Bilbo

Three months without a post! Shocking. Am listening to new works by J.D. Allen, Steve Kuhn, Charles Lloyd, Vijay Iyer and more.This a vibrant, living music not a nostalgia trip. Fever , my a***

I met this guy once who was Gary Moore's guitar roadie. He dropped this fact into almost every sentence never mind every conversation. Two of us went down to Denmark Street with him one day and, whilst there, visited Andy's Guitar Workshop. The namedropper went over to the guy behind the counter and said 'I am Gary Moore's guitar roadie and want to ask what you think is the best product to use to polish Gary's guitars'? 'Pledge' Cue two wannabe rockers running out of the shop giggling like a pair of schoolgirls......

I have complained a lot on here about not having enough gigs (after I dumped a lucrative but fundamentally unsatisfying gig a couple of years ago). After a lot of wheeling and dealing and ducking and diving, a drummer friend and I have managed to secure the support of a local venue in bringing some decent Jazz to Felixstowe. The newly refurbished Fludyer's Hotel on Cobbold Road is going to host our 'Jazz East' project and put on the following: June 16th John Etheridge (Soft Machine, Stephane Grapelli) June 23rd Julian Siegal/Andy Watson June 30th Jim Mullen (Average White Band, Kokomo) July 7th Gareth Lockrane July 14th Nigel Price/Vasilis Xenopoulos July 21st Martin Speake (ECM recording artist) All with Russ Morgan on drums and me on Double Bass!!! My CV is going to flip!! More interestingly, the good (musically) gigs I am getting has improved also and I am now enjoying everything I do. Feels good.

I wear them because I read charts. Never considered contacts. Not that vain.

Me too. Love it but don't give the attention it deserves.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1366295479' post='2050674'] Rob, this eclipses what you've entered before (hope you take that the intended way ). It's really beautiful! [/quote] My stuff is becoming a little more cohesive each time but I think what made this one is the process. I worked on the opening theme trying to make it sound 'random' like the steps of a crawling insect but, when I started adding a bass line to it, realised it was, of itself, a melodic theme. I giuess it is a variation on serial compoaisiotn by the back door. Thanks for the feedback, mate.

[quote name='Joebass' timestamp='1365875389' post='2045560'] Nice transcription Bilbo. That's a great track - had to learn it! [/quote] How long did it take? I have spent 26 years on it and have just abut nailed the first 5 notes (nearly)

Skol.... can you let me have next month's image so I can get an early start?

Clip on here. Works for me.

[quote name='mcgraham' timestamp='1365747660' post='2043732'] That's about right! It's the sort of instrument you can have stood in your room as a piece of art [/quote] Bet the missus disagrees.. They are seriously intrusive. You can't hide them with a subtle array of soft furnishings

Straight only here. 110%

Go for it. You can nail a lot of the pizz stuff yourself. Arco is a much tougher nut to crack without help and it will help you nail the scourge of double bass playing; intonation.

PS I have a gig with John Etheridge in June....

Remember the mantra.... 'No-one notices the bass player unless he catches fire....'

Hey, Kevin. Was listening to Karma yesterday. You rock.... And are probably the only bloke I knwo who could actually PLAY that transcription (I can't)

They encourage endless repetition which is one of the big turn-offs for me as a listener. They irritate me as they are often just 'filler' and don't really offer much in the way of added value..

April by Brand X (John Giblin)(anything by Brand X is loaded with great fretless playing but a lot of it is very stylised and impossible to recreate) Chris De Burgh's album 'The Getaway' has a load of great fretless lines (John Giblin again) Barbara Thompson's 1980 live recording with Dill Katz on bass Alphonso Johnson on 'This Must Be Love' of Phil Cillins' 'Face Value' Mark Egan's work on the Pat Metheny Group's first two LPS 'PMG' and 'American Garage' - in fact, anything with Mark Egan on will be worth a look. Jaco Pastorius on Metheny's 'Bright Size Life' Mick Karn with Japan (not to my taste but very influential) Gary Willis on the first two Tribal Tech LPs 'Spears' and 'Dr. Hee'

Nice one, Bill. Tie it up and release a solo cd.

Sorry.... http://c3.cduniverse.ws/MuzeAudioArt/580/586629.jpg

Here is mine.... The opening 55 seconds were conceptualised to sound like the random 'footsteps' of a moving insect and then the patterns that were created were then used as a melody. The bass parts came next and the others parts built using straight harmonies (e.g. thirds) linked to the melody or bass part. The piccolo part was a conscious counterpoint written specifically to offer variation and what I think of as the 'love theme' All written on Sibelius, transferred to Cubase as a midi file and populated with Miroslav Philharmonik vsts. I am still figuring out how to use the technology and the strings are a little too hot for my tastes but some of the sounds are marvellous (I love the pizzicato strings at the beginning) https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/creep

Didn't recognise the name but had seen Rose Tattoo live. Great night. RIP, friend.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1365344983' post='2038266'] Crikey Bilbo, you're quick!! A really lovely piece. I like how it builds gently; you've created a good sense of momentum that kept me focussed throughout. Sounds great too. Nicely mixed with everything sounding well placed and panned. [/quote] Thanks for the feedback, mate. Still learning to use the technology but am making progress slowly.

Thanks, BT. Not sure why that happened.

Nothing cumbersome about conventional notation. I use it all the time. I have pop chord charts I use regularly that have a two bar sketch as an aide memoir to remind me of the groove. I also work with charts that are pages long. Every composition I write is fully notated and it is by far the most efficient system or recording ideas you may want to return to later. Trouble is, most of Spoombung's stuff won't translate into staff notation.

[quote name='ubassman' timestamp='1364383198' post='2025610'] [/quote] If I can just get on the damn thing, this is gonna be one helluva game of Quidditch