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The bass does have a bit more of a jazz feel in a Prog band. Think your style during the fills gave it that little bit of difference from the normal and standard style bass playing. No disrespect to the other bassist who is also very talented but for my own tastes i like the bass to stand out a little. That and the fact i do love a nice WAL sound in almost any band Dave

Its just my own personal view of what i like or don't like and nothing personal. We all have different views on what or how we enjoy or like a song or band. Its generally the boy or girl bands that obviously have no talent if they can't sing without autotune and many don't even write their own songs. The music being provided by whatever digital process isn't so important. It just makes the full project pointless for me. If the front people in the band don't have the talent to start with its all a bit pointless. I take your point with Tangerine Dream but i think Kraftwerk might have been a better example but the talent is in the band members themselves. Tangerine Dream i get your point but altho they generally play keyboards they also add guitar, drums, bass and i believe many other instruments over the years. Heres a list of members over the years. Current members Thorsten Quaeschning – bandleader, music director, synthesizer, sequencer, drums, guitar (2005–present) Hoshiko Yamane – acoustic violin, electric viola, electric violin, cello, Ableton Push controller, looper, synthesizer (2011–present) Ulrich Schnauss – synthesizer, piano, sequencer, Ableton (2014–present) Paul Frick – synthesizer, piano (2020–present, guest:2018-2020) Bianca Froese-Acquaye, Edgar Froese's widow, has taken up the mantle of continuing the legacy of the group and works closely in a non-musical capacity with the remaining members. Former members Edgar Froese – leader and founder, keyboards, guitars (1967–2015; his death) Lanse Hapshash – drums (1967–1969) Kurt Herkenberg – bass (1968–1969; died 1983) Volker Hombach – saxophone, violin, flute (1967–1969) Charlie Prince – vocals (1967–1968) Steve Jolliffe – saxophone, keyboards, flute (1969, 1978) Al Akhbar – drums and percussion (1969) Happy Dieter – bass (1969; died 1974) Klaus Schulze – drums, percussion (1969–1970) Conrad Schnitzler – cello, violin, fx (1969–1970; died 2011) Christopher Franke – keyboards, drums (1970–1987) Steve Schroyder – keyboards, vocals (1970–1971) Peter Baumann – keyboards (1971–1973, 1973–1975, 1975–1977) Michael Hoenig – keyboards (1975) Klaus Krüger – drums, percussion (1978–1979) Johannes Schmoelling – keyboards (1979–1985) Paul Haslinger – keyboards, guitars (1986–1990) Ralf Wadephul – keyboards (1988) Jerome Froese – keyboards, guitars (1990–2006) Linda Spa – saxophone, flute, keyboards (1990–1996, 2005–2014) Zlatko Perica – guitars (1992–1997) Iris Camaa – percussion, Roland V-Drums (2001–2014) Bernhard Beibl – guitars, violin (2006–2014)

That will do nicely Rob. Look what just arrived. Your bass sounds fantastic. Love the fills. Listening to full album now. On track 3 and sounds good so far

I don't want to listen to acts that have been created more for their looks than talent and in many cases it has been shown they can't actually sing without autotune. Musicians for me need to have some level of talent otherwise why have them at all. There are so many other deserving talents out there so why create fake ones. Dave

Never really analysed it. Falls into 3 bands for me 1. I like it 2. I don't like it 3. Its ok but wouldn't buy it. Some songs i like from a band but the albums have been rubbish or mediocre and if i had the choice again i wouldn't have bought it in first place. Sometimes its down to mood i'm in. I like quite a varied musical selection depending on how i feel at the time from classical to swing classics to pop, Jazz, Blues, most form of rock with my main preference being Prog. I'm not a fan of the boy or girl band machine that keeps churning out dross music unless an artist or band can prove they can actually sing live i have no time for them or the mass produced drivel straight from an autotuned studio done with artificial instruments straight from a digital desk. Not a fan of Thrash or death metal. I just don't get it i'm afraid so i generally won't listen to it now. If there's nothing catchy (a hook) in a song for me then that's a closed door for me. Simple really Dave

