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    E BOOKS excuse my ignorence

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    1 hour ago, jezzaboy said:

    E books are great for me. Saves oodles of space, you can make the font bigger - good if your eyesight wasn`t what it once was, you can link onto articles in some books right from the page and it`s so easy to download a book when you have run out of things to read. And if you keep your eye on Amazon, there are some good deals to be had.

    Cheers mate

    E BOOKS excuse my ignorence

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    2 minutes ago, Bigwan said:

    Files you can open on whatever electronic device you own - PC, mac, tablet, smartphone. The advantage being you can have your entire collection on one device, or (in some cases anyway) share them between devices, or store them in "the cloud" and access them on any of your devices, virtually anywhere with a wifi or mobile data network.

    Personally I prefer having a real book...

    thanks

    Not everything about the bass is great .....

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    3 hours ago, Barking Spiders said:

    😱...no sirree . That sounds like sacrilege but over the weekend I heard two songs from yesteryear that have always bugged the hell out of me and one of the main reasons is each have dull, repetitive, undemanding basslines that simply hurt my eardums . One is the irritatingly twee ditty Lovefool by The Cardigans, a half forgotten and unlamented pop band from Sweden

    and the other is this tedious noodelthon by the terminally terrible (IMO) Ted Nugent

    So what basslines do you think are a poor advert for the instrument? I'm not saying simple basslines are bad by any stretch but monotonously repetitive ones  are.

    Got to disagree on Stranglehold admittedly the Bassline is virtually same hypnotic groove throughout but the song and Teds solo are legendry probably the best solo of all time but each to there own

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    A Conundrum

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    2 hours ago, bubinga5 said:

    Its difficult to find bands who are into the music that I'm into.That being soul funk etc. Two bands. One is original electro pop (think Cars) ,5 band members.  the other is a covers band with these songs. 

    The One I Love

    Make Me Smile

    Stray Cat Strut

    Crazy Little Thing

    Park Life

    Mustang Sally

    Heroes

    Dakota

    Im not really into this music and I have to learn them by Tuesday which is not a problem . Im thinking it would do me some good to meet new musicians and learn new songs. I hate to let people down as I've said I will be there. But the music just doesn't do it for me. BUT it's paid. The other band being not paid..Im uninspired to  even learn them. My conundrum. Maybe I should turn up and say look I haven't learned any of the songs but lets just have a jam to see what there made of. Im so used to jamming on the spot. Its just an awkward situation. 

    Years ago I would of joined a band just to play and believe me I have played some real cheezy crap over the years that would make you cringe and the run of the mill dirge ect….like yourself I cannot bring myself to do something I just wont enjoy so have almost resigned myself to the fact that I probably wont play live again...awful thought I know but I don't let it get me down like it used too...good luck in your search.

    Daft as it may seem

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    1 hour ago, police squad said:

    agreed. When I started playing in 1981 I already had 6 years of violin and scales. The arpeggiating thing worked for me (helped me learn guitar chords too) so I quickly learned how to play rock n roll stuff.

    But it took another 7 years to understand 'walking bass lines'

    Would like to get into walking basslines myself...im reasonable with straight ahead blues, shuffle and rock n roll 12 bar lines but the jazz stuff Im a long way short...can get round a simple R.3.5 progression but a work in progress I know John Pattitucci said its a lifetimes work mastering it, but been unable to read I find it difficult and if it doesn't sound melodic I switch off.

    Daft as it may seem

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    What is one of the most important things you have learnt whilst playing Bass? This might sound very stupid to the well educated on our beloved instrument but when I first started out (I was a very late starter on Bass but a vocalist prior to that) roughly about 20 years ago I started playing Guitar but gave up pretty quickly and decided to give the Bass a bash went for about 3 or 4 lessons and learnt some very basic scales and the major and minor arpeggios in the root position ect...shortly after this I joined a 50s/60s club band which played a lot of rock n roll covers at my audition they play Oh Carol Neil Sadaka version......A, D, E and F sharp minor......learning them basic first position arpeggios put me in good stead as they realised I knew the difference between major and minor lol....apparently there previous bassist didn't and played the entire song chord changes in major....anyway my first audition and I got the job I know most of the songs we played were mostly easy 12 bar stuff but I had only been playing around 6 months at the time so I was real chuffed with myself lol....what I considered a bit of boring theory payed off way back then.

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    What are you learning / working on right now?

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    Some classic 70s/80s heavy rock stuff.....in the process of learning Snowblind, The Wizzard by Sabbath....Run with the wolf by Rainbow....Fool for your loving Whitesnake….Straight thro the heart by Dio…..hoping time permitting to learn lots of what I consider classic heavy rock/metal songs just for fun and maybe gig with a future band lol...I doubt it though...happy new year folks this is my new years resolution.

    Help me reignite my passion

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    Hi if you are anywhere near Grimsby Lincolnshire I have a small 10w crafter practice amp and a few books you can have for free....no worries if you are to far away just an offer to help out....hope you get back on the mend soon.

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    Your Favorite Bass Prevalent CD?

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    On ‎10‎/‎10‎/‎2018 at 12:18, TrevorR said:

    Big, big plus 1 for Neil Murray's playing on the early Whitesnake albums - especially Trouble, Ready and Come and Get it. So souful and funky but yet still driving and perfect for the bluesy heavy rock sound the band had at the time. One of my favourite bass players.

    Neil Murray has got to be up there as one of my all time favourite Bassists.

    Is it just me?

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    On ‎20‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 12:55, kevvo66 said:

    Just heard Kate Bush on the radio is it just me I can't understand a word she sings, some xmas dribble of a song, awful pure torture

    Not heard the song, don't want to either, I feel your pain lol.

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