Bilbo

Made a good start last night. Written a skeleton piece that needs fleshing out. Layers; I need layers.

I can imagine the scene as the Police dispatch worker gets the call. Send an ARU, Nobby Fishcake has compromised Beyoncé's earnings by 0.00001p. Ripping has always been illegal. As a criminal justice worker, I cannot recall many prosecutions.

Not an intro but I learned a long time ago not to play a rhythm changes tune right after a 12-bar Jazz blues.

Agree with bassace. Jazz IS the drummer.

I have a Roland 60W guitar cube I can use but I practice a lot on bass and guitar without an amp or on double bass which has the massive advantage of not needing amplification when not on a gig.

I have played both for as long as I have played and, although I consider myself to be a bass player who plays a bit of guitar, I do use it a lot for wrinting/recording etc. I just got a seven string bass that I have tuned BEADGBE so it is literally a bass and guitar and I play that with a pick. It is a really interesting experiment. In the meantime. my advice is to learn music not bass/guitar. The notes are the same, a major triad is the same on both instrument. A minor scale is the same, as are all the intervals and so on for every piece of musical theory. It all apllies equally to both intruments. Learning 'guitar' licks won't help you bass playing and learning bass parts won't help you guitar. Learning 'music' will help you on both instruments. I also recommend you learn to read music on both bass and treble clef as it will take you places musically that you would never otherwise go. I know this is a big ask but it is so worth it in the long run.

Ginger Baker was a poor man's Elvin Jones. Like a lot of Rock God's, he believes his own press and forgets where he came from. Baker was great Rock drummer but a poor Jazz drummer. Like a lot of young men who use drugs heavily during their early years, their emotional development is often compromised and they don't learn how to cope with the emotional demands of ordinary human relationships. Add the artificiality of the world he operated in and the people who induleged him and you get a perfect storm to arseholedom. Arseholes is arseholes, whoever they are. And, to finish with a[b] mahoosive[/b] name drop, I played with Simon Kirke once (I had forgotten that!!).

I never got this one band thing. I was in nine once and never had a double booking!!

Most common is BEADGC.

New player to me, Yuri Goloubev appears on Maciek Pysz's recordings. I have booked Maciek's trio for my little Jazz thing in Felxistowe later this year and will be excited to see them perform. In the meantime, check out his website. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD0lrQPpwHo"]http://www.youtube....h?v=pD0lrQPpwHo[/url] [url="http://www.yurigoloubev.com/"]http://www.yurigoloubev.com/[/url]

I have just got hold of one of those Harley Benton seven strings which I play with a pick. I actually find it easier to play than a guitar. Guess I am used to the wider spacing and bigger strings.

We could all pick several; no-one said it would be easy.

People just aren't getting the three vote thing, are they?

I have to say, this is an astonishing piece of kit for the money.

It's the bit where everyone stops and you keep going (generally thinking 'oh, fcuk!! Is this right? Shoudl I have shut the fcuk up by now or what'? 'Why is everyone staring at me'? It is usually a bass cliche but best check before you play it .

Paul Chambers had lessons off Ray Brown. It shows.

Milt Hinton and Ray Brown.

Tough call this month. Every one a winner. A hell of an achievement for all involved. I think there is growth across the board (except Garry who is a feckin' genius already).

She HATES Jazz and thinks it's all pretentious b*ll*cks.

Decent crop again. Bodes well.

It ain't a Fodera Anthony Jackson Presentation bass that's for sure but, interestingly, I think it's shortcomings may end up being it's strengths for me. I want to play it as a 'bass guitar' not as a bass, if you get what I mean, so I don't want it to be an 'awesome' sound but a clean one. Anyway, here is a sample I recorded this evening. Direct in with no EQ and only a little reverb. For the record, my wife ordered it from Thomann. It arrived on Monday but, due to a scheduling error, it was left over night at our local Post Office and collected on Tuesday to be left at my in-laws place. I received it Thursday morning. It was still in tune. https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/alice-in-wonderland

No real problems. I am playing it with a pick and it sounds incredible!! I can play tunes and chords etc although it's difficult to cover four note chords over five strings but it is early days. This is so much fun!!!

I wanted to try one of these Harley Benton seven strings tuned BEADGBE (not BEADGCF) and did mention it in passing. It was my birthday yesterday and look what Mrs. Baggins had it store!!! I knew she was a keeper!!! [url="http://s283.photobucket.com/user/bilbo230763/media/DSCF0395_zpsdgbe0ld2.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s283.photobucket.com/user/bilbo230763/media/DSCF0396_zps4y3gkqip.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s283.photobucket.com/user/bilbo230763/media/DSCF0400_zpsfjaqmjbj.jpg.html"][/url]

Pictures to follow!!!

'explaining chops'. I gotta get me some of those.