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Love it. Those Sei basses all sound so good, Mike, so clean. Perfect for what you are doing.

These guys all look so young! For some reason, I though Israel Crosby was white. Maybe I was getting mixed up with Chuck Israels (this video of him with Bill Evans opens with a lovely shot of a fag toting John Le Mesurier in the front seat of the audience!!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMHsz5VqLhM

For me, Chris Squire's sound has always been one which makes me go 'wow'. I only have two Yes cds on my ipod, the first two LPs, and the bass is superb. It changed over the years but always kept that growl. I never tried to copy it in any way shape or form and the only Yes cover I have ever played was Wonderous Stories which I played on guitar not bass. My 'go to' tone was always Jack Bruce's sound on the Cozy Powell LP 'Over The Top'. His intro solo on Sweet Poison was an unconscious reference point for years and my second bass was an Aria SB700 because it was as close as I could get to the SB1000 Bruce was using at that time. In 1986, I then got the Percy Jones/John Giblin/Wal bug and bought the Wal Fretless I still use as my only electric bass today. My sound now is probably a kind of Bruce/Giblin mix with strong references to Steve Swallow in my electric Jazz playing. Other bass sounds that I love include Jaco, Bruford era Jeff Berlin (hate his sound now), Jimmy Johnson, Steve Swallow and Anthony Jackson. I never really tried to emulate the tone of any of this group, though.

If I had £3K, this would be at mine right now!! http://www.thebassgallery.com/product_details.cfm?ID=2344&type=Bass%20Guitar

I also think it is important to allow yourself the occasional break. A holiday from teh day job is welcome but a lot of musicians don't like to take a holiday from their instrument. It is ok to take a week or two off.

I think the starting point is the student. Most bass players who seek lessons are not beginners in the traditional sense and your first task is to establish where they are in terms of targeting thier learning needs. Jake Newman (jakenewmanbass) is brilliant at this.

Count me in.... A one, a two, a one, two, three, four

I have a few: Ladies Night In Buffalo - Dave Lee Roth Lemon Wedge - Kim Mitchell A Quick Sketch - Wynton Marsalis Donde Se Feuron - Ozomatli To me, it's about finding that magical 'sweet spot'. When you find it, you just KNOW!

Try post 32 and 33 of this thread. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/215336-learning-to-read-the-dots-sheet-music-to-learn-with/page__st__30

Donna B. Hasty.

I too have a load of loops availabe but can't make them do anything - they just take up space in my PC's memory. How do I get them from a file folder into Cubase to make a drum like noise? I have loads of VSTs I can work with but can't make anything of these loop thingummyjig.

Is that gerrymandering? Or just plain corrupt?

Link doesn't seem to work, Dad. How am I supposed to plagiarise you if the link doesn't work?

Nothing to see here, folks. Move along...

There are lots of the 'aids' to reading that do not 'do' anything but simply exist to 'remind' he reader that s/he's on familiar territory. A similar one would be when an accidental is written in brackets to remind you that the key signature requires it to be sharp or flat.

Sheesh! I got more votes for my duck picture than I did for my music!!

For Dad and I. A big fat duck

We are too edgy for this lot, Dad. Lightweights!!

Recommended. 'The Suitcase', a live Steve Khan 2cd featuring Anthony Jackson and Dennis Chambers. Jackson is ON FIRE!!! Check out this rare Anthony Jackson solo - it beats 99% of all other bass guitar solos for inventiveness and originality. And you never hear AJ solo!!. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4v4Zu-msnQ

Oranges and apples. Some music is for expressing angst, some is for expressing clearasil. My only concern (which I spend at least a second thinking about ever year) is that people who like liddy bands don't seem to grow out of it anymore. My office is chock full of 'old enough to know better/should have grown out of it by now' Robbie Williams fans. All a bit tragic, really.

This is a no brainer for me, I am afraid, and I apologise if my position offends anyone. It has to be a double bass. EUBs are not double basses and do not really sound much like a double bass; as zero says, a vertical fretless about sums it up. If you buy an EUB, you will still hanker for a double bass. If you buy a double bass, you will forget about EUBs in an instant and never consider the option again. All the convenience issues are shallow victories. You want a double bass and all that playing one brings. So buy a double bass. Everything else will leave you feeling that you have sold yourself short.

My brother is a one man operation and, be necessity, he has to leave his bike shop to pick parts up, mkae deliveries etc, all the normal stuff. I guess its a resilience thing. The more staff you have, the more you have to back you up if something needs doing. It doesn;t take much to screw it up if there are only a handful of people. One on leave, one goes sick, one on a delivery etc. Obviously, there is good and bad practice but, with mobile phones etc, no-one should be left hanging around for hours not knowing what is what.

My guess is, and I am not absolutely sure, that this indicates that the 4:4 to 9:8 ratio is that the first is 8 quavers and the second is 9 i.e. the crotchet count is the same even thought he note value has changed. In short, it has gone from 4:4 to 4.5:4 which doesn't exist so is written as 9:8. It is effectively saying that 'this is easier than it looks'!

I guess I am being ungrateful

Always a bridesmaid.....