Linus27

Hiya cool. Shame you never got to play her at the jam. Don't worry about the address's, I know both venues very well. Might come down someday especially if your using the Stagg.

Replied to you Maxcat. By the way, where is your jam??

That is such a copy of the Fender Telecaster bass, I just wonder why anyone would choose one and not an original Fender version.

Glad to see all is sorted for you and very happy you like the colour. Can't say I had your problem but happy your sorted now.

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='186955' date='Apr 28 2008, 06:25 AM']Nice one! Great bassline too, as has been said combines rhythm and melody well. How's the Bass Collection? Peter[/quote] Thanks Peter. Bass Collection is going good. Rebecca, loves playing it and is coming along well. She still lacks lots of confidence but it will come in time. Bass wise, the Bass Collection is superb.

[quote name='paul, the' post='186805' date='Apr 27 2008, 09:49 PM']Alternating notes like an acoustic guitarist (bass under melody). Reminds me of that bit in All Right Now.[/quote] Ah I see. I thought you meant that I was playing with a pick. I do that style a lot. Its atually pretty hard as you think the important part is making sure the melody comes through but its more important that the bass bit is prominent enough to supoort the melody. Otherwise it all sounds a bit empty and less melodic.

[quote name='Super_Mario_Bass' post='186807' date='Apr 27 2008, 09:52 PM']i see ur on myspace 2[/quote] Yes although thats nothing official. Just something that a friend put up for fun although it does have some stuff from the album on there I think. Not looked at it for ages.

Again, thank you very much.

[quote name='paul, the' post='186718' date='Apr 27 2008, 08:08 PM']ooh, finger-picky, very nice.[/quote] Whats finger-picky?

Cool. Thanks for the replies. I think the last time I played it was about 8 years ago so it was fun trying to learn it again

Sorry, tried to embed it by using the BB Codes but it did not work Link should be there now.

After seeing all the videos of people playing along to other peoples songs on YouTube, I thought I would have a go also for a laugh. I was going to do a U2 song as I know them like the back of my hand. However, after seeing a YouTube video of somebody playing one of my old bands songs, simply by having a camcorder pointing at the 7" single playing on a record player (why??), I thought why not record the bass line to that :) So, here it is. The song is called Radio Finland and is by my old band Inter. Your notice a few bum notes and all my bad habits, including my very naughty thumb which keeps over hanging the neck. Anyway, I found it quite fun to do and may do some other stuff later. Enjoy, if thats possible :) [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTuOXm4jkCU"]CLICKY HERE[/url]

Part of a Scottish tour we played Dundee shopping centre once. That was fun if not a little weird. We then went on to play a gig for homeless children. However, we had just released a single and so, to make it easy, we mimed the music and did live vocals. We only played 3 songs but again, interesting. We also played at Dagenham bowling alley a few times. I'm sure I have more odd places I have played at.

You may not actually use your amp at all. You may go direct into the desk depending on the sound they want for the bass. When we recorded our album, on one track we used my old Fender Telecaster bass with the amp setup in an out building in a tiny room mic'd up to get a fat, boxy dirty sound. However, when I used the Musicman, I went direct into the desk as it gave a really clean punchy sound. The Precision was a mix of both. We also recorded bass, 1 guitar track and vocals over a drum machine which acted as a guide track which the drummer then played over for his guide. Once the drummer had his part down, we then layered our parts down, starting with bass. You might not get that luxery as we were in the studio for 3 months. Not sure if you will get the chance to but if you can, set up and run through the songs as a band to just loosen up and get warmed up. have fun with this and just relax and enjoy it. Its a great way to de-stress before actually recording for real. Make sure you were confortable, loose clothes. It gets hot in a studio, especially when you get to play your part. Your hands will get sweaty, especially if you are nervous. Make sure you are comfortable and stay confortable. There will be lots of sitting or standing about and you don't want to get a stiff neck or shoulder whilst you are playing or about to play. If you struggling playing a run or a link, forget about it and move on and either leave it out, simplify it or ask to come back to it if you can. No point getting stressed out as your never get it right.

How do I get my music onto Itunes? I'm happy to have it free for download so not bothered about getting any money for it. Just sooner have it available for free. Thanks for anyhelp.

[quote name='dood' post='180188' date='Apr 18 2008, 10:19 PM']Ahhhhh maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnn there's nothing worse than hearing someone playing the 'tuning song' halfway through a set, when their ears have already been assaulted by an hour of the drummer's cymbal slices. Even worse when they attempt to do it at full volume! Grrrr... so unprofessional! Silent tuning all the way![/quote] Our guitarist used to do this. Winds the hell up out of me. I agree, so unprofessional.

When I was in a band that was signed, we would make an effort ourselves to save money as we knew at the end of the day, it would bite us in the arse and cost us money. We had the chance to fly to Seatle and record our first album with the guy who produced Pearl Jam's first album. For a newly signed band, this was a very tempting and exciting prospect but in the end we said, its not needed, it would cost way to much and we ended up going to a studio in Wales where the Stereophonics record. No doubt saving us a ton of money. Just the thought of shipping us and our equipment over to the States for a few months was very scary. So, its easy for bands to take the piss but the record companies can and are just as bad but I guess you get it in all manner of industries.

[quote name='Jono' post='171900' date='Apr 7 2008, 11:09 PM']Garry Gary Beers - which album/songs?[/quote] I was wondering this. I am a big Garry bary Beers fan and not aware of what tracks he played fretless bass on.

[quote name='Mr_Nitro' post='179243' date='Apr 17 2008, 08:28 PM']With the demise of some great venues (th tumbledown, and the astoria) will there be anywhere left to play in the future?.. So many venues are being closed down and turned into restaurants, or being knocked down for the new high speed rail link.. [/quote] Also the West End Centre is still on shakey ground. I think the Star in Guildford is still going strong for now.

Maxcat, No problem with the help. I think your be pleasantly surprised at how much better the red looks in the flesh. Its such a lovely deep powerful red that does not really show in the pictures. I think your going to love it even more when you see it for real. Good luck and let us know how you get on with the Stagg.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='176414' date='Apr 14 2008, 04:47 PM']My guess is that the bubble is set to burst as music ceases to be as important to future generations as it was to previous ones.[/quote] This is a very good point and I have noticed this for a few years already. A lot of younger people who I meet are just not interested in music, not to the extent when I was younger and my sisters who are older than me were younger. They might latch on to one or two cool songs but they don't go out buying CD's or checking out new bands. The interest is just not there. One thing that I think will happen in a much bigger way is live media will really take off. Say for example you want to go and see U2 in concert but you can't get the tickets to go and see them in person. Not a problem, you will be able to pay a fee and watch the concert, still live from multiple camera angles or as a complete broadcast package, either on your PC, media console or TV. I think in time, this will become main stream as the costs to do this will come down.

[quote name='OldGit' post='177869' date='Apr 16 2008, 01:49 PM']Yeah it's the plain black, sloe black, slow, black, crow black fishing boat-bobbing black ... [/quote] You forgot just simple BLACK :)