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I can't remember what triggered this memory. The complete Geddy Lee bass part for 'Distant Early Warning' from the 1984 album, 'Grace Under Pressure'. Was that really 40 years ago?! https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/distant-early-warning-rush/
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This has been up for over a month now so I think I will let it go to anyone who wants it but can't afford it. Please don't take the p***. I don't want it sat there doing sweet FA so am happy to let it go for free but only to someone that needs a break - if anyone knows anyone who is looking for something like this, let them/me know. If you can afford it, buy it. If you can't, it's yours for free (you'll have to collect, though - or do one of those relay things). Recent purchase renders this superfluous to requirements. Some minor/cosmetic nicks and knocks but nothing dramatic. The cabinet is in Felixstowe, Suffolk, so probably as far away from everywhere as you can get and still be in England. Phil Jones Bass 4B extension cabinet. Designed as an extension to the Suitcase, the addition of a 4B will make a super compact rig, able to do just about any task the working bassist. Loud enough to play with a powerful drummer and yet offer fidelity of bass that is unsurpassed. This diminutive duo will surprise anyone with disbelief that small cabinets can produce such levels of rich deep and powerful bass, right down to the open B string and below. It does it with authority and yet is transparent right up to the highest of frequencies. Dynamic range is beyond what you would expect; slapped bass will have snap that just can not come from horn tweeter bass cabs. The mid range is so pure that this cabinet will even produce the acoustic bass with stellar clarity. So much so that you will think you are playing an even more expensive instrument! Specifications: Frequency Response: 25Hz-15kHz Power Handling: 300 watts RMS Sensitivity: 95 dB/watt Impedance: 8 ohms Connectors: Neutrik Speakon Dimensions: 16.5h x 13.75w x 17.5d Weight: 39 Lbs.
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Such a pretty tune, this is the complete Will Lee performance on the tune 'Tiempos Felice (Happy Times)' from the 1989 Gary Burton/Pat Metheny 'Reunion' album. There is slapping on there and I hate transcribing slapping. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/tiempos-felice-happy-times-gary-burton/
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It's actually a beautifully constructed solo. I was listening to a ' JB improvises Beethoven ' video on YouTube yesterday evening. That's really lovely, as well. I might have a crack at that too at some point.
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I might have that coffee now, Dave.
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I am quite please with this one. This is the complete Jeff Berlin performance of 'Pale Glider' from his 2001 album, 'In Harmony's Way'. There are even some parts of it that humans can play. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/pale-glider-jeff-berlin/
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I rarely switch the TV on. Mostly only if I am cooking. I have a look to see if there is a movie on most days but there never is as it is all repeats nowadays (I don't often watch movies more than once). Transcribing is the thing I find most productive at the moment. People seem to appreciate it so it's a win win.
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I haven't got much else going on, Dave, so why not use the time productively. TV is unbelievably s***. No gigs. Practice loses its appeal when you have no gigs to prepare for (I do practice reading, though - guitar and bass dots). And I read a lot of books. You would be surprised how much you can get done when you really want to.
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Another request from the same Talkbass user and from the same Funk Factory album. The tune is called 'Watusi Dance' and it features a very young (22/23) Anthony Jackson. There is a bass solo at 2:08 that would blow most of us out of the water even now, 50 year later. What a player. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/watusi-dance-michael-urbaniak-funk-factory/
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Request from Talkbass - this is the complete Anthony Jackson performance of the tune 'Rien Ne Va Plus' from the 1975 Michael Urbaniak Funk Factory ablum. Apparently, it is famous for being stolen sampled for something by someone who didn't have any ideas of their own. 🙃 https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/rien-ne-va-plus-michael-urbaniak-funk-factory/
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Here you go, Dave - it's a great line and that delicious Giblin fretless sound. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/state-of-mind-fish/
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Special request - the John Lodge bass part for The Moody Blues' 'Nights In White Satin' (released in 1967). A nicer line that I had expected. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/nights-in-white-satin-moody-blues/
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This is Ron Carter's bass part for the tune 'Sister Cheryl' from the first Wynton Marsalis album (1982). I was never able to get the details on this due to the mix and RC's slides and slurs getting lost in the mix. The Moises software allowed me to bring the bass up in the mix so I could find those details. Two things came out of my doing this transcription. The realisation that RC was born on the same date as my father (4th May) and the fact that they are both, therefore, Jedis. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/sister-cheryl-wynton-marsalis/
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Right. Here we have a tune called 'Jokoh Jokoh' from the Richard Bona/Mandekan Cubano album 'Heritage' from 2016. I would never have attempted this but this Moises software has allowed me to bring the bass way up in the mix (I could actually isolate it but that is actually harder to deal with because you have no frame of reference in terms of bar lengths and note placement etc). This means I can pick up a lot of detail that would otherwise be unfathomable. As it is, you are left with a chart that is pretty much unreadable unless you are Vinnie Colauita but, if you want to get inside Bona's groove, spend some time with the first 17 bars and you will have everything you need to groove like a king. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/jokoh-jokoh-richard-bona/
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I would have left them to it.
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Bit more Piazolla called 'Introduccion del Angel' - this one is live. Not too testing a read but it is in Eb and there are some interesting tempo changes. The closing section is a case of listening - I assume that Piazolla was conducting. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/introduccion-del-angel-astor-piazolla/
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Someone just clued me into Moises. Well, that's going to make a massive difference. 😎 Oh my God. Not only can I isolate the bass, I can bring it up on the mix. It's all my dreams come true!!
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I have a punt if I fancy the instrument on offer but this amounts to a quid a month or something. It's nice to ponder the what ifs. I guess it's Communism. We all put in and one of us gets the goodies. Like National Insurance and the NHS.
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'I will not be beaten by a machine'.
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It was only a matter of time. I just transcribed The Royal Scam by Steely Dan only to realise that I had already done it in 2020. Ironically (or not), they are different as I counted one at half the speed of the other.
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Bilbo slept like a log. I found a mistake in a Geddy Lee performance the other day. It's in the transcription - I can't just change notes willy nilly. That way lies chaos! AJ's boo boo was live, though, so no possibility of fixing it in the mix!
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The other tune from that album that I love. 'Slow Down'. Great guitar solo using that talk-box device that was all the rage in them days. So uncool, it's really cool. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/slow-down-john-miles/
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I think you are right about the mid scoop. That is what I always went for with every amp I ever had so that may explain why I like the sound.
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This one is pure nostalgia for me. It is the complete Bob Marshall bass part for the tune 'Stand Up (And Give Me A Reason)' from the 1977 John Miles album, 'Stranger In The City'. I got this album in a sale bin when I was still exploring music as a new and exciting thing - I just wanted to hear everything. The album wasn't really heavy enough for me but there were two tracks that I did like because they have great guitar solos in. This was one of them (the solo at the end of the track). I learned to play it on guitar and can still scat the solo today, 45 years later (at least). It is a little dated but I still love it. Great bass part. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/stand-up-and-give-me-a-reason-john-miles/