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How is this audition to proceed..? They surely don't expect you to play along to a backing track..? Are they to play [i]their [/i]parts..? Let 'em start off with the Queen one; you've got a minute or two before you even come in, and the bass is not, really, the most difficult part in that one. If the others pull it off I'd be surprised. As for the Rush number (I didn't know it, I'm not followed 'em specially, and am unimpressed by what I heard when I listened to it...), just follow the drummer. If [i]he [/i]gets it right straight into the intro, again, I'd be surprised. The actual fundamentals of the track are not that difficult on bass (if you not expected to sing, of course..!), and the 'doodly' bits are unplayable by mortals, anyway, so a 'fail' for all, there. On the other hand, if they ask you to play those pieces [i]without [/i]their input, you'd be quite right in putting your bass back in its case and getting an audition with another, more reasonable, band. Either way, good luck with it and... Break a leg..! Keep us posted, please..?

Still not well, but well enough to present yet another masterpiece for your enjoyment and appraisal. Complicated, this month, with an amalgamation of the two pictures to deal with. We've done it before, though, and doubtless will do it again. It's done, anyway; that's the main thing. Here, then, is... ... Wait for it... ... Suspense... ... (A muted drum roll...) ... [url="http://soundcloud.com/dad3353/insoutenable"]Insoutenable...[/url] Enjoy.

[quote name='timhiggins' timestamp='1473466913' post='3130558'] Well done M.B.A. ..and Dad can we have Marcus and Family man on the certificate as well please [/quote] No, the present selection are far and away the best Noodlers ever (present company excepted...), and, in any case, I'm not a 'phone-in, 'vote for whom you think should be on the Certificate'-type popularity competition person. I'll be very generous, though, and promise to include those erstwhile, but inferior, Noodlers on your own winning Certificate when [i]you [/i]win. Can't say any fairer than that, and anyway, I'm a stubborn old git with very fixed views concerning Noodlers on Certificates. (Scuttles away to look up any Marcuses that may have played bass, and to see why Ric Grech should be considered by [i]anyone [/i]as a Noodler. [i]Music in a Doll's House[/i] was everything [i]but [/i]Noodling..!

[quote name='zonular' timestamp='1473421522' post='3130064']... Long story short....just picking brains [/quote] Use whatever you want/have, there are no rules, and it's all good, ime. We use a 'Douglas' 6-string fretless, straight into a Hiwatt DR205 driving an HH 2 x 15 horn-loaded cab. A varied '80s/'90s repertoire of pop/rock, including several Radiohead, Muse, RATM, Noir Désir, RHCP and much more. A simple, vox-only PA, so no DI or stuff like that. Any decent-sounding gear will do the job very well; no need to use anything special (unless you want to, of course...).

[size=4][quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1473422965' post='3130086'] Is it all over? Do I get to wear a tiara an blub a bit? [/quote][/size] [size=4]Go on; have a good blub, you'll feel all the better for it afterwards. Meanwhile, if you can read through the tears...[/size] [size=4][color="#222222"][font="Arial, sans-serif"]And the winner is... MoonBassAlpha [sharedmedia=core:attachments:167486] Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ...[/font][/color][/size] [size=4][sharedmedia=core:attachments:227506][/size] [size=4][color="#222222"][font="Arial, sans-serif"]... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)... [/font][/color][/size]

I looked through the questions, and couldn't see what value I could have added, as they seemed only to be 'fishing' for folks wanting to sign up for lessons, so I didn't 'submit'. I suppose it might be useful to someone, somewhere, but I couldn't see where. A rather odd poll (but then again, I'm a drummer, so... ). Not for me; sorry.

All the more so as I've all but retired. Sorry, folks.

He's not wrong, y'know, and the same applies to bassists, too (as, indeed, to all musicians...). Technique for technique's sake is very rarely what's required. Who was it said 'Less is more.'..? Wise words, usually.

The last birthday party I assisted in, I was 5 years old. My infant's school chums and I wrecked the house, with our 'fun and games'. Never, since, have I had any sort of 'do'. Dangerous things, birthday parties.

At 4 years old, I remember, at infant school morning assembly, hearing classical pieces such as The Carnival of the Animals.

It's impossible to reconcile all factors. Who's to say that the grub screw slots (or hex, if Allen keys...) will align 'properly'..? Headless basses have tuning knobs, too; supposing that the knurling wasn't settled to a satisfactory pattern, once tuned..? I'd suggest a more medical solution would be more appropriate, if the syndrome is [i]that [/i]troublesome, or taking up the tuba (a nicely asymmetrical instrument...)

It's more difficult, playing to a 'click' or to a metronome, for a drummer who's not 'got it'. It take work and practise; some never latch on at all. If the bloke's not holding time without, he'll certainly not hold time better with until he's spent a fair time 'in the woodshed'. A 'click' is never an 'easy fix' for problems like this. You either accept his 'style', warts and all, or consider a replacement, I'd say.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1472685905' post='3123374'] Ok, well it says I'm Geezer Butler. Who's Geezer Butler? I'm serious. Blue [/quote] [i]I [/i]am Geezer Butler (according to the quiz..!) (...Cries from the swelling crowd... "[i]I [/i]am Geezer Butler..!"... "[i]I [/i]am Geezer Butler..!"... "No, [i]I [/i]am Geezer Butler..!"...) No, seriously, he's the bass player behind Black Sabbath. You know, [i]Black Sabbath[/i]... What's Black Sabbath..? What..? The group that toppled the Beatles and you don't [i]know [/i]of them..? Ah, yes; I'd forgotten. one had to [i]be [/i]there.