For me personally i learn the song by playing along with it a few times to get the feel of it then i learn each part bit by bit and finally i write it all out note for note. That way i remember the song by ear and i have the written structure and notes as a back up in my head. I then play alng with it at home until i know every bit of the song. From there its band rehearsal time and probably make a few changes to accommodate how the band would prefer to play it. So altho i know it note for note i use it as a guideline for the band to work off. I am usually the first one in the band to learn their part from the off at rehearsals. I know fine well i don't really need to know the song note for note but its just how i like to work and remember the song. Each to their own tho and as long as it works for you there's no right or wrong way. Dave

Got it from Ultimate guitar https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/print?simplified=0&transpose=0&flats=0&font_size=0&id=1726779

If you can find it that would be great. I prefer a written transcription or bass tabs. That way i can learn at my own pace. Dave

I knew the song Son of a Preacher Man but never really listened to that bassline. That's a nice feel to it and maybe one worth learning just for the sheer heck of it. Maybe one for our @Bilbo to transcribe for us all. Nice wee challenge Dave

Keep pushing to rehearse even if its just once a month it keeps you motivated and focused on something. Dave

oooohh thats a good one to learn. Cheers Rob Dave

Must admit i think the music business will be far more resilient than we think and it will come back fairly fast once they get the go ahead. Venues will be keen to get bands in and people will be keen to see their fav bands on tour again. I think we'll see a surge of bands touring again. Musicians like many other people will either have to live of Government money or retrain until their life returns to where it was. I have sympathy for anyone that's affected by it all. That's my positive head on tonight. Tomorrow i may have my negative head on and this will all change Dave

Like all great Glam Rock bands there will be a come back. I'm still enjoying playing the set list at rehearsals and we are still doing a 6 hr rehearsal every month. Dave

After playing in various bands for past 40 yrs with some long breaks in between i finally found a band that i'm happy with and we all get along really well. We put the effort in last year to get everything just right for gigging. Did a couple of gigs end last year plus a few Xmas gigs and the response was excellent. Well paid gigs too. For once everything was coming together just nicely then COVID killed it. This was gonna be a great year with many gigs lined up. All now cancelled and no sign of gigging before early Sumer 2021 i reckon. Dave

We've agreed as a band that gigs aint gonna be happening this side of Summer 2021 Still rehearsing once a month to keep things tight and add a few new songs to the setlist. We always added a new female vocalist who will be taking some lead parts but mostly backing vocals. Will let her get used to the set before we ever get round to gigging. Dave

Not at all. I've been downloading and learning some of @Bilbo 's transcriptions of songs from my earlier years and that's just for fun. After 44yrs playing i still get excited by some basslines that even after 40 years still give me that buzz to learn them. Altho i learn basslines as near note for note as possible its only for my own benefit. I use it as a starting point and the band use my knowledge of the song as a guide at rehearsals. If i'm playing the bassline perfectly or as near as possible it allows them a bit more freedom to improvise, more so when we are a basically guitar bass and drums trying to cover larger bands or songs that have been double tracked in studios. We as a band try to get as close to the original as we can tho. Dave

Enjoyed that Rob. Very relaxing Dave

Brilliant. that gave me a right good laugh. Cheers Dave Still laughing

WOW that's an epic one. Dave

I'll try to get as close to the original note for note and then i can tweak it to fit the band i'm playing with. Would also depend how i feel on the night. Could be any song in the set that i feel like adding a little or in some situations i might reduce the bass line a bit especially during audience participation sections. If the band is in the zone on the night i might add a few little extras on the night. Dave

Ordered. Nice one @Bilbo. Remember being very impressed with the track you posted a while back.?👍 Love my Prog. Will we see the bass line added to your Transcription pages Dave

But they make it look easy. To be fair they have put a lot of work effort and training to get to that level. Dave

Know what you mean @40hz i've had a few chancers offering stupid money for items but on the other hand i've had some really nice genuine people who bought without issue, no bartering and gave me what i was asking. I've never really had any issues at all with folks on BC buying or selling. All been genuine nice people on BC. Its why i love being part of it. Dave

Good luck. 👍 Dave

I was an Instrument Engineer and got used to the different pressure and temperature scales over the many, many years. psi, bar, pascals and farneygrade to kelvin altho kelvin wasn't used just as often. Dave