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please remember to wash your hands afterwards

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1381498992' post='2239916'] Playing emotionally sterile, technique-for-techniques-sake solo versions of ELP songs to a crowd made up largely of balding middled aged men who still live with their mothers is not my idea of "a vision of a better life"......... [/quote] were you at that genesis gig i went to in earls court c.98 ?

[quote name='Ziphoblat' timestamp='1381497817' post='2239901'] ^ I think the way to avoid such "animosity" would be not to introduce the person by trying to objectively compare them to an established player. It kind of goes against everything you described in your post. [/quote] this and in your thread title using a turn of phrase that is overtly provoking a response? just saying etc etc

[quote name='lefrash' timestamp='1381431707' post='2239105'] Nailed it! Absolutely Nailed it! He's probably a cracker of a bassist (in fact he defo will be) but that 'solo' just reminds me of a youtube bedroom bassist. I honestly hate that style of bass playing, it would be a perfectly nice piece if played on a suitable instrument, perhaps a nylon guitar, but just sounds bad on a bass. Wooten goes extremely unmusical at some points but he has a style to him. [/quote] i beg to differ - there are plenty of bassists on youtube who can pull this stuff off with much more style and finesse - it would be good to see this bloke playing what he enjoys and does best because it doenst look like this - his tapping 2 hand technique often looks cramped and uncomfortable - it may sound reasonable as a final result but to reiterate Nige ,,, no finesse or passion whatsoever

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1381413901' post='2238726'] Well, he is really really good. lol. BUT... he doesn't really do it for me. No disrespect. That's just my taste. His tricks are terrific but his playing with a band isn't particularly interesting. TO ME. His slapping is good but so is the slapping of thousands of blokes. So it comes down to his two handed tap/chord melody playing. That's where he's the master, right? Well, check this out. I believe what this guy is doing is so far beyond what Wooton has ever done. He's stupidly great. Never heard of him. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2wuhDDhzoU[/media] [/quote] jeebus just how frigging annoying is it with peeps when they ram in 64 hemidemisemiquavers at the end of every bleedin line made it to 3:07 where the bow was thrown in FML

[quote name='LeftyJ' timestamp='1381328719' post='2237682'] I think I read in an interview with Dave Stewart recently that Spotify only has around 6.000.000 paying users WORLDWIDE. All the others are using the free version - which obviously doesn't generate any income. For artists to get paid more, Spotify will need a heck of a lot more paying clients. [/quote] ive been paying tenner a month not to be annoyed by adverts but to be honest even with a good sound card there really doesnt seem to be a great deal of discernable difference in streaming quality which they claim between the paid and unpaid service - ive occasionally let it lapse to the unpaid service and if the adverts are bearable then it is not too bad tbh - one time they had an abundance of the meerkat adverts and i ended up enjoying the ads more than my own taste in their music my biggest criticism of spotify as an end user is the nagging advertising (artist promo) when you are a paying user, and the poor tagging of the artists - often there will be several tags for one band or artist but with slight variations on spellings and the related artists feature is often highly dubious to the extent that for example when you go and view Genesis, the related artists might not show Peter Gabriel or Steve Hackett or similar. Also just more recently have started noticing jumps in the streaming, not sure if this is buffering or my machine or the stream itself or maybe they just trying to simulate the needle skipping across the vinyl

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1381324821' post='2237585'] What the f*** is a "dying corpse"? [/quote] looks a bit like one of the rolling stones but with a slightly more healthy glow not many comments on [url="http://www.truthinshredding.com/2013/09/frank-gambale-spotify-in-my-mind-its.html"]this [/url]but Frank Gambale doesnt seem to get much support from the limited comments there are personally i use spotify quite a bit these days as i dont watch tv at all and spend most evening listening to music and/or podcasts

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1381244101' post='2236305'] They tend to be the people who will call you to their desk for help and moral support when there's an error message on their PC screen, whether they understand it or not. [/quote] like parents

judging from the comments ive had from other bass players on my own instruments which i have set up then i would seem to be doing something right although notwithstanding that i am not scared to attack the bass with a screwdriver and allen key i would be first to admit that there is still a lot to be learnt about the fine details of the science of setups personally i find programming the video recorder damn near bloody impossible!

[quote name='clauster' timestamp='1379178188' post='2209561'] Thanks for the heads up. Wish I'd made the trip to Maidstone now. [/quote] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/219090-kick-backs-fri-25-oct-shorne-kent"]http://basschat.co.u...oct-shorne-kent[/url] next gig

Any North Kent basschatters welcome to come along and point and laugh - 25 Oct - DA12 3JX [b]The See Ho[/b] even South Essex basschatters if you can handle coming south of the river

sorry i dont have a clue about the technicalities but i liked the track all teh way to the end

[url="http://www.timber-tones.com/felt-tones-natural-wool-felt-single-plectrum-313-p.asp"]http://www.timber-tones.com/felt-tones-natural-wool-felt-single-plectrum-313-p.asp[/url]

[quote name='witterth' timestamp='1381099875' post='2234457'] no puns, just stop it, stop it now. [/quote] well stop fretting then!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1381085329' post='2234237'] Yes! Makes you wonder why anyone would buy anything more expensive than a Squier CV, really. *Hides in wardrobe* [/quote] why splash out that much when you can get a decent squier affinity series

ermm Statuseses and for sake of inclusion anything similar with graphite neck - they have a particular envelope to their sound due to their construction with a punchy attack and a very long and slow sustain and decay compared to wooden necks - obviously it doesnt suit everybodys style of playing but they certainly are unique in their sound characteristics

if you keep your eyes peeled on forums you might be lucky enough to pick up a TRB1005 for <500

do a rubbing of the body with paper and crayon like a brass rubbing to show up all the outlines and screw holes scan it import scan image into illustrator and use as a template to draw up a vector linework file export it out to pdf or dxf and take along to local cnc/laser cutters to have it machined up

could i ? or would i want to?

you need ibanez S series [url="http://ibanez.wikia.com/wiki/S770FM"]http://ibanez.wikia.com/wiki/S770FM[/url]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1381048845' post='2233642'] And a 'personal assistant'. And an octopus wrangler. Or something. He is surely having a giraffe. IMHO. [/quote] dont forgot the blue smarties [quote name='blamelouis' timestamp='1381051578' post='2233664'] Sounds like he wants 200 guitar solos. [/quote] yes this - what if he only has the one solo - 200 variations would be some sort of record surely

i think south korea should invade the north and overthrow them and HJ be made president and bass lessons for all (costumes optional)

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1381023922' post='2233549'] I don't think there's any new ground to be broken... BUT,,, there will always be creative people and it would take someone in an enormously popular band who has personality to be considered a superstar innovator, even if he's just a good player. (Think Flea). BUT... ...because the music industry is dead and music is so assessable, I don't see that happening. Name ONE band that set the stage for a generation since the popularity of YouTube. I can't think of any. [/quote] youtube isnt about setting the stage for a generation imho - unless of course it is a generation of shallow fickle fashion followers who know sod all about music - that whole schtick has been monopolised buy scowell and the likes to be fed relentlessy to the brain-dead proles on the other hand youtube has brought us wonderful lasting music like this [url="http://youtu.be/Cvar4ZsqsEo"]http://youtu.be/Cvar4ZsqsEo[/url]

and i bet he wants his own monitor to put his foot up on and a fan to waft his hair too while he stands in front of his double 4x12 stack did you tell him there is quite a difference being in a 'real live gigging band' and 'PS Rock Band'

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