Bilbo

'tis to the Dot.

Sounds like mid-era Sabbath \m/

I have just finished a six week season playing with John Etheridge, Jim Mullen, Nigel Price, Julian Siegel, Vasilis Xenopoulos, Gareth Lockrane and Martin Speake. Later this year, I get to play with Gilad Atzmon, Tony Kofi, Steve Fishwick, Tim Whitehead, Kate Williams, Pete Whitaker, Christine Tobin, Phil Robson and others 'to be announced'. What a year!!!!

IT'S MINE!!!!

My turn today, Clarky. Hope it was a good one!

Every electric sound on my soundcloud page is my Wal. I have no idea if that is a 'Wal' sound; they all sound remarkably like me so could be nothing more than a Bilbo sound. None of them sound like Geddy Lee. I'm not helping, am I?

To be cool, it has to be on vinyl. Nothing on cd is cool, nothing digital is cool. My coolest record? Probably Diamond Head's White album.

I also loved this guy's sound: Carrado Rustici [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbS28fTWXHQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbS28fTWXHQ[/url]

Love Vai but I always found Gary Moore an intensely emotional player. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G-PtmcPyK0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G-PtmcPyK0[/url] Also love Peter Green's 'Fool No More' [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXXI87DHL-s"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXXI87DHL-s[/url]

Learning by copying has some merit buy, in my experience, learning complex 'party pieces' without understanding them is pretty pointless. Most bass players can nail some of this stuff; Teen Town, Donna Lee etc but, without the knowledge behind it, nothing happens. Learn to read music and open everything up.

That's 'cos Jazz is the best

Music to video?

31 days in July; should be 24th?

Do these massive arena shows ever sound any good? I have never found them that presetable.

I played some stonking jazz with an old friend, guitarist Nigel Price and tenor saxophonist Vasilis Xenopoulos. Am feeling it this morning but, wow, what a night's music.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1373819718' post='2141930'] I seem to have been bitten by the composition bug. I can't wait until August, so I've done another one anyway... [/quote] If we go down that route, there will be chaos.....

I don't mean playing the song a whole tone higher type key change, I mean non-diatonic key movement.

Sorry. Twas Jones on the tour

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCS9QOBFDQo[/media] For those who don't know, the band is MArcus Miller (bass), Nana Vasconcelos (perc), Omar Hakim (dr), Dave Sanborn (alto) and Don Grolnick (keys) - the cream of NY session musicians of that time.

Changing keys....

She went out for chips.

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