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Rhythm Stick is great. It's quite simple but mainly16ths. The challenge is to keep it going solidly and make each note count ,while keeping it funky. I find it a really good workout ! I know what you mean about Herbie Hancock and repetition having recently been playing Chameleon.

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1423250432' post='2682878'] Pwahahahahah....love it...Jonnysomenotes..... Nice one .. [/quote] [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1423255646' post='2682963'] Q Even harder to play it with just one finger on the plucking hand - quite how St. James did it beggars belief. [/quote] He didn't . I'm pretty sure it was played by Wilton Felder of The Crusaders. And he's a trumpet player. Sorry I missed the earlier post.

[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1423165372' post='2681732'] This is one of the few songs that I've gone on Youtube and watched someone play along to it to get the notes. Another song I have just learned is Footloose played by one of my all time favourite bass players, Nathan East. I had played it for years but no where near the original and I wanted to learn it properly with the new band I have recently joined so I found the Youtube video below. If you go to the guy's website he has even transcribed it so I was able to read the part rather than keep stopping and starting the clip to get the correct notes. [media]http://youtu.be/-QCJAvmJITc[/media] This is undoubtably the most difficult bass line I have ever had to play just because it is a relentless barrage of notes and one fumble has you galloping up diarrhea drive without a saddle [/quote]ub I found that a really tough one too. Doesn't help that I don't really like the song much either. It's one of those simple but hard to nail lines for me. I

My take on this is that if you were keen to buy this keyboard S/h without warrnty for £1650 and happy to transfer funds then what diiference does it make paying cash other than having take it out of the bank and carry a substantial amount of money around ? The sellers financial or banking circumstances are neither here nor there. For me the question would be was I comfortable buying a complex electronic device with no comeback or spending a considerable amount more, 400quid is quite a chunk for me,to buy a nice shiny new one with warranty from a local dealer. Is it that the sellers approach has raised concerns about his general trustworthiness regarding the instrument rather than why he wants cash ? Personally I'd not worry about the cash thing if it was this sh keyboard that I wanted to buy. Pleaes let us know how it pans out Good luck!

Thhats sad I photographed him a couple of years ago during a music impro workshop type of thing. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wysingartscentre/8680797484/

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1423177033' post='2681997'] Toyah still does it for me. [/quote] i had lunch with Toyah back in the early '80s She was lovely. Must have been a dress down day though as she wasn't wearing the Boots vid outfit.

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1423088446' post='2680721'] I heard he's getting his Mrs in to do the "Ride Sally ride" bits in the big finish song [/quote] It's a mythstery to me.

I actually still enjoyed it too despite the moaning. I can recommend Tony Visconti' s book too if you like music biogs

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1423080207' post='2680533'] Agree about the book - a very dry read, and not in the good way. I don't think I've seen a bad Crim DVD. Is the one you mention the one with Larks' Tongues 3? That's hot. [/quote] He's a bit of a moaner isn't he ? But i find most drummers are.

Very nice. May I ask how much ? Looking forward to reading the full review.

Really good But why are they dressed like Devo without their hats ?

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1423065136' post='2680233'] That's no way to talk about Robert Fripp. [/quote] Have you heard what Bill bruford has to say about "The Owl" in his biog ?

I once reduced my daughter to the point of tears at the just threat of coming down to the disco on holiday to bust some moves with my Dad dancing. I'm sure she'll be telling her analyst about it in years to come.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1422973451' post='2679008'] I don't really get this - you only notice the bass when it isn't there. I would imagine most of us play in bands with guitar drums vocals and perhaps one other instrument (probably second guitar or keyboards). In bands like this if the the arrangements are properly orchestrated and the sounds have been chosen appropriately so that each instrument has its own sonic space, then all the instruments are of equal importance and any one instrument dropping out when it shouldn't would be massively noticeable. [/quote] Perhaps I should have said missing. It is if you're playing funk,disco, motown,soul or other bass driven type of stuff for people to dance to.

[quote name='stuckinthepod' timestamp='1422973110' post='2679004'] I heard this in a dodgy Mr Miyagi Chinese accent in my head. Zen and the Art of Bass Lines! [/quote] ...and if one cocks up the bass part in a forest does it make a sound ? yes but you feel less of a prat because no one else can it and there's no where to plug in an amp Grasshopper.

[quote name='Bassjon' timestamp='1422895783' post='2678022'] I play in a band where Ihad to learn over 20 Motown Jamerson lines in under 3 weeks. That was stressful because I wanted them to sound 'right' which meant becoming Jamerson pretty much over night. I simplified a few little bits but now I realise the greatness of a beautiful bassline and always try and transcribe it close as i can then put my own spin on it. I wouldn't dare stick to root notes on that kind of stuff because all the character of the song is in the bassline. [/quote] This. In bucket loads.

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1422427352' post='2672425'] Oi, stop pinching my set People only notice the bass when something goes wrong or it stops. FACT! [/quote] My analogy is bass player is like the fourth table leg. No one notices unless it's not there or if a bit wobbly. I always try and nail the bass parts on most things we do note for note: a. because on songs I really like I don't think that I'm good enough to improve on the original so best try and get it right. If it's too hard (rarely happens) drop the song. We would if the singer couldn't sing it ? b. If it's a song that someone in the audience knows loves, and connects with it may be , even subliminally, the bass part that dusts their broom. c. and they may be a bass player and even one of m'learned colleagues on here d.i just find it more satisfying, especially on the tricky ones or where the bass part is a "classic bass line."

Some Brylcreemed, blazer clad old geezer, with a regimental badge and military bearing, at a rugby club do I was depping at a few years ago f[u]ought his way through a packed dance floor[/u] to tell me mid-song that nobody would dance to any of this modern stuff, ( standard function band fodder) and that we should play some Beatles songs or something. I pointed him to my drummer friend Bob who was manning the mixer out front and told him to discuss the shortcomings of the setlist with our "manager".

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1422958146' post='2678734'] next time tell him to ask "Does the 14-year old want them back?" [/quote] ..."because you're getting them all wrinkly".

[quote name='Horizontalste' timestamp='1422831309' post='2677417'] Recently Ive been having another bout of Carpal Tunnel symptoms, most annoyingly the numbness at night keeping me awake. It got me wondering how others manage with it & how do folk treat the numbness? I can't be the only one here who suffers. Cheers Steve [/quote] One other thing that I found may help with the night time pins and needles short term is to dangle the offending arm down over the side of the bed fingers downwards. Still see a doctor and get it sorted properly though as stressed in the other posts above.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1422949491' post='2678631'] It may not require an op. [/quote] This was my experience a quick, albeit bloody painful, injection. Couple of days in a sling and sorted.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1422919158' post='2678510'] You're right, of course. So in the interests of fairness and parity, I list the following songs: If your band covers them, it's minus ten points; if you WANT to cover them, it's minus twenty points; and if you do five of them (or more) in your set, it's PLUS a million points... Free Bird More Than A Feeling Daddy Cool Sweet Child 'O Mine Start Me Up Down Down Money For Nothing Summer Of '69 We Will Rock You Radar Love... and... Mustang Sally. [/quote] Oh the humanity. Enough already

I had it about ten years ago on my pick hand when I strayed into the dark side as a guitard. My GP gave a hydrocortisone injection near the base of my thumb which hurt like crazy and necessitated a sling for a couple of days. I then wore a wrist support while using a mouse and working for a week or so. It's been fine ever since. iItry and takewithof my right hand technique and so far so good touchwood.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1422827119' post='2677318'] Because our audience are old dads? . [/quote] I'm an old Dad and I don't wan't to hear it.