[size=4][color="#222222"][font="Arial, sans-serif"]And the winners are... Leonard Smalls and Lowdown..! Well done, sirs..! [sharedmedia=core:attachments:167486] Here, then, are your Winner's Certificates (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ...[/font][/color] [attachment=226815:BC_Chal_Cert_2016_08.pdf] [color="#222222"][font="Arial, sans-serif"]... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)...[/font][/color] [/size]

I was allotted Geezer Butler..! Those that decided [i]that [/i]are on bad acid, I'd say..!

[quote name='ians' timestamp='1472655087' post='3122970'] Great if you want to deafen everyone within a 100 mile radius of the place! [/quote] Wot, like these two..? http://youtu.be/NjpZihqVY-g It might also be noted that they are not playing to a click track. [i]Some [/i]drummers are musicians, and can play in time. Just sayin'. ([i]Other example of double drummers are available on request, without the need for earplugs. Just ask[/i]...)

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1472649118' post='3122904'] I suppose not. It doesn't really add anything but the sentence didn't seem compete without the qualifying 'ourselves'. Doesn't make it bad grammar though. [url="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-concept"]https://en.m.wikiped...ki/Self-concept[/url] [/quote] Well, if tautology can be accepted as acceptable, I suppose not, but it ain't [i]good [/i]grammar, either. Try as substituti[size=4]on '[/size][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][size=4][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]It's funny how we self mutilate ourselves.' Does [i]that [/i]sound right..? [/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Just sayin'.[/font][/color][/size]

In the early days of Kiemsa, Martin, the singer, who also wrote the songs, wanted to play djembe in a couple of 'em. This was quickly scotched as being a Very Bad Idea. On the other hand, our singer with The Daub'z brings a floor tom onto the stage when we play our rendering of 'There There' (Radiohead...) which works very well. It helps that our Stéphane is our singer, and plays guitar, but is also a drummer.

There's still time..? Yes..? Oh, good; I was afraid I'd not be able to make it. Phew..! Here, then, is my contribution to this month's Noodle Bar... [url="https://soundcloud.com/dad3353/bc-noodle-2016-08"]BC Noodle 2016 08 ...[/url]

Is he right..? [url="http://this.isfluent.com/2010/1/are-you-stupid-enough-to-use-leverage-as-a-verb/"]Are you stupid enough to use 'leverage' as a verb..? ...[/url]

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1472588961' post='3122450'] What do you mean "if"? [/quote] (... [i]Sounds of drumming of fingers, followed by whetting of blades... Sudden 'Whelp..!' as Parkinson's belies rigor mortis, metal rings out from the stone floor, followed by low grumbling[/i]...)

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1472576977' post='3122306'] Crikey Dad, you need to change your screen name to great great grand Dad if you're recalling that from experience! [/quote] Second-hand info, I'm afraid, gleaned from some very happy years in the neighbourhood of my first father-in-law, old 'Pop' Bird. He and Molly, his good lady, had tales to tell of their own courting days, where, for a rowing club raffle, he offered as a prize his Scott motocycle, with its upgraded intake system. Such was the growing popularity of cars, the winner of the raffle declined the 'bike; Pop kept it for many years, and it became a museum piece in its own right, with the brasswork being worthe substantial amount as scrap metal. By coincidence, and to echo the Skank's apt observations above ^, he was, indeed, a very keen electronics enthusiast, and made it his livelihood, renting out TV's (they were too expensive to buy in those says, until hire purchase came about...). He had, in a spare room of a tiny cottage, a still working mechanical television receiver, rendered obsolete by the cessation of 30-lines transmissions. It was in better condition than that in the Science Museum.... Being of a certain age himself, I'd sometimes help him lifting stuff about. He had an ageing park of monochrome sets, still rented out for peanuts to old biddies, and would repair them using knitting needles. In approaching the needles to the THT, by the length and quality of the spark drawn out, he could tell exactly which capacitor was failing in the old set. He drove about, very slowly, in a battered old Ford 100E 5cwt van, almost decrepit as himself. Goodness knows how (if..?) it passed the MOT . Strange days...

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1472571561' post='3122236']...any tips to make this progression simpler to remember... [/quote] In that case, I'd fall back on my tried and tested method from theatre acting. Learn the piece, starting from the end. Play the last few bars. Get them down 'pat', then go back a few bars and learn them, continuing through to the end; you'll be playing with confidence, as you've already got it down 'pat'. Once these two sections are ingrained, go back a few more bars... Rinse and repeat. Once you're get to the beginning, every time you play you're playing into territory which is more and more familiar, as it's been gone over so many times, and in its right context, too..! It can't fail, whatever the (apparent...) complexity of a piece, as long as one takes it in small 'chunks', and adds more only once the previous part is mastered. I doesn't take long for a shortish piece such as yours. As a bonus, any formal structure inherent in the work will become more and more evident as you repeat its performance, but that's just a bonus. Try it..? It can't fail.

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