Dad3353

It doesn't necessarily follow that 'new' or 'inventive' ways of playing a bass are good, although they can, all, be tried at least. It may produce some kind of music when attacked with a blow-torch, or dragged across the stage by the jack lead, but I doubt that these extremes would catch on and become mainstream. I'm not suggesting that there's no merit whatever in 'slap'n'tickle' or whatever, but I certainly don't rate novelty over standard playing styles. I saw a TV spot once, quite a while back, whereby two reggae top knobs were being 'showcased'. The drummer (maybe Sly Dunbar..? I forget...) started tapping on the bass strings with his sticks. Very novel, and both had wide smiles, but it was an awful racket, for nothing. Original (at the time...), but of no further interest. Just sayin'.

On A Bicycle Built For Two - Nat King Cole

'S a shame; I like drums, I do.

I'll be brief.

Paul..? Did you say Paul..? That Paul..? Ooo, I must have a bid; I've got almost all of his records..!

The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart (It's a newspaper thing...)

It's definitely bettah. (The mix, I mean; what else..?)

I've heard (of...) two of 'em, the 'Bikini' one and 'Unchained Melody'..! Half of the artists are new to me, too.

Out of curiosity, I listened to the original track (yes, I dimly remember having heard it somewhere before, decades ago...), and thought absolutely nothing of the 'bass' synth sound. The lower register of a Casio or any other keys would do the job, as far as I could judge. OK, maybe not a Stylophone, but it's nowt 'special'. Still, if boats are floated with stuff like that...

Good evening, BK, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Another name that deserves spot-lighting, in a different vein, is Danny Thompson, on upright bass, here with another Great : John Martyn ...

Not cited enough, and has a very wide range of styles, but I'd put Jack Casady high on any list of Top Bassists. Here, live, with Jefferson Airplane...

Try here..? PG8X, by Martin Lüders ...

Fixed. ...

As should the misuse of hyphens.

Pushing the boundaries, then, are we..? A bloomin' artist then, are we..? ...

1990..? Not that bad; there was ... ... and this ... More 'modern', maybe, this..? ...

As a Mod, may I join in here and say that there is, in fact, very little posted that needs our attention. Your (collective...) self-discipline and restraint make what is often a difficult and thankless task an interesting and productive pleasure (I Mod other Forums, so I can compare a bit...). There is an Admin side, keeping Spammers and Trolls in check, but in the main the standard of Member posts is high (I'm ignoring apostrophe errors, naturally..!). Keep it up, folks, and have a Collegial Hug from the Mod Team.

Good afternoon, PB, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Good afternoon, Bootroo, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Here's Our Youngest trying out our newly-acquired Samick, offered on permanent loan by our singer, freshly cleaned up, revised, set up and fitted with a brand new set of Fender Flat-wounds, as an experiment. First impressions..? Very much positive; this little bass is light, has a lot of tonal variance, and a nice 'burp'. Well pleased. Strap-locks..? Oh yes, it was the first opportunity to fit them to a bass, and are equally highly satisfactory. They go on with a bit of a struggle (we're not used to 'em; all our gear has Dunlops...), and ingenuity required to get 'em off again when we realise that the strap need adjusting (D'oh..!). It's quite a 'secondary' bass, but it won't be falling to the floor, fitted with these mean beggars..! Good Stuff; pleased all round.

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