Thunderthumbs

[quote name='Bass_In_Yer_Face' post='117812' date='Jan 10 2008, 01:31 PM']I thought it was Bernard Edwards?[/quote] That's what I was always led to believe too.

Eventually got a photo (albeit not a great one - dark rehearsal room - lots of flash) of the EBS I've replaced my old Ampeg/SWR set up with. Absolutely love it. [attachment=4761:NewEBSRig.jpg]

It does. It's an old one, but I still regret not buying a Goodfellow that was in a music shop in Manchester about 15 years ago. I'm sure the purchase of this and a bit of modding by Bernie would be a very good idea. Errr......Mrs Thunderthumbs darling.........

[quote name='Chezz55' post='117764' date='Jan 10 2008, 12:44 PM']I can't get Documentary either. If anyone out there records the John Entwistle documentary - I would be interested in entering negotiations for a copy. Cheers. Chris.[/quote] PM'd

[quote name='bnt' post='117552' date='Jan 10 2008, 12:08 AM']Just got one [b]heck[/b] of a surprise: I didn't know that Big Country were back and touring, with Tony Butler on lead vocals as well as bass! Not quite New Romantic, I know, but from that era, and an early bass inspiration to me.[/quote] Pointless bit of information but here goes......I used to own an Aria SB900 whose previous owner was Tony Butler. There you go. Told you.

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I'm getting old.....my memory's fading........ Pino Palladino........unbelievable.

Hi RAM, Welcome, and have fun. Cheers, Pete.

"Terry Waite's allotment" I won't apologise for laughing out loud at that one

[quote name='Bass_In_Yer_Face' post='117151' date='Jan 9 2008, 04:59 PM']There is some fantastic footage of The OX playing a track live on Youtube where they have isolated his bass part. I think it's on "Won't get fooled again" but I could be wrong.[/quote] How bizarre......I'd just posted that a couple before you

[quote name='Bass_In_Yer_Face' post='117140' date='Jan 9 2008, 04:47 PM']I've seen Mr Numan more time than I care to mention...not with Nick Beggs mind.[/quote] Sorry, I meant Joe Hubbard was Gary's bassist, not Nick Beggs. I can see how it reads wrong.

Sky+ for me. For anyone who fancies a listen to the great man beforehand......

Another one I've just remembered......Dennis Smith that played with Nik Kershaw. Appeared at Live Aid with him. 80s bass players rather than "New Romantic" bass players........and who could forget Mark King?

[quote name='Bass_In_Yer_Face' post='117113' date='Jan 9 2008, 04:27 PM']Ahh Nick Beggs..what a legend...another guy who got bad press because of the poodle hair cut but could play very well. A top bloke who I have had e-mail conversations with. I bought the second EBH album from his website which is why I got into an email chat with him. He played on album by a band called Private Lives and when I heard it I thought the bass was good on it before I knew it was him.[/quote] If I remember correctly, he was taught by/had some lessons with a bass player called Joe Hubbard who played with Gary Numan......he was also a tremendous bassist. Saw him live at the Manchester Apollo many years ago, and thought he was actually too good to play with Gary Numan if you know what I mean. Then again, a musician's got to keep a roof over his head.....and I'd snap Gary's hand off I suppose if he asked me

Don't know the bass player, but I always like "Is It A Dream" by Classix Nouveaux. Never like John Taylor when I was younger, but I'll give him far more credit now I'm older and wiser. Some of his bass lines are incredible. Nick Beggs was another great 80s bassist. Great on a Chapman Stick too. Saw him live - Ellis, Beggs & Howard......now where are they these days?

[quote name='Jamesemt' post='116848' date='Jan 9 2008, 10:29 AM']The secret is to set yourself a goal of learning a song or part of a song in a pratice session (and not give up until you've got it, even if it's only half a verse or something).[/quote] I persevered with something for about 2 hours that I thought at first was very simple.....the bass line along to the guitar solo in "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz. No problems with the rest of it, just the guitar solo bass. Tabs were inaccurate. Used BestPractice software, looped that part, slowed it down, worked it out by ear in "bit by bit" parts, and cracked it. I always liken songs to jigsaws. You just have to break the song into lots of smaller pieces, and then finally put it all together. No point constantly looping a full song, as it could be 3-4 minutes before you get back to the part you got wrong initially, and will have forgotten it anyway by the time you reach it again.

[quote name='JD1' post='116546' date='Jan 8 2008, 09:04 PM']PM me if you want any more info. And good luck![/quote] Thanks.....I may very well do that. Cheers, Pete.

[quote name='JD1' post='116597' date='Jan 8 2008, 09:50 PM']The books will give you a very structured practice route but they are a bit dry on their own. Hats off if you stuck to it though. If I didn't take the exams I know I wouldn't have put the same amount of work in to internalise the stuff.[/quote] And that's where I think I'd have the same problem. I could have a hundred theory books lying around, and probably wouldn't put the required effort in. The recognised qualification, as in, having the piece of paper that'd say I'd passed wouldn't be the rewarding part for me. It's would be knowing that I'd pushed myself beyond my expectations to attain it.

I do think an awful lot can come from the teacher. In any subject of a teaching profession, a key skill of a teacher is to be a leader, an inspiration. I left school with a lot of respect for my music teacher. I wasn't at that time a flourishing pianist, trumpet or trombone player as some of my fellow pupils, and as such, a lot of my theory was simplified as I wasn't trying to overcomplicate everything as they appeared to be doing. He didn't see this as a bad thing. He gave me the confidence to believe in myself as a musician, and liked the beauty of my simplicity. He was an inspiration to me. But like Dave has said, the rest is down to me. He could only ever lead me so far. So for someone to believe that simply leaving a college with a certificate in any subject, let alone music, leads them onto greatness is foolish on their part. There are bad pupils, and there are bad teachers, and it takes an awful lot of effort on both parts for there to be any modicum of success.

[quote name='wotnwhy' post='116425' date='Jan 8 2008, 06:43 PM'][/quote] Nice. That bit of blur just adds something to it.

[quote name='Mike' post='116039' date='Jan 8 2008, 07:23 AM']I've always thought looking down a bass from the headstock or up from the bridge gives the best view.[/quote] Just got this from a photographer at a party we played at recently looking down the neck of my Marcus Miller Jazz. Updated my profile with it to get my ugly mug off

[quote name='alexclaber' post='116276' date='Jan 8 2008, 03:20 PM']Last year we playing on the same bill as a BIMM band. They were insanely tight, grooved well and generally did all the right things on a technical basis. Unfortuately they were also totally hopeless at writing songs, particularly on the lyrical front, deeply uncool, totally emotionless and one of the least rock and roll things I have ever encountered. Music by numbers.[/quote] Reminds me pretty much why Toto used to get a lot of criticism too. I'm sure The Clash would never have attended the likes of BIMM, and although they were never my favourite band at the time, I can't deny the influence they've had on music on both sides of the Atlantic.

[quote name='metalmaniac' post='116207' date='Jan 8 2008, 02:02 PM']The RGT books are very self explanatory so you could theoretically go through it yourself. I took RGT when I first started out, and my teacher was always on acoustic guitar. This gave me the opportunity to do bass lines, solid backing whilst he played the chords, so it was a real cool thing for me having only been playing bass for 1 or 2 months. However if you have 25 years experience i'd say you might as well go solo. I mean, I'm sure if you phoned them they'd tell you the score.[/quote] Cheers for that. Much appreciated.