Dad3353

Trick o'the light, mate; trick o'the light. (... and for a fretless 'fiver' 'jazz' copy, I don't think £99 is too bad a price...)

This is a Bryce acoustic bass headstock, with its logo... Hope this helps.

As explained, the 'click' seems to be present for the whole band, and the track we see is what the room mic picked up on the 'One' beat. It's suspect, and very unusual for recording. That's why I asked if we could hear the issue, not just see the DAW screenshot. We're not seeing a typical DAW recording at all.

I'd agree, adding that it would appear that you're playing slightly faster than the tempo (each of those bass notes creeps forward a tiny bit more each time...). I wouldn't worry about the click, though, as it is, itself, behind the beat as shown by the bar lines (OK, it's not really a 'bar' as such, just the time divisions for the 4/4 beat but... Whatever...). You won't be able to match that up to the click, as your notes don't match up to the 120 bpm. Does it matter..? Over the length of a song, if this was continued, you'd be seriously 'out' after a short while. As that doesn't seem to be the case (or you'd have noticed, along with your bandmates..!), I'd say it's all fine, hunky-dory and just dandy. You could try, as an exercise, lining it all up, just to see (hear..?) if there's any difference; I suspect that, if there was, it'd sound worse. If it's 'rock' you're playing, just carry on; it's fine. Really. If that's your only issue, you're doing OK.

Two notes (I think it's Marty Balin on bass here, not Jack Casady...)....

Alas and alack; I rue the day (well, it was night, actually..) that this burden was laid upon me by The Seeker, cursed to roam the pages of forums (fora..?) to mete out retribution to those defaulting on the use of apostro... Ooo look..! A bee..!

Hmm. May I suggest re-reading posts before committing them..? Are they so urgent as to not be worth the time to be sure that they are correct in all respects..? Hmm...

Isn't that the way wireless IEM's work (and you mean 'battery-powered receiver, I think..?). There's a whole range of IEM's available, from many sources, and at all price points. Wold they do the job..? If you were to wear the Tascam at your belt, you could plug the bass in, directly, and use ordinary headphones. That would be the least expense, but would have cables to the Tascam and to the headphones, but nothing else; no need for wireless. No good..?

That's never stopped most of us; do as Lenny and I do, and just 'roll it in glitter'.

Have you heard Lenny recently..? ...

Could you 'screenshot' this, please..? It's possibly just a matter of degree; half a bar ahead is obviously a tad 'too much', but bass notes have a certain build-up to them, so it's not always the peak of the note that one hears first. If we could see how far away from the beat you are, we could maybe advise a bit better..? Another point is that it's Music, not Mathematics, and often enough, too 'mechanical' doesn't cut the mustard. Let's see, first, though (and maybe a quick sonic extract, so as to hear what's what..?). If you can. Douglas

It didn't do Segovia any harm. Many bands just seem to prance around, mostly in an affected 'Look, I'm up on stage' manner, with no rhyme nor reason. Once off-stage they go back to a normal semblance of Humanity; the 'stage' presence' being simply sham, going through the motions, artificial, shallow stuff. If it's to be a ballet, get it choreographed by someone competent. If it's a musical event, play the music. Quality is Quality, and pogoing is not much of a visual addition to the event. I'd rather see (and listen to...) good musicians playing good music than good musicians poncing about pretending to create 'ambience'. The 'Shadows' stage moves are cringeworthy, in my view, and they were amongst the Good'uns..!

I went to Nottingham to get my Verithin bass, and on another occasion to Kingston-on-Thames for my Hiwatt amp. I live in Lower Normandy. If it's worth wanting, it's worth fetching, I reckon.

It worked for Jaco ...

My 'bucket list' bass (I already have semi-acoustic basses; the JC won't trouble me at all by its size and shape...).

Any reason why this solution ... ...shouldn't fix any neck-dive issues..?

I'm not sure that everyone realises that this is a 'shreds' video..?

Hmm... Best steer clear of Daniel Defoe, then.

For some, maybe; not for me. Why Art, specifically, or only public figures..? Enid Blyton: still a Good Read for children, even if there are Golliwogs in the stories..? Salman Rushdie: do his views warrant a death sentence..? How much do we know of the manners of Chippendale..? What's so special about public figures at all..? Are anonymous folk except from this moral gaze..? Why..? It all seems very odd to me, with dotted lines drawn in thick fog surrounding a moral maze. I think that there are more important issues that are worthy of action, but... Who am I to sort out what is and what isn't..?

What is this 'playing the gig' of which you speak..? ...

Not a Facebook user, so can't see stuff posted this way. Never mind; thanks for trying. (If anyone has means of posting this in another format, I'd be interested ...)

That's great once you've acquired the physique for the job. As a beginner, such punishment is counter-productive, as the sore fingers then stop one's playing. Building up to your level is a matter of time, patience and working on solving the problem before it becomes a problem. You did that (as did I, drumming...); a beginner cannot expect to have the same results as an experienced player. Slow but sure, that's the answer; the rest will come, easily, over time.

Personally, I think that there's a lot of inner soul-searching merely to assuage some individual notion of 'conscience'. There is no 'right' or 'wrong'; each has (or has not...) a particular view on things. What were the morals of the person that made the chair you're sitting on..? What stuff does the bus driver in front of you get up to of an evening..? Is that creepy dentist really smiling, or enjoying some private fantasy whilst you're under his influence..? Why stop at Art..? It's not an issue for those who just get on with things, and look at the World in an innocent, positive, light. Would Mozart have turned out 'bad' if he'd lived longer..? What do we know of the doings of Bruckner, or Wagner, or Benjamin Britten..? Why pick on the few pop idols that fell from their pedestals..? No, to me, it's irrelevant, and more time and energy spent studying and performing the excellent music they produced should outweigh any misgivings about their conduct (or that which has been portrayed in the Media, who have their own agenda...) The paintings of Adolf would have been praised at a certain point of recent History. For those paintings, nothing has changed; they are the same. That he turned out to be something of a Bad Egg hasn't changed their intrinsic properties; Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder. An innocent, unaware of their provenance would base judgement on the article itself; I would hope to be able to do the same. (Not that I appreciate paintings at all, really, and the little I've seen of Adolf's work hasn't inspired me anyway...). Just my tuppence-worth.

Don't play so hard and for so long at a time. Keen practice sessions are great, but your fingers aren't 'up to it' yet. It's not all that productive, either, as a beginner, to play for too long at a time. 10-15 minute sessions, then doing something else for a while (it could be reading through a method book or a song, or brewing a cuppa...), two or three times a day (every day...) is a fast way forward. Once the fingers are in shape, it's reasonable to 'up' the dose a little, but hammering away for a couple of hours is not practice time well spent. Don't rush things; it'll all work out just fine if you give yourself time, and work regularly at it. Hope this helps Douglas