, i'm not the one who was saying shit about pick bassist or anything. i agreed with you on a couple of occations on your argument in this thread. i only suggested that he should have put the threads topic in another thread. i am not insecure, you can't assume that i am because you don't know who i am.

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Har har.

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I thought this thread was about Dominos Pizza in France

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, thats fucking funny!

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Where the hell is Tattered?
Why is it every topic in the bass forum gets turned into 'omg!!1!!1 he usez a pik! he sukzes worse than a vacuum!!!11!'?
As bass players we should encourage each other, and if question about technique arises, help each other. Am I the only one who sees musical instruments as a brotherhood here?

As for the videos, his playing truly is beautiful.

Well done to sixsicsix for ruining this thread.

The next person to start an argument about picking on a bass is getting banned.

If your going to bitch or argue about this topic change then please do it by PM.

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This is funny, there's some sort of anti-problematic movement.

vent your anger, fags.

Ok, you accused me of spouting random statistics when 95% is actually accurate!

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so, probably as accurate as him then?

You haven't actually timed your accumulated bass playing time and then calculated the percentage of bass played with pick, and bass played with fingers.

What would be more accurate is saying I very often play with my fingers, I seldom play with a pick.

He also has not accumulated all, or a great portion of all bass players' opinons on playing with fingers or a pick.

You guys are both estimating, and estimating is a tad more accurate than a guess.

Meh, im outta here.

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i prefer to play finger style. that being said, paul mccartney used a pick...and *gasp* john paul jones used a pick to stunning effect on several zeppelin songs.so show some respect my fellow fingerstyle fuckers.

no problem

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So, does anyone know what Dominique is doing now?

I heard from a friend he became a monk, and went into a monastery for a while, but now hes back to bass? truth?

wtf?
sounds like bullshit
im guessing hes writing more shit, i mean he did release an album not long ago (Manring) im guessing he would be playing that shit live.

Well, sounds like a likely scenario hez, but the person I heard that monk fact from was a guitar repairer who 'loves' Dominique. So i'm guessing it's true. meh.