Bilbo

Agreed 100% but I have come to realise that being better does not mean playing better music or getting more gigs so agonising over minutiae is something I no longer do.

I am a promoter. Www.jazzeast.vpweb.co.uk When an artist appears, they get an agreed fee. The sidemen get an agreed fee. I get nothing. Not all promotion has a profit motive. Sometimes it is simply about advocacy and avoiding a loss.

It's cringe worthy, isn't it?

[quote name='dand666' timestamp='1452852702' post='2954039'] . Everyone knows where they were. Game changer. [/quote] Ya reckon? I found it turgid. Didn't do anything for me at all

It is about knowing what you can get to. I find that structured lesson programmes like Scott's stuff don't work for me because they require your practice space to have internet access and mine does not so I work in a different way. My practicing involves lots of reading of Bach Cello Suites, transcribed solos etc. I am working on bowing at the moment and can see improvements just from tiny incremetal investment. The secret of self development is, for me, in recognising that the deepest changes come slowly and over time. Epiphanies are great when they happen and there are quick wins to be gained but, for me, there is nothing like concerted practice over time to generate genuine improvements in knowledge and technique. Remember the 10,000 hours!

I have some massive holes in my listening experience. I hadn't heard Dark Side of The Moon until I was 48, only heard the White Album after it appeared on Spotify a few weeks back, never heard a Bob Dylan album, a Stones album or had anything other than superficial contact with any number of 'legends' including Bowie, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, The Eagles, The Band etc etc. There is more music out there that any one of us can consume. Our own journies are what make us 'us'. I have a truckload of obscure artists I have loved and soaked up over the years and have no real sense that I am missing out. My own perspective is that I cannot say that I 'don't like' Bowie, Elton John etc etc, it's more that I cannot listen to everything, so when I do, I go for stuff that I love rather than stuff that I like or think is OK. 'Life On Mars' is a great piece of music but I would never pick it up by chouce because I get to hear it every now and then as I go through life and, when the choice is mine, will go for things that work more for me. The 'choice' is not 'good' vs 'bad' but 'most loved' vs. 'that's nice'.

I love banjos. They make great kindling.

Big fan of the whole genre; Brazilian, Cuban, Argentinian etc. Hate that I cannot play the genre properly as Felixstowe is seriously lacking in percussionists!! Here are a couple of my attemtps!! [url="https://soundcloud.com/dove-studio/mujer-ingrata-albino-cubana"]https://soundcloud.c...a-albino-cubana[/url] [url="https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/chiclette-con-banana?in=robert-palmer-1/sets/electric-bass-jazz-and-various"]https://soundcloud.c...azz-and-various[/url] https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/que-vale-la-pena

I see your Chain and raise you a classic.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYSbUOoq4Vg

I just bought a Mono Twin bass case, one of the ones that takes two electric basses. I have a single one for my Wal already but needed one for when I take my seven string out as well. The case was delivered three days ago and I still haven't opened the box it came in. I guess I am not the excitable teenager I once was

I've got a.ot of time for JP. I remember when we all heard 'Got A Match' for the first time and all ran out and bought the Electrik Band LP (pre-CD days). Everyone was trying to play it and everyone was failing!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOm34SVz2K8

I loved my Eden Metro combo but it was just getting too heavy as I was getting older and so I got smaller Acoustic Image gear. I added a PJB speaker and now it sounds great but the Metro was the one. I just needed a roadie. As for basses, I still have the one but there is a guitar I let go that I wish I could have back, an Ibanez Artist from the early 1980s

I re-did mine and cut out all the superfluous fat. It is now a lot shorter but better for it. I put the new link in my previous post in order to avoid confusion later on!!

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1451836917' post='2943841'] I enjoyed that. I can't quite place my finger on it but it reminded me of the theme tune to an 80s sitcom. The sitcom was British at it was on Sunday nights I think. Great work. [/quote] No idea. Just coincidence. It was simply a thing that came into my head when I thought about it. Actually, it's about a minute longer than it's content. Should have edited it down or changed the theme. I am not going back to it now. Publish and be damned!!!

Here is mine for this month. Struggling to find time at the moment. https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/wind-and-rain-a-brass-trio-1

There are different approaches to tributes, from folks just doing songs by a band to the whole production, dressing up thing. Horses for courses. The whole thing fails to grab me but I am not going to be the target audience so that is irrelevant. Best will depend on what you are expecting. Personally, I'd pay to see cetera doing a dep in a big band whilst sporting the full Simmons get up!

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1451055938' post='2938058'] Bachs 6 cello suites for bass transcription. Will never learn it but looks cool to bust out a few seconds of it! [/quote] I have had these for years. They are great for going back to again and again for reading, technique and particularly bowing.

Roger Glover, Jack Bruce, John Mole, Alphonso Johnson, Mo Foster... Loads, if I am honest.

Well done, y'all.

Pop round mine and spend a year with my cd collection. That'll learn ya!

Nothing from me this month, guys. New job, new venue and Christmas. No time for composing!

Jeff Berlin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89ZVXqw770A

Alphonso Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tUTsZ78xIw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upDUqCjx6A8 Another Squire special.

This is a Zoom H1. Simplest device, great sound for referencing. Anything live on my Soundcloud page is recorded in the same way. https://m.soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/unit-seven