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    Please help me find this song - double bass/vocals

    in General Discussion

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    Hi all.

    I'm trying to track down a fab tune that I used to have on a compilation cd years ago. I seem to remember it being called Bass In Love, but Google/Spotify/YouTube are all drawing blanks so I must be mistaken. Artist unknown. 

    It's a beautiful simple tune with a female singing in a very breathy sensual way "la lal la la la la la la..." to a melody (no lyrics), followed by a bowed double bass "singing" her melody back to her as if in conversation. 

    There are other instruments on the track I think but the focus of the track is all about the lady and bass having this little conversation. 

     

    I'm getting back into relearning my upright (properly this time!) after neglecting it for a few years.

    I would love to find this tune as it would be a great one to practise my bowing non-skills to. Very simple melody but beautiful. 

     

    I hope one of you guys might know what I'm talking about as it's proving to be an unshakeable earworm!

    I can hear it in my head but just can't find it.

     

    Help! 😄

    NBD - 1987 Stingray

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    22 hours ago, Thunderpaws said:

    Great stuff. I’m about to join you in Stingray ownership, after thinking about buying one for about 20 years I’ve actually gone and done it now! When you are figuring out the tone controls let us know how you get on as I’ll be on the same journey. 

    A great tip I read on here, possibly by Stingray Pete, is volume up, dial in the right amount of bass that suits your girth/heft/punch requirements, then think of the treble control as a passive tone control and dial in your tone from there. 

    It certainly works and makes easy sense too!

     

    Great, now I've got Stingray gas again! 

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    WOT? They can hear new music? ... In their head? ​😱​

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    Posted · Edited by miles'tone

    Interesting! I hear the music, new and old, in my head. I've never thought about it in this way before though.

     

    As an add on, I don't have perfect pitch when I hear music being played, but I've noticed that I do have perfect recall pitch when I listen to a song in my head.

    For instance, I can tune my bass to concert pitch by listening to the intro of Around The World by the Chili Peppers in my head as I know that it starts with Flea hitting a big E, so I tune my open E to his by singing that note and holding it, then the rest of my strings off that once I'm in.

    Is this normal? Do you recall songs in your head in the keys they are really in? 

     

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    Any Favourite Whacky Songs/Instrumentals?

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    34 minutes ago, SteveK said:

     

    I did think of Frank, but thought it wouldn't be too long before someone mentioned him🙂

    Incidentally, my band mate (guitarist) played bass with Zappa in the mid 70s, for one show in the US, when his regular bass player busted his hand😬

    You must have some real players in your band. That's very cool!

    It was Tom Fowler who broke his hand. He's the bass player on the live "Roxy..." album I posted above.

    Listen to it and imagine your mate depping with that band for a night 😂 He must be a great reader! 

    Thanks,

    Si

    What signature model bass would you say transcends the artist?

    in Bass Guitars

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    On 11/03/2024 at 18:57, dudewheresmybass said:

    For me, The Harris P bass is quite simply the best p bass I have ever played.

    Granted I'm a bit of a fanboy, but once I played one, I knew that irrespective of the squiggle on the back of the headstock this was THE p bass for me.

     

    Best P bass neck profile (to me). B width at the nut, rest of it chunky as 👌.

    Great sound due to the heavy Ash body but too heavy for me to live with one unfortunately. 

